Media Freedom APPG

First Registered: 31/07/2019 • Last updated on: 06/03/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 6th March 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 8th April 2024 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Media APPG?

To promote media freedom in countries around the world and to strengthen the protection of journalists.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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Former Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

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Former APPG Members
Rob Butler Portrait
Rob Butler
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Aylesbury
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Jordan , Libya
James Gray Portrait
James Gray
Vice Chair
Conservative - North Wiltshire
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Armed Forces
Lord Wigley Portrait
Lord Wigley
Vice Chair
Plaid Cymru - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Chess , Water
Joanna Cherry Portrait
Joanna Cherry
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Edinburgh South West
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Roger Gale Portrait
Roger Gale
Vice Chair
Conservative - North Thanet
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Portrait
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
Theo Clarke Portrait
Theo Clarke
Vice Chair
Conservative - Stafford
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Black of Brentwood Portrait
Lord Black of Brentwood
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
Jim Shannon Portrait
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 13th December 2023
John Whittingdale Portrait
John Whittingdale
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Maldon
Joined: 19th October 2022
Departed: 17th May 2023
2 APPG Memberships
Czechia , Intellectual Property
John Whittingdale Portrait
John Whittingdale
Vice Chair
Conservative - Maldon
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 7th September 2022
2 APPG Memberships
Czechia , Intellectual Property
Damian Collins Portrait
Damian Collins
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Folkestone and Hythe
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 7th September 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Viscount Colville of Culross Portrait
Viscount Colville of Culross
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
1 APPG Membership
ITV
Christian Matheson Portrait
Christian Matheson
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for City of Chester
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Jeremy Hunt Portrait
Jeremy Hunt
Vice Chair
Conservative - South West Surrey
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 7th August 2020
No other APPG Memberships
John Grogan Portrait
John Grogan
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Keighley
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Rob Butler MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 3000.

Email: rob.butler.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Fiona O'Brien, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Email: fobrien@rsf.org

No benefits in kind are on record for the Media Freedom APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Media Freedom APPG