Packaging in the Circular Economy APPG

First Registered: 12/01/2026 • Last updated on: 12/01/2026

To create a better understanding of the UK packaging manufacturing industry and its products with a focus on the role of packaging in the Circular Economy; to address issues facing the industry from regulation; and to promote the UK as a centre of excellence for packaging manufacture.

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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Chris Bloore

Chair & Registered Contact

Labour - Redditch

Joined: 12th January 2026

4 APPG Officer Positions
Allergy , Digital Creators , Family Hubs , Football Club
15 APPG Memberships
Bus and Coach , Carers , Dentistry and Oral Health , Environment , Football Supporters , Freight and Logistics , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Less Survivable Cancers , Maternity , Music , Prostate Cancer , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Tidy Britain , United Nations Global Goals , Water Pollution

Tom Tugendhat

Vice Chair

Conservative - Tonbridge

Joined: 12th January 2026

3 APPG Officer Positions
Australia, United Kingdom and United States of America (AUKUS) , Estonia , Literacy
5 APPG Memberships
Autism , Blockchain Technologies , Fair Banking , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Taiwan

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

Vice Chair

Liberal Democrat - Life peer

Joined: 12th January 2026

2 APPG Officer Positions
Bosnia and Herzegovina , Zoos and Aquariums
5 APPG Memberships
Central South , Christians in Parliament , Dark Skies , Environment , Sustainable Plastics

Gareth Snell

Treasurer

Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central

Joined: 12th January 2026

5 APPG Officer Positions
Ceramics , Credit Unions , Literacy , Mutuals , Sixth Form Education
10 APPG Memberships
Apprenticeships , Belarus , Bus and Coach , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Humanist , Key Cities , Serbia , Tidy Britain , University , Youth Affairs

Contact Details

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Registered Contact:

Chris Bloore MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: chris.bloore.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Dick Searle, The Packaging Federation. Tel: 07932 697151

Email: dicksearle@packagingfedn.co.uk

Secretariat:

The Packaging Federation acts as the group's secretariat.

No benefits in kind are on record for the Packaging in the Circular Economy APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Packaging in the Circular Economy APPG