Northern Culture APPG

First Registered: 27/01/2021 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

The APPG champions the huge economic contribution made by the North’s cultural sector, providing a united voice on pan-northern cultural priorities in order to shape and influence future government decision-making and promoting the need for investment in the North’s strong cultural talent pipeline and heritage.

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 Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

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4 Current APPG Officers

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Alison Hume

Chair & Registered Contact

Labour - Scarborough and Whitby

Joined: 2nd January 2025

4 APPG Officer Positions
Autism , Coastal Communities , Genetic, Rare and Undiagnosed Conditions , Writers
8 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Carers , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Intellectual Property , Miscarriages of Justice , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Theatre , Water Pollution

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

Co-Chair

Labour - Life peer

Joined: 5th April 2023

No other APPG Officer Positions
9 APPG Memberships
Classics , Digital Inclusion , Future of Work , Kurdistan Region in Iraq , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Modern Conflict , Music , Prostate Cancer , Republic of Korea

Tom Morrison

Vice Chair

Liberal Democrat - Cheadle

Joined: 2nd January 2025

1 APPG Officer Position
Child of the North
4 APPG Memberships
British Hindus , Cyprus , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Healthcare Workers

Lord Vaizey of Didcot

Vice Chair

Conservative - Life peer

Joined: 2nd January 2025

4 APPG Officer Positions
Afrikan Reparations , Performing Arts Education and Training , Video Games and Esports , Visual Arts and Artists
3 APPG Memberships
Apprenticeships , Financial Technology , Writers

Contact Details

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Registered Contact:

Alison Hume MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: alison.hume.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Gill Morris, Devo Agency. Tel: 07976 263 869

Email: gill@devoagency.co.uk

Secretariat:

Devo Agency acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.devoagency.co.uk

Benefits in Kind

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Date
11 Dec 2022

Source
DevoConnect

Description
DevoConnect is paid by Counterculture LLP and Arts at the Mill CIC to act as the group's secretariat From : 11/12/2022 To : 10/12/2023

Value
£4,501

Date
11 Dec 2021

Source
DevoConnect

Description
DevoConnect is paid by Counterculture LLP and Arts at the Mill CIC to act as the group's secretariat From : 11/12/2021 To : 10/12/2022

Value
£4,501

Date
11 Dec 2020

Source
DevoConnect

Description
DevoConnect is paid by Counteculture LLP and Arts at the Mill CIC From : 11/12/2020 To : 10/12/2021

Value
£4,501

Date
11 Dec 2020

Source
DevoConnect

Description
DevoConnect is paid by Counterculture LLP and Arts at the Mill CIC to act as the group's secretariat From : 11/12/2020 To : 10/12/2021

Value
£4,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Northern Culture APPG