Syria APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 18/06/2025

To promote interest in and knowledge of Syria.

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 Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
Alistair Carmichael Portrait
Alistair Carmichael
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Orkney and Shetland
Joined: 2nd January 2025
Baroness Blackstone Portrait
Baroness Blackstone
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 2nd January 2025
Lord McInnes of Kilwinning Portrait
Lord McInnes of Kilwinning
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 2nd January 2025
1 APPG Officer Position
Armenia
1 APPG Membership
United Nations Global Goals
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Mr Alistair Carmichael MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8181.

Email: carmichaela@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Joseph Willits, Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU). Tel: 020 7832 1325

Email: willitsj@caabu.org

Secretariat:

Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU) acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.caabu.org/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Syria APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Syria APPG

Former APPG Officers
Roger Godsiff Portrait
Roger Godsiff
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Hall Green
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Balfe Portrait
Lord Balfe
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
Baroness Uddin Portrait
Baroness Uddin
Vice-Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
6 APPG Officer Positions
Commonwealth , Digital Identity , Libya , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , Women and Work

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Dubs Portrait
Lord Dubs
Vice-Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
4 APPG Officer Positions
Lebanon , Moldova , Multiple Sclerosis , Refugees

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Kilclooney Portrait
Lord Kilclooney
Vice-Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Amess Portrait
David Amess
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Deidre Brock Portrait
Deidre Brock
Vice-Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Edinburgh North and Leith
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

John Grogan Portrait
John Grogan
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Keighley
Joined: 11th September 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Paul Monaghan Portrait
Paul Monaghan
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships