Pandemic Response and Recovery APPG

First Registered: 06/10/2021 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To provide a forum for open debate on pandemic management, to prevent avoidable suffering and loss in the future and ensure public health measures are proportional to the risk. To scrutinise the safety and regulatory approval of Covid-19 vaccines and review financial arrangements for anyoneharmed or bereaved by them.

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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Esther McVey

Chair & Registered Contact

Conservative - Tatton

Joined: 6th October 2021

3 APPG Officer Positions
Customer Service , Primodos , West Coast Main Line
1 APPG Membership
Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support

Graham Stringer

Co-Chair

Labour - Blackley and Middleton South

Joined: 6th October 2021

1 APPG Officer Position
Freedom of Speech
6 APPG Memberships
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Antimicrobial Resistance , Beer , Financial Education for Young People , Mutuals , Writers

Sammy Wilson

Vice Chair

Democratic Unionist Party - East Antrim

Joined: 6th October 2021

1 APPG Officer Position
Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness
6 APPG Memberships
Christians in Parliament , Commonwealth , Fair Banking , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Listed Properties

Christopher Chope

Vice Chair

Conservative - Christchurch

Joined: 20th November 2024

5 APPG Officer Positions
Community Development , Croatia , Energy Studies , Gardening and Horticulture , Park Homes
5 APPG Memberships
Beer , Christians in Parliament , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Mutuals , Tennis