Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 08/04/2024

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To seek to improve health, social care, education and employment opportunities for people with ME and encourage biomedical research into the cause and treatment of ME.

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4 Current APPG Officers
Carol Monaghan Portrait
Carol Monaghan
Chair & Registered Contact
Scottish National Party - Glasgow North West
Joined: 12th October 2016
4 APPG Memberships
Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths , Romania , Scientific , Space
Debbie Abrahams Portrait
Debbie Abrahams
Officer
Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth
Joined: 2nd June 2021
1 APPG Membership
Afghan Women and Girls
Stephen Metcalfe Portrait
Stephen Metcalfe
Officer
Conservative - South Basildon and East Thurrock
Joined: 24th February 2020
4 APPG Memberships
Artificial Intelligence , Chess , Equitable Life Policyholders , Scientific
Jason McCartney Portrait
Jason McCartney
Officer
Conservative - Colne Valley
Joined: 2nd June 2021
5 APPG Memberships
Fairtrade , ITV , Parkinson's , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Carol Monaghan MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 6396.

Email: carol.monaghan.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Sonya Chowdhury, Action for M.E., 42 Temple Street, Keynsham BS31 1EH. Tel: 0117 927 9551

Email: policy@actionforme.org.uk

Secretariat:

Action for M.E. acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.actionforme.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://appgme.co.uk

Benefits in Kind
Date
14 Jan 2024
Source
Action for M.E.
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/01/2024 To : 13/01/2025
Value
£1,501
Date
14 Jan 2023
Source
Action for M.E.
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/01/2023 To : 13/01/2024
Value
£1,501
Date
14 Jan 2022
Source
Action for M.E.
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/01/2022 To : 13/01/2023
Value
£1,501
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
Action for M.E
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£1,501
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
The ME Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£1,501
Date
1 Jul 2015
Source
Action for M.E
Description
Action for M.E. receives assistance from Whitehouse Consultancy to act as APPG's secretariat   From : 01/07/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£1,501
Date
1 Jul 2015
Source
The ME Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/07/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) APPG

Former APPG Officers
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Portrait
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Cancer , Carbon Monoxide , Child Contact Centres and Services , Children who need Palliative Care , Dying Well , Intensive Care
Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Vice Chair
Labour - Washington and Sunderland West
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 24th January 2024
10 APPG Memberships
Art, Craft and Design in Education , Breast Cancer , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Difficulties , First Do No Harm , Food and Drink , Leamside Line , Music Education , School Food , Ticket Abuse
Fleur Anderson Portrait
Fleur Anderson
Officer
Labour - Putney
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
6 APPG Memberships
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Baroness Scott of Needham Market Portrait
Baroness Scott of Needham Market
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 5th April 2023
1 APPG Membership
National Trust
Ben Lake Portrait
Ben Lake
Officer
Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 5th April 2023
4 APPG Memberships
Bowel Cancer , Community Energy , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Genetic Haemochromatosis
Hywel Williams Portrait
Hywel Williams
Officer
Plaid Cymru - Arfon
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 5th April 2023
1 APPG Membership
Catalonia
James Davies Portrait
James Davies
Officer
Conservative - Vale of Clwyd
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Olivia Blake Portrait
Olivia Blake
Treasurer
Labour - Sheffield, Hallam
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
4 APPG Memberships
Customer Service , Eating Disorders , Environment , Migration
Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Worthing West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
25 APPG Memberships
12 Step Recovery , Ageing and Older People , Austria , Carbon Monoxide , Citizens' Rights , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Extraordinary Rendition , Frozen British Pensions , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Haiti , Immigration Detention , Limits to Growth , Race and Community , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Small and Micro Business , Social Integration , South Africa , Transport Safety , United Nations , Women in Transport , Zimbabwe
Countess of Mar Portrait
Countess of Mar
Co-Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Kerry McCarthy Portrait
Kerry McCarthy
Co-Chair
Labour - Bristol East
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
5 APPG Memberships
Biodiversity in the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies , Snooker , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Theatre , Tibet
Julian Sturdy Portrait
Julian Sturdy
Co-Chair
Conservative - York Outer
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
2 APPG Memberships
Antimicrobial Resistance , Science and Technology in Agriculture
Mark Tami Portrait
Mark Tami
Vice Chair
Labour - Alyn and Deeside
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
4 APPG Memberships
Aerospace , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Historic Vehicles , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies
Daniel Zeichner Portrait
Daniel Zeichner
Secretary
Labour - Cambridge
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
7 APPG Memberships
Arts and Heritage , Dark Skies , Data Analytics , Diagnostics , East of England , Life Sciences , University
Jacob Rees-Mogg Portrait
Jacob Rees-Mogg
Secretary
Conservative - North East Somerset
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 31st August 2016
No other APPG Memberships