Music Education APPG

First Registered: 23/12/2015 • Last updated on: 08/04/2024

To support parliamentarians engaging in discussions relating to music education through early years, primary, secondary, SEND, further and higher education, and lifelong learning. The Group has a particular focus on Curriculum, the National Plan for Music Education, challenges facing higher education,and progression into the creative and cultural sector.

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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4 Current APPG Officers
Wera Hobhouse Portrait
Wera Hobhouse
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Bath
Joined: 30th November 2022
Lord Black of Brentwood Portrait
Lord Black of Brentwood
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 7th August 2020
3 APPG Memberships
Cats , ITV , Osteoporosis and Bone Health
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne Portrait
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 7th August 2020
2 APPG Memberships
Iraq , Lebanon
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Wera Hobhouse MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 2093.

Email: wera.hobhouse.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Colin Stuart, Independent Society of Musicians, 4-5 Inverness Mews, London W2 3JQ. Tel: 020 7313 9312

Email: Colin.Stuart@ism.org

Date
14 Jul 2022
Source
Independent Society of Musicians
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/07/2022 To : 13/07/2023
Value
£4,501
Date
14 Jul 2021
Source
Incorporated Society of Musicians
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/07/2021 To : 13/07/2022
Value
£4,501
Date
14 Jul 2020
Source
Incorporated Society of Musicians
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/07/2020 To : 13/07/2021
Value
£4,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Music Education APPG

Former APPG Officers
Earl of Clancarty Portrait
Earl of Clancarty
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 6th March 2024
Simon Lightwood Portrait
Simon Lightwood
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Wakefield
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 20th September 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Portrait
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 20th September 2023
6 APPG Memberships
BBC , British Museum , Italy , Media , Mexico , Publishing
Alex Davies-Jones Portrait
Alex Davies-Jones
Vice Chair
Labour - Pontypridd
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 20th September 2023
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Portrait
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 20th September 2023
Navendu Mishra Portrait
Navendu Mishra
Vice Chair
Labour - Stockport
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 20th September 2023
Karin Smyth Portrait
Karin Smyth
Vice Chair
Labour - Bristol South
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 20th September 2023
Alistair Carmichael Portrait
Alistair Carmichael
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Orkney and Shetland
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 20th September 2023
Stephanie Peacock Portrait
Stephanie Peacock
Vice Chair
Labour - Barnsley East
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 20th September 2023
1 APPG Membership
Coalfield Communities
Bambos Charalambous Portrait
Bambos Charalambous
Vice Chair
Labour - Enfield, Southgate
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 20th September 2023
2 APPG Memberships
Modernising Employment , Thalassaemia
Lord Aberdare Portrait
Lord Aberdare
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 20th September 2023
David Warburton Portrait
David Warburton
Co-Chair
Independent - Former Member for Somerton and Frome
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Diana Johnson Portrait
Diana Johnson
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Kingston upon Hull North
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 19th October 2022
Lord Strasburger Portrait
Lord Strasburger
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Neville-Rolfe Portrait
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Altmann Portrait
Baroness Altmann
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
Nigel Evans Portrait
Nigel Evans
Vice Chair
Conservative - Ribble Valley
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Membership
Wine and Spirits
Lyn Brown Portrait
Lyn Brown
Vice Chair
Labour - West Ham
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
2 APPG Memberships
Sudan and South Sudan , Thrombosis
Andrew Percy Portrait
Andrew Percy
Co-Chair
Conservative - Brigg and Goole
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
Diana Johnson Portrait
Diana Johnson
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Kingston upon Hull North
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
Mark Prisk Portrait
Mark Prisk
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Hertford and Stortford
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 11th September 2019
No other APPG Memberships