Portugal APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 24th January 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 8th April 2024 and may be defunct.

To raise awareness amongst MPs and Peers of the political situation in Portugal; to host meetings to enable MPs and Peers to meet Portuguese parliamentarians and business leaders; and generally to improve the political, trade and business relations between the UK and Portugal.

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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Former APPG Members
Oliver Heald Portrait
Oliver Heald
Vice Chair
Conservative - North East Hertfordshire
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Chalk Streams , Ocean
Dan Carden Portrait
Dan Carden
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool, Walton
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
Lord Dubs Portrait
Lord Dubs
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
Valerie Vaz Portrait
Valerie Vaz
Vice Chair
Labour - Walsall South
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 24th January 2024
Wendy Chamberlain Portrait
Wendy Chamberlain
Secretary
Liberal Democrat - North East Fife
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
Lord Rogan Portrait
Lord Rogan
Treasurer
Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
1 APPG Membership
Gibraltar
Mark Tami Portrait
Mark Tami
Vice Chair
Labour - Alyn and Deeside
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 24th January 2024
Stephen Hammond Portrait
Stephen Hammond
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Wimbledon
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Infrastructure , Thalassaemia
Huw Merriman Portrait
Huw Merriman
Secretary
Conservative - Bexhill and Battle
Joined: 13th February 2019
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Lord McNicol of West Kilbride Portrait
Lord McNicol of West Kilbride
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 9th February 2022
Lord Gilbert of Panteg Portrait
Lord Gilbert of Panteg
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 9th February 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Viscount Waverley Portrait
Viscount Waverley
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 13th February 2019
Departed: 9th February 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Doocey Portrait
Baroness Doocey
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 9th February 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Hooper Portrait
Baroness Hooper
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 13th February 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
4 APPG Memberships
Brazil , Catalonia , Haiti , Latin America
John Grogan Portrait
John Grogan
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Keighley
Joined: 13th February 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Stephen Pound Portrait
Stephen Pound
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Ealing North
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 2nd January 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Tim Loughton Portrait
Tim Loughton
Officer
Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd January 2019
Lord Liddle Portrait
Lord Liddle
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
1 APPG Membership
Hadrian's Wall
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Stephen Hammond MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 3401.

Email: stephen.hammond.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Christina Hippisley, Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in the UK, 11 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PP. Tel: 0207 201 6638

Email: c.hippisley@portuguese-chamber.org.uk

Secretariat:

Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in the UK acts as the group's secretariat. https://portuguese-chamber.org.uk/

Date
14 Oct 2023
Source
Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in the UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/10/2022 To : 13/10/2023
Value
£4,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Portugal APPG