Religion in the Media APPG

First Registered: 21/07/2016 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

To improve religious literacy in media and politics and to provide a platform where the regulatory, commercial and cultural factors which influence depictions of faith can be discussed.

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16 Current APPG Officers
Baroness Butler-Sloss Portrait
Baroness Butler-Sloss
Co-Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 21st July 2016
Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Co-Chair
Conservative - Worthing West
Joined: 23rd October 2019
82 APPG Memberships
12 Step Recovery , Adult Education , Afrikan Reparations , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Austria , BBC , British Muslims , British Overseas Territories , Carbon Monoxide , Children in Police Custody , Citizens' Rights , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Commonwealth , Community Development , Croatia , Cycling and Walking , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Disability , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Explosive Threats , Fatherhood , Film and Broader Screen , Flags and Heraldry , Frozen British Pensions , Global Security and Non-Proliferation , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Holocaust Memorial , Hospice and End of Life Care , Immigration Detention , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Limits to Growth , Manufacturing , Maternity , Media , Media Freedom , Music , Muslim Women , National Parks , National Trust , Night Time Economy , No Recourse to Public Funds , Opera , Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , Park Homes , Performing Arts Education and Training , Photography , Public Accountability , Race and Community , Religious Education , Rowing , Scientific , Scotch Whisky , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single Parent Families , Social Enterprise , Social Integration , Social Science and Policy , South East , St George's Day , Sustainable Finance , Tibet , Transport Safety , Ukraine , United Nations , United Nations Women , Vascular and Venous Disease , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , Western Sahara , White Ribbon UK , Wine and Spirits , Wine of Great Britain , Women and Work , Women in Transport , Zimbabwe
Lord Parekh Portrait
Lord Parekh
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st July 2016
1 APPG Membership
India (Trade and Investment)
Lord Harries of Pentregarth Portrait
Lord Harries of Pentregarth
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 21st July 2016
3 APPG Memberships
Dalits , Georgia , West Papua
Naz Shah Portrait
Naz Shah
Vice Chair
Labour - Bradford West
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Gary Streeter Portrait
Gary Streeter
Vice Chair
Conservative - South West Devon
Joined: 20th May 2020
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Yasmin Qureshi MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7019.

Email: yasmin.qureshi.mp@parliament.uk

Group's Website:

https://www.appgreligioninmedia.uk/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Religion in the Media APPG

Date
16 Apr 2021
Source
Penny Appeal
Value
£12,000
Date
24 Aug 2020
Source
Safera Foundation
Value
£12,000
Date
22 Apr 2020
Source
Penny Appeal
Value
£12,000
Former APPG Officers
Lisa Cameron Portrait
Lisa Cameron
Vice Chair
Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 4th November 2020
Departed: 1st November 2023
Lord Singh of Wimbledon Portrait
Lord Singh of Wimbledon
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 2nd June 2021
Gary Streeter Portrait
Gary Streeter
Secretary
Conservative - South West Devon
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017