Performing Arts Education and Training APPG

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

To support parliamentarians in discussions relating to: appropriate training, education, assessment and professional practices across drama, dance and musical theatre; practitioners continuing professional development within the creative and cultural industries; wider benefits of engagement with the performing arts for students, practitioners and audiences.

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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Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
Lord Vaizey of Didcot Portrait
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 27th January 2021
Baroness Wilcox of Newport Portrait
Baroness Wilcox of Newport
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 14th July 2021
28 Current APPG Members
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Portrait
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
Member
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
7 APPG Officer Positions
BBC , Italy , ITV , Media , Mexico , Publishing , Shakespeare
5 APPG Memberships
Intellectual Property , Music , Music Education , Theatre , Writers
Lord Cashman Portrait
Lord Cashman
Member
Non-affiliated - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Humanist
Earl of Clancarty Portrait
Earl of Clancarty
Member
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Baroness Featherstone Portrait
Baroness Featherstone
Member
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood
2 APPG Memberships
Nutrition for Development , Writers
Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie Portrait
Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie
Member
Conservative - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Dying Well
1 APPG Membership
Women's Health
Lord German Portrait
Lord German
Member
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
3 APPG Officer Positions
Global Education , Slovenia , Waterways
4 APPG Memberships
Immigration Detention , Music , Mutuals , Refugees
Lord Kinnock Portrait
Lord Kinnock
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Carers , Humanist
Anna McMorrin Portrait
Anna McMorrin
Member
Labour - Cardiff North
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
Internet, Communications and Technology , Music , United Nations Global Goals
Lord Murphy of Torfaen Portrait
Lord Murphy of Torfaen
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Ireland and the Irish in Britain
Alec Shelbrooke Portrait
Alec Shelbrooke
Member
Conservative - Wetherby and Easingwold
Baroness Wolf of Dulwich Portrait
Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Jess Brown-Fuller MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: jess.brownfuller.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Glyndwr Jones, Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre. Tel: 020 7240 5703

Email: appg@cdmt.org.uk

Secretariat:

Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre acts as the group's secretariat. https://cdmt.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://cdmt.org.uk/cdmt-and-westminster/appg-for-performing-arts-education-and-training

Date
13 Jan 2024
Source
Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre
Description
Secretariat   From : 13/01/2024 To : 12/01/2025
Value
£1,501
Date
13 Jan 2023
Source
CDMT
Description
Secretariat   From : 13/01/2023 To : 12/01/2024
Value
£4,501
Date
13 Jan 2022
Source
CDMT
Description
Secretariat   From : 13/01/2022 To : 12/01/2023
Value
£3,001
Date
13 Jan 2021
Source
CDMT
Description
Secretariat   From : 13/01/2021 To : 12/01/2022
Value
£3,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Performing Arts Education and Training APPG

Former APPG Officers
Lord Aberdare Portrait
Lord Aberdare
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Apprenticeships , Defibrillators , Opera , Responsible Business , Slovenia

No other APPG Memberships

Simon Baynes Portrait
Simon Baynes
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Clwyd South
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Anna McMorrin Portrait
Anna McMorrin
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Cardiff North
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord German Portrait
Lord German
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Global Education , Slovenia , Waterways

No other APPG Memberships

Lord McNally Portrait
Lord McNally
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Merron Portrait
Baroness Merron
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Featherstone Portrait
Baroness Featherstone
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Wood of Anfield Portrait
Lord Wood of Anfield
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 25th August 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Care-Experienced Children and Young People

No other APPG Memberships

Earl of Clancarty Portrait
Earl of Clancarty
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Art, Craft and Design in Education , Craft , Visual Arts and Artists

No other APPG Memberships

Jack Lopresti Portrait
Jack Lopresti
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Filton and Bradley Stoke
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Taylor of Warwick Portrait
Lord Taylor of Warwick
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Video Games and Esports

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Clement-Jones Portrait
Lord Clement-Jones
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Vice Chair
Labour - Washington and Gateshead South
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
Alex Davies-Jones Portrait
Alex Davies-Jones
Vice Chair
Labour - Pontypridd
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Warburton Portrait
David Warburton
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Somerton and Frome
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Amess Portrait
David Amess
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 25th August 2021
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships