Publishing APPG

First Registered: 23/12/2015 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

To promote the value of high quality publishing to UK society, culture and the economy. To foster a better understanding among parliamentarians about publishers, booksellers and associated fields, all of whom contribute to a world-leading publishing sector.

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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APPG Supplied Content

APPGs can register with Parallel Parliament and submit files and articles to be placed here.

Parallel Parliament offers the facility for APPGs to submit written content and files, which are made available through this page.

Submitters can draft and edit publications, and either release them on demand, or schedule release for a future date.

Both text content and attached files submitted through this facility is indexed by our website, and made available through both the search function and relevant e-mail alerts. Any of our users registered for an alert which matches your content, will receive a link making them aware of its publication.

If you wish to register as an authorised representative of the Publishing APPG and use this facility, click below

14 Current APPG Officers
Baroness Rebuck Portrait
Baroness Rebuck
Deputy Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 23rd December 2015
1 APPG Membership
Creative Diversity
Lord Strathcarron Portrait
Lord Strathcarron
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 30th November 2022
David Jones Portrait
David Jones
Vice Chair
Conservative - Clwyd West
Joined: 21st April 2021
Lord Black of Brentwood Portrait
Lord Black of Brentwood
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th November 2022
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Portrait
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Lord Leong Portrait
Lord Leong
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Andrew Lewer MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 3870.

Email: andrew.lewer.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Caroline Cummins, The Publishers Association, 50 Southwark Street, London SE1 1UN. Tel: 07969 274 354

Email: ccummins@publishers.org.uk

Group's Website:

https://allpartypublishinggroup.org.uk/

Date
4 Dec 2017
Source
The Publishers Association
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/12/2017 To : 03/12/2018
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Publishing APPG

Former APPG Officers
Lord Foster of Bath Portrait
Lord Foster of Bath
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
John Whittingdale Portrait
John Whittingdale
Vice Chair
Conservative - Maldon
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 17th May 2023
5 APPG Memberships
Albania , Dark Skies , Nuclear Energy , Polo , Ukraine
Brendan Clarke-Smith Portrait
Brendan Clarke-Smith
Officer
Conservative - Bassetlaw
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
David Amess Portrait
David Amess
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Memberships
John Whittingdale Portrait
John Whittingdale
Vice Chair
Conservative - Maldon
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
5 APPG Memberships
Albania , Dark Skies , Nuclear Energy , Polo , Ukraine
Alex Chalk Portrait
Alex Chalk
Vice Chair
Conservative - Cheltenham
Joined: 20th December 2017
Departed: 27th March 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Iain Wright Portrait
Iain Wright
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Hartlepool
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Ben Howlett Portrait
Ben Howlett
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bath
Joined: 23rd December 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships