Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse APPG
First Registered: 21/04/2021 • Last updated on: 06/03/2024
Note: This APPG was last registered on 6th March 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct.
To examine the areas that would reduce the productivity gap between urban and rural areas.
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Reticulating Splines
Former APPG Officers
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Julian Sturdy
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for York Outer
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Cameron of Dillington
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
Lord Carrington
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Curry of Kirkharle
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
Greg Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
Beer , Formula 1 and Motorsport , Furniture Industry , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness
No other APPG Memberships
Selaine Saxby
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Devon
Joined: 4th May 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Earl of Devon
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 4th May 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Helen Morgan
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire
Joined: 4th May 2022Departed: 6th March 2024
Digital Communities , Flooding and Flooded Communities , Spinal Cord Injury , UK Food Security
No other APPG Memberships
Alex Sobel
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley
Joined: 17th May 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Students , Ukraine , West Papua
No other APPG Memberships
Jerome Mayhew
Vice Chair
Conservative - Broadland and Fakenham
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 5th April 2023
Lord Harlech
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 4th May 2022Departed: 5th April 2023
Rosie Cooper
Vice Chair
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Simon Hoare
Vice Chair
Conservative - North Dorset
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 23rd March 2022
Council Tax Reform , Dairy , Local Government , Menopause , Multiple Sclerosis , Theatre
No other APPG Memberships
Richard Holden
Vice Chair
Conservative - Basildon and Billericay
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 23rd March 2022
Freedom of Speech , Freight and Logistics , Insurance and Financial Services , Media , Pubs , Self-Driving Vehicles
No other APPG Memberships
Earl of Shrewsbury
Vice Chair
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 21st April 2021Departed: 23rd March 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details
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Julian Sturdy MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7199.
Email: julian.sturdy.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Jordan Hennessy, Office of Julian Sturdy MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Benefits in Kind
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Country Land and Business Association
Report publication
£3,001
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse APPG