Space APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To raise awareness in Parliament of the importance and opportunities of space based capabilities to the UK economy, policy making, society and the space community; to highlight and promote the benefits from the UK's investment in space and its leading role within the global space economy.

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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Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Mark Garnier MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7198.

Email: mark.garnier.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Henrietta Gibbs, ADS Group. Tel: 07522 200011

Email: henrietta.gibbs@adsgroup.org.uk

Secretariat:

ADS Group acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.adsgroup.org.uk/

Date
9 Sep 2024
Source
ADS Group
Description
Secretariat   From : 09/09/2024 To : 08/09/2025
Value
£1,501
Date
19 Mar 2024
Source
UKspace Ltd
Description
Event
Value
£1,501
Date
15 Jan 2024
Source
ADS Ltd
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/01/2024 To : 14/01/2025
Value
£1,501
Date
25 Oct 2023
Source
UKspace Ltd.
Description
Event
Value
£1,501
Date
11 Jul 2023
Source
UKspace Ltd
Description
Event
Value
£1,501
Date
16 May 2023
Source
UKspace Ltd
Description
Event
Value
£1,501
Date
15 Jan 2023
Source
ADS Ltd
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/01/2023 To : 14/01/2024
Value
£1,501
Date
15 Jan 2022
Source
ADS Ltd
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/01/2022 To : 14/01/2023
Value
£1,501
Date
15 Jan 2021
Source
ADS Ltd
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/01/2021 To : 14/01/2022
Value
£1,501
Date
15 Jan 2020
Source
ADS LtD
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/01/2020 To : 14/01/2021
Value
£1,501
Date
5 Jul 2019
Source
ADS LtD
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/07/2019 To : 04/07/2020
Value
£1,501
Date
30 Jan 2018
Source
UK Space (Trade Association)
Description
Annual reception held on 30/01/2018
Value
£4,501
Date
1 Jan 2017
Source
Sarah Chilman
Description
Sarah Chilman is funded by UK Space (the trade association) to act as the APPG's secretariat   From : 01/01/2017 To : 31/12/2017
Value
£7,501
Date
7 Dec 2016
Source
UK Space (the trade association)
Description
Reception held on 7 December 2016
Value
£6,001
Date
27 Jun 2016
Source
UK Space (the trade association)
Description
Reception held on 27 June 2016
Value
£4,501
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
Sarah Chilman
Description
Sarah Chilman is funded by UK Space (the trade association) to act as the APPG's secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£7,501
Date
9 Dec 2015
Source
UK Space (the trade association)
Description
Reception held on 9 December 2015
Value
£4,501
Date
6 Jul 2015
Source
UK Space (the trade association)
Description
Reception
Value
£4,501
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
Sarah Chilman
Description
Sarah Chilman is funded by UK Space (the trade association) to act as the APPG's secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£7,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Space APPG

Former APPG Officers
Lord Willetts Portrait
Lord Willetts
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Students

No other APPG Memberships

Carol Monaghan Portrait
Carol Monaghan
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North West
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alex Sobel Portrait
Alex Sobel
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Students , Ukraine , West Papua

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Spellar Portrait
Lord Spellar
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
Owen Thompson Portrait
Owen Thompson
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Midlothian
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jamie Stone Portrait
Jamie Stone
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Metcalfe Portrait
Stephen Metcalfe
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for South Basildon and East Thurrock
Joined: 10th October 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Angus Brendan MacNeil Portrait
Angus Brendan MacNeil
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ian Paisley Portrait
Ian Paisley
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Former Member for North Antrim
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Philippa Whitford Portrait
Philippa Whitford
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Central Ayrshire
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

None Portrait
Chris Skidmore
Vice Chair
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Morris Portrait
David Morris
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Morecambe and Lunesdale
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 22nd July 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Steve Double Portrait
Steve Double
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for St Austell and Newquay
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 25th August 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Liz Saville Roberts Portrait
Liz Saville Roberts
Treasurer
Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 21st April 2021
Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Vice Chair
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 21st April 2021
5 APPG Officer Positions
Egypt , Georgia , India , Libya , Turkey

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Hunt of Chesterton Portrait
Lord Hunt of Chesterton
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Adam Afriyie Portrait
Adam Afriyie
Patron
Conservative - Former Member for Windsor
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Cheryl Gillan Portrait
Cheryl Gillan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Vaizey of Didcot Portrait
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 5th November 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
Nigel Evans Portrait
Nigel Evans
President
Conservative - Former Member for Ribble Valley
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Cheryl Gillan Portrait
Cheryl Gillan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 20th December 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alan Meale Portrait
Alan Meale
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Mansfield
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Iain Wright Portrait
Iain Wright
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Hartlepool
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Phillip Lee Portrait
Phillip Lee
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Bracknell
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 31st August 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships