The APPG is committed to helping every child to be a confident communicator and find their voice, in order to succeed in school and life beyond. It aims to coordinate research, promote best practice and encourage the overarching principles of oracy in education and society at large.
1. Oracy
06/06/2018 - APPGs
Found: practice and encourage the overarching principles of oracy in education and society at large.
2. Approved free school application forms: wave 9
19/07/2018 - Department for Education
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Found: curriculum with a continuous focus on
literacy & oracy, numeracy and an experience of
Science, Technology
3. Approved free school application forms: wave 12
01/11/2018 - Department for Education
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Found: teaching and learning: literacy, well
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being, oracy, and project
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based learning, which
are embedded
4. Approved free school application forms: wave 12
01/11/2018 - Department for Education
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Found: teaching and learning: literacy, well
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being, oracy, and project
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based learning, which
are embedded
5. Approved free school application forms: wave 11
01/11/2018 - Department for Education
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Found: they begin to acquire the skills of confidence, oracy and
resilience to be developed throughout th
eir
1. Children from Low-Income Families: Education Support
30/06/2021 - Westminster Hall
1: disproportionate impact on oracy—speaking well. A report by the all-party parliamentary group on oracy found that two - Speech Link
2: Hopkins) spoke really clearly about the importance of oracy and early language. I absolutely agree with her - Speech Link
3: report by the all-party parliamentary group for oracy, was about opportunities for clear oral communication - Speech Link
2. Hull’s Maritime City Bid
03/09/2019 - Westminster Hall
1: well as transferable, public-facing skills such as oracy, developed through opportunities such as guided - Speech Link
3. Education Settings: Autumn Opening
08/07/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: shows that it is also beneficial for literacy and oracy in English for that age group. There is therefore - Speech Link
4. Oral Answers to Questions
11/03/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: from all parties, communication, articulacy and oracy are the absolute keys to closing the disadvantage - Speech Link
5. Improving Education Standards
29/11/2018 - Commons Chamber
1: and I invite him to join my all-party group on oracy. Will he again endorse the recommendations of “Bercow: - Speech Link
2: Labour adviser Peter Hyman—has a huge focus on oracy, which the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull West - Speech Link
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9 Current APPG Officers
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Emma Hardy
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Joined: 6th June 2018Afghanistan , Apprenticeships , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Endometriosis , First Do No Harm , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Hospitality and Tourism , ITV , Maritime and Ports , Sixth Form Education , Skills, Careers and Employment , Small and Micro Business , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Surgical Mesh , University of Hull , Vascular and Venous Disease , Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire , Zoos and Aquariums
Bangladesh , Cricket , Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Difficulties , Philanthropy and Social Investment , Tunisia
British Jews , Business Travel , Childcare and Early Education , Deafness , Football , Football Supporters , Greyhound , Housing in the North , Mexico , Mutuals , Nursery Schools, Nursery and Reception Classes , Parental Participation in Education , Rail in the North , Renters and Rental Reform , Road Freight and Logistics , Smoking and Health , T Levels , Tenanted Pubs
AEA Technology Pensions , Channel 4 , Commercial Radio , Light Rail , Media , School Exclusions and Alternative Provision , Tenanted Pubs , Transport Across the North
British Muslims , British Sikhs , Canada , Council of Sri Lankan Muslim Organisations UK , Indian Traditional Sciences , Internet, Communications and Technology , Knife Crime and Violence Reduction , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Montserrat , Turkey , War Heritage , Western Rail Link to Heathrow
Alternative Lending , Autism , Boys' Brigade , Financial Education for Young People , Food Banks , Global Education , Italy , Lithuania , Poland , Post Offices , Steel and Metal Related Industries , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Tibet , United Nations Women
Kurdistan in Turkey and Syria , Parental Participation in Education , Showing Racism the Red Card
Arts, Health and Wellbeing , Chalk Streams , Council Housing , Cricket , Cuba , Darts , East of England , Events , Football , Football Supporters , Hospitality and Tourism , Kashmir , Local Government , Period Equality , Pubs , Race and Community , Renters and Rental Reform , Showing Racism the Red Card , Sixth Form Education , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Vascular and Venous Disease , Veterans , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , Western Sahara , Yemen , Youth Affairs , Zimbabwe
Contact Details
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Emma Hardy MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.
Email: emma.hardy.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Gemma Carroll, Voice 21, Kings Cross Academy, 4 Wollstonecraft St, London N1C 4BT. Tel: 0207 391 7045
Email: inquiry@oracyappg.org.uk
Secretariat:
Voice 21 acts as the group's secretariat. https://voice21.org/
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
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Voice 21
Voice 21 is paid by Big Change Foundation and Research England (via University of Oxford) to act as the group's secretariat. From : 14/01/2021 To : 13/01/2022
£15,001
14 Jan 2020
Voice 21
Voice 21 is paid by Big Change Foundation to act as the group's secretariat. From : 14/01/2020 To : 13/01/2021
£6,001
16 May 2019
Voice 21
Secretariat From : 16/05/2019 To : 15/05/2020
£7,501
16 May 2018
Voice 21
Secretariat From : 16/05/2018 To : 15/05/2019
£1,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Oracy APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Civic Societies , Classical Music , Fair Business Banking , Independent Education , Learning Disability , Menopause , Sixth Form Education
Stephanie Peacock
Officer
Labour - Barnsley East
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 21st April 2021
Football , Football Club , Hockey , Issues Affecting Men and Boys , Sport , Usher Syndrome , Youth Employment
Judith Cummins
Vice Chair
Labour - Bradford South
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
'Left Behind' Neighbourhoods , Beauty, Aesthetics and Wellbeing , Dementia , Dentistry and Oral Health , Film and Broader Screen , Gambling Related Harm , Menopause , Mongolia , Osteoporosis and Bone Health , Policing and Security , Rugby League , Social Mobility , Thalassaemia , Transport Across the North
Chris Ruane
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Vale of Clwyd
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Tracy Brabin
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Batley and Spen
Joined: 6th June 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Bambos Charalambous
Vice Chair
Labour - Enfield, Southgate
Joined: 6th June 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Peter Bottomley
Officer
Conservative - Worthing West
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Adult Education , Afrikan Reparations , Ageing and Older People , Arts and Heritage , Austria , BBC , Black Maternal Health , Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Business Owners , British Overseas Territories , Carbon Monoxide , Citizens Rights , Commonwealth , Cycling and Walking , Dalits , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Disability , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Equitable Life Policyholders , Fatherhood , Flags and Heraldry , Gasworks Redevelopment , Global Security and Non-Proliferation , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Haiti , Hospice and End of Life Care , Immigration Detention , Insurance and Financial Services , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Kosovo , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Limits to Growth , Longevity , Media , Music , No Recourse to Public Funds , Olympic and Paralympic Games , Opera , Park Homes , Period Equality , Photography , Race and Community , Religious Education , Republic of Korea , Retail Crime , Road Freight and Logistics , Rowing , Scientific , Scotch Whisky , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single Parent Families , Social Enterprise , Social Integration , Social Science and Policy , Social Work , St George's Day , Tibet , Transport Safety , United Nations , United Nations Women , Vascular and Venous Disease , Votes at 16 , Western Rail Link to Heathrow , Western Sahara , Wine and Spirits , Wine of Great Britain , Women in Transport , Youth Affairs
Lord Taylor of Warwick
Officer
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 6th June 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Adult Education , Adult Social Care , American Football , BBC , Business in a Pandemic (Covid) World , Cricket , Crypto and Digital Assets , Dance , Digital Identity , Education Technology , Film and Broader Screen , Financial Technology , Football , Inclusive Entrepreneurship , ITV , Miscarriages of Justice , Performing Arts Education and Training , Public Legal Education and Pro Bono , Race and Community , Sweden , United Nations Women , Video Games and Esports
Thelma Walker
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 6th June 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Sharon Hodgson
Officer
Labour - Washington and Sunderland West
Joined: 6th June 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
'Left Behind' Neighbourhoods , Armed Forces Covenant , Art, Craft and Design in Education , Assistive Technology , Autism , Baby Loss , Basketball , Breast Cancer , British Jews , Cancer , Childhood Trauma , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Craft , Dance , Design and Innovation , Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Difficulties , Electric Vehicles , Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion , First Do No Harm , Food and Drink , Food and Health , Food Banks , Hormone Pregnancy Tests , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Motor , Music , Music Education , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , National Food Strategy , Ovarian Cancer , Performing Arts Education and Training , School Food , Singapore , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Surgical Mesh , Textiles and Fashion , Ticket Abuse , Tidy Britain , Trailer and Towing Safety , Usher Syndrome , Valproate and other Anti-Epileptic Drugs in Pregnancy , Video Games and Esports , Wine and Spirits
Steve McCabe
Officer
Labour - Birmingham, Selly Oak
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Diana Johnson
Officer
Labour - Kingston upon Hull North
Joined: 6th June 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
'Left Behind' Neighbourhoods , Argentina , Caribbean , Children, Teenagers, and Young Adults with Cancer , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , Film and Broader Screen , Fit and Healthy Childhood , Funerals and Bereavement , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Human Rights , Iceland , Latin America , Music Education , Peru , Philanthropy and Social Investment , School Food , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Sixth Form Education , University of Hull
Rupa Huq
Officer
Labour - Ealing Central and Acton
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Bangladesh , CBD (Cannabidiol) Products , Creative Diversity , Crossrail , Gasworks Redevelopment , General Aviation , London , London as a Global City , London's Planning and Built Environment , Music , Poland , Single Parent Families , Social Integration , Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities
Kelvin Hopkins
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Luton North
Joined: 19th June 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Antisemitism , Beer , Cameroon , Cancer , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , Dark Skies , Eggs, Pigs and Poultry , Equipment for Disabled Children , Equitable Life Policyholders , Fair Business Banking , Financial Resilience , Hairdressing, Barbering and Cosmetology , HIV and AIDS , Hospitality, Events and Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales , Italy , Learning Disability , Medical Cannabis under Prescription , Modern Languages , Parkinson's , Parkrun , Pension Clawback , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Personal Banking and Fairer Financial Services , Public Legal Education and Pro Bono , Roadside Rescue and Recovery , Rowing , Rugby League , Rugby Union Football Club , Single Parent Families , Tennis , Timber Industries , Wales in the World , White Ribbon UK , Wrestling
Carol Monaghan
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Glasgow North West
Joined: 6th June 2018Departed: 8th May 2019
Aerospace , Armed Forces Covenant , Artificial Intelligence , Data Poverty , Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths , Frozen British Pensions , Greenland , Internet, Communications and Technology , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Photonics and Quantum , Romania , Scientific , Shipbuilding and Ship Repair , Space , Technology and National Security , University , Veterans
Lucy Powell
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central
Joined: 6th June 2018Departed: 8th May 2019
Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Literacy , Prescribed Drug Dependence , Social Mobility
Eleanor Smith
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Wolverhampton South West
Joined: 6th June 2018Departed: 8th May 2019
Nic Dakin
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Scunthorpe
Joined: 6th June 2018Departed: 8th May 2019
Archives and History , Race Equality in Education , Trade out of Poverty , Wilton Park