Small and Micro Business APPG

First Registered: 21/07/2016 • Last updated on: 30/05/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 30th May 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct.

To raise awareness of small and micro business issues 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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Former Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

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Former APPG Officers
Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 8th April 2024
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jo Gideon Portrait
Jo Gideon
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Matt Western Portrait
Matt Western
Vice Chair
Labour - Warwick and Leamington
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Canada , Electric Vehicle , International Students , Motor , Semiconductors , Video Games and Esports

No other APPG Memberships

Mike Amesbury Portrait
Mike Amesbury
Chair & Registered Contact
Independent - Former Member for Runcorn and Helsby
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Saqib Bhatti Portrait
Saqib Bhatti
Vice Chair
Conservative - Meriden and Solihull East
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Antisemitism , Baby Loss , Belarus , Sovereign Wealth Funds

No other APPG Memberships

Seema Malhotra Portrait
Seema Malhotra
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Rob Butler Portrait
Rob Butler
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Aylesbury
Joined: 28th June 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Holly Lynch Portrait
Holly Lynch
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Halifax
Joined: 22nd July 2022
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

James Wild Portrait
James Wild
Officer
Conservative - North West Norfolk
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
5 APPG Officer Positions
Dark Skies , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Parkrun , Shakespeare , Shellfish Aquaculture

No other APPG Memberships

Nick Fletcher Portrait
Nick Fletcher
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Don Valley
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Christine Jardine Portrait
Christine Jardine
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
Gareth Bacon Portrait
Gareth Bacon
Officer
Conservative - Orpington
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
1 APPG Officer Position
Private Capital

No other APPG Memberships

Miriam Cates Portrait
Miriam Cates
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Katherine Fletcher Portrait
Katherine Fletcher
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for South Ribble
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle Portrait
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Officer
Green Party - Life peer
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 17th May 2023
2 APPG Officer Positions
Antimicrobial Resistance , Respiratory Health

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Gibson Portrait
Peter Gibson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Darlington
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Simon Fell Portrait
Simon Fell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Barrow and Furness
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Emma Hardy Portrait
Emma Hardy
Vice Chair
Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jane Hunt Portrait
Jane Hunt
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Loughborough
Joined: 6th October 2021
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Gagan Mohindra Portrait
Gagan Mohindra
Officer
Conservative - South West Hertfordshire
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 15th June 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne Portrait
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 20th May 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
4 APPG Officer Positions
Black Health , Lebanon , Switzerland and Liechtenstein , Usher Syndrome

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Burt of Solihull Portrait
Baroness Burt of Solihull
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 10th March 2021
1 APPG Officer Position
Humanist

No other APPG Memberships

Robert Courts Portrait
Robert Courts
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Witney
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 16th December 2020
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Harrison Portrait
Lord Harrison
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Officer
Conservative - Croydon South
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Cotter Portrait
Lord Cotter
Treasurer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 10th October 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Warburton Portrait
David Warburton
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Somerton and Frome
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 10th October 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Andrew Smith Portrait
Andrew Smith
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Oxford East
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Steve Baker Portrait
Steve Baker
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Wycombe
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 15th February 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Mike Amesbury MP,

Email: No email supplied

Public Enquiry Point:

Tom Blenkinsop , Federation of Small Businesses, 2 Catherine Place, London SW1E 6HF. Tel: 07495 097 447

Email: Tom.Blenkinsop@fsb.org.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Small and Micro Business APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Small and Micro Business APPG