Rule of Law APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 08/04/2024

To promote parliamentary and public discussion of the rule of law as a practical concept and to mainstream the importance of the rule of law in Parliament.

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 APPG Officers
Robert Neill Portrait
Robert Neill
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Bromley and Chislehurst
Joined: 10th March 2021
Lord Anderson of Ipswich Portrait
Lord Anderson of Ipswich
Co-Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Joanna Cherry Portrait
Joanna Cherry
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Edinburgh South West
Joined: 30th July 2015
2 APPG Memberships
Afghan Women and Girls , Catalonia
Baroness Lister of Burtersett Portrait
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 10th March 2021
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Sir Robert Neill MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8169.

Email: bob.neill.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Will Knatchbull, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP. Tel: 020 7862 5151

Email: binghamcentre@biicl.org

Secretariat:

Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law acts as the group's secretariat. https://binghamcentre.biicl.org/

Group's Website:

https://binghamcentre.biicl.org/appg-rule-of-law

Date
8 Feb 2023
Source
Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law
Description
Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law acts as the group's secretariat   From : 08/02/2023 To : 07/02/2024
Value
£1,501
Date
8 Feb 2022
Source
Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law
Description
Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law is funded by Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust to act as the group's secretariat   From : 08/02/2022 To : 07/02/2023
Value
£6,001
Date
8 Feb 2021
Source
Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law
Description
Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law is funded by Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust to act as the group's secretariat   From : 08/02/2021 To : 07/02/2022
Value
£19,501
Date
4 Jul 2019
Source
Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law
Description
Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law is funded by The Legal Education Foundation to act as the group's secretariat   From : 04/07/2019 To : 03/07/2020
Value
£22,501
Date
4 Jul 2018
Source
Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/07/2018 To : 03/07/2019
Value
£21,001
Date
4 Jul 2017
Source
Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/07/2017 To : 03/07/2018
Value
£28,501
Date
1 Nov 2016
Source
Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law
Description
Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law is funded by The Legal Education Foundation to act as the group's secretariat   From : 01/11/2016 To : 31/10/2018
Value
£49,501
Date
22 Sep 2015
Source
Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law
Description
Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law is funded by The Legal Education Foundation to act as the group's secretariat   From : 22/09/2015 To : 31/10/2016
Value
£43,501
Date
3 Jun 2015
Source
Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law
Description
Secretariat   From : 03/06/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£13,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Rule of Law APPG

Former APPG Officers
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb Portrait
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
Vice Chair
Green Party - Life peer
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Ocean , Transport Safety
Lord Sandhurst Portrait
Lord Sandhurst
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Yazidis
Lord Macdonald of River Glaven Portrait
Lord Macdonald of River Glaven
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Pannick Portrait
Lord Pannick
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Butler-Sloss Portrait
Baroness Butler-Sloss
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Family Separation
Tony Lloyd Portrait
Tony Lloyd
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Rochdale
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Dominic Grieve Portrait
Dominic Grieve
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Former Member for Beaconsfield
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Woolf Portrait
Lord Woolf
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life Peer (judicial)
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Norman Lamb Portrait
Norman Lamb
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for North Norfolk
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Emily Thornberry Portrait
Emily Thornberry
Vice Chair
Labour - Islington South and Finsbury
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
Robert Neill Portrait
Robert Neill
Vice Chair
Conservative - Bromley and Chislehurst
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
Keir Starmer Portrait
Keir Starmer
Vice Chair
Labour - Holborn and St Pancras
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 31st July 2019
No other APPG Memberships
None Portrait
Sir Edward Garnier
Vice Chair
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
Vice Chair
Conservative - Hereford and South Herefordshire
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 3rd June 2016
No other APPG Memberships