Taiwan APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

To promote understanding and relations between Britain and Taiwan.

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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31 Current APPG Officers
Lord Rogan Portrait
Lord Rogan
Co-Chair
Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Nigel Evans Portrait
Nigel Evans
Honorary President
Conservative - Ribble Valley
Joined: 30th July 2015
7 APPG Memberships
Bahrain , Beer , Gibraltar , Morocco , Music , Qatar , Wine and Spirits
Sarah Atherton Portrait
Sarah Atherton
Vice Chair
Conservative - Wrexham
Joined: 5th April 2023
Baroness Redfern Portrait
Baroness Redfern
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2020
2 APPG Memberships
Apprenticeships , Serbia
Desmond Swayne Portrait
Desmond Swayne
Vice Chair
Conservative - New Forest West
Joined: 8th April 2020
David Morris Portrait
David Morris
Vice Chair
Conservative - Morecambe and Lunesdale
Joined: 30th July 2015
Baroness D'Souza Portrait
Baroness D'Souza
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 5th November 2019
Lord Foster of Bath Portrait
Lord Foster of Bath
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 10th March 2021
Lord Truscott Portrait
Lord Truscott
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 10th March 2021
2 APPG Memberships
Energy Studies , Maldives
Alec Shelbrooke Portrait
Alec Shelbrooke
Vice Chair
Conservative - Elmet and Rothwell
Joined: 24th January 2024
Royston Smith Portrait
Royston Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Southampton, Itchen
Joined: 23rd March 2022
1 APPG Membership
Abraham Accords
Damien Moore Portrait
Damien Moore
Vice Chair
Conservative - Southport
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Lord Blencathra Portrait
Lord Blencathra
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 5th April 2023
Kieran Mullan Portrait
Kieran Mullan
Secretary
Conservative - Crewe and Nantwich
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Bob Stewart MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7011.

Email: bob.stewart.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Dr Reza Tabrizi, Office of Bob Stewart MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA . Tel: 020 7219 8898

Email: reza.tabrizi@parliament.uk

Group's Website:

http://taiwanappg.org.uk/

Date
15 Sep 2019
Source
Taipei Representative Office in the UK
Description
Visit to Taipei   From : 15/09/2019 To : 21/09/2019
Value
£28,501
Date
31 Oct 2018
Source
Taipei Representative Office in the UK
Description
Visit to Taipei   From : 31/10/2018 To : 07/11/2018   Cost Met : Flights, internal travel, accommodation and hospitality
Value
£13,501
Date
6 Apr 2018
Source
Taipei Representative Office in the UK
Description
Visit to Taipei   From : 06/04/2018 To : 13/04/2018   Cost Met : Flights, internal travel, accommodation and hospitality
Value
£28,501
Date
16 Sep 2017
Source
Taipei Representative Office in the UK
Description
Visit to Taipei   From : 16/09/2017 To : 23/09/2017   Cost Met : Flights, internal travel, accommodation and hospitality
Value
£54,001
Date
29 Jul 2017
Source
Taipei Representative Office in the UK
Description
Visit to Taipei   From : 29/07/2017 To : 05/08/2017   Cost Met : Flights, internal travel, accommodation and hospitality
Value
£42,001
Date
15 Apr 2017
Source
Taipei Representative Office in the UK
Description
Visit to Taipei   From : 08/04/2017 To : 15/04/2017
Value
£34,501
Date
27 Oct 2016
Source
Taipei Representative Office in the UK
Description
Tea held on 19/10/2016, tea held on 27/10/2016, tea held on 14/11/2016 and dinner held on 15/11/2016
Value
£3,001
Date
25 Sep 2016
Source
Taipei Representative Office in the UK
Description
Flights, internal travel, accommodation and hospitality   From : 25/09/2016 To : 02/10/2016
Value
£30,001
Date
14 Sep 2016
Source
Taipei Representative Office in the UK
Description
Reception
Value
£3,001
Date
23 Jul 2016
Source
Taipei Representative Office in the UK
Description
Visit to Taipei   From : 23/07/2016 To : 30/07/2016   Cost Met : Flights, internal travel, accommodation and hospitality
Value
£18,001
Date
24 May 2016
Source
Taipei Representative Office in the UK
Description
Reception
Value
£3,001
Date
19 May 2016
Source
Taipei Representative Office in the UK
Description
Visit to Taipei   From : 19/05/2016 To : 22/05/2016   Cost Met : Flights, internal travel, accommodation and hospitality
Value
£22,501
Date
8 Dec 2015
Source
Taipei Representative Office in the UK
Description
Dinner held on 8 December 2015
Value
£6,001
Date
18 Sep 2015
Source
Taipei Representative Office in the UK
Description
Visit to Taiwan   From : 18/09/2015 To : 25/09/2015   Cost Met : Flights, subsistence, accommodation and travel within Taiwan
Value
£22,501
Date
25 Jul 2015
Source
Taipei Representative Office in the UK
Description
Visit to Taiwan   From : 25/07/2015 To : 01/08/2015   Cost Met : Flights, subsistence, accommodation and travel within Taiwan
Value
£51,001
Date
25 Jul 2015
Source
Taipei Representative Office in the United Kingdom
Description
Visit to Taiwan   From : 25/07/2015 To : 01/08/2015   Cost Met : Flights, subsistence, accommodation and travel within Taiwan
Value
£51,001
Date
15 Jul 2015
Source
Taipei Representative Office in the United Kingdom
Description
Reception
Value
£1,501
Date
15 Jul 2015
Source
Taipei Representative Office in the UK
Description
Reception
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Taiwan APPG

Former APPG Officers
Alec Shelbrooke Portrait
Alec Shelbrooke
Vice Chair
Conservative - Elmet and Rothwell
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 13th December 2023
Robert Halfon Portrait
Robert Halfon
Vice Chair
Conservative - Harlow
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Heather Wheeler Portrait
Heather Wheeler
Vice Chair
Conservative - South Derbyshire
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 9th February 2022
Lord Trimble Portrait
Lord Trimble
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 27th January 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Ian C. Lucas Portrait
Ian C. Lucas
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Wrexham
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Steel of Aikwood Portrait
Lord Steel of Aikwood
President
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
John Baron Portrait
John Baron
Vice Chair
Conservative - Basildon and Billericay
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
Andrea Jenkyns Portrait
Andrea Jenkyns
Vice Chair
Conservative - Morley and Outwood
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Membership
Adult Social Care
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom Portrait
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 23rd October 2019
Iain Stewart Portrait
Iain Stewart
Vice Chair
Conservative - Milton Keynes South
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 18th July 2018
3 APPG Memberships
Liechtenstein , New Towns , Switzerland
Cheryl Gillan Portrait
Cheryl Gillan
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 31st January 2018
Departed: 6th June 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Roger Godsiff Portrait
Roger Godsiff
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Hall Green
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th June 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Gale Portrait
Baroness Gale
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th June 2018
Baroness Howells of St Davids Portrait
Baroness Howells of St Davids
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th June 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Faulkner of Worcester Portrait
Lord Faulkner of Worcester
Co-Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th June 2018
Cheryl Gillan Portrait
Cheryl Gillan
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for Chesham and Amersham
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 20th December 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Albert Owen Portrait
Albert Owen
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ynys Môn
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Lisa Cameron Portrait
Lisa Cameron
Vice Chair
Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017