To promote parliamentary and public understanding of the importance of high streets, town centres and city centres in order to build environments that are healthy, sustainable and socially inclusive.
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5 Current APPG Officers
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Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Business in a Pandemic (Covid) World , Business Travel , Corporate Responsibility , Greyhound , Hockey , Infrastructure , Light Rail , Maritime and Ports , Portugal , Republic of Korea , South Western Railway , Sri Lanka , Tamils , Wine and Spirits
Bingo , Britiish Offshore Oil and Gas Industry , Coastal Communities , County , Downstream Energy and Fuels , East of England , Energy Costs , Fair Fuel for UK Motorists and UK Hauliers , Fire Safety and Rescue , Fisheries , Food Banks , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Housing and Care for Older People , Housing and Social Mobility , Intelligent Energy , Nuclear Energy , Packaging Manufacturing Industry , Park Homes , Pedagogy, Curriculum and Accountability , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Speech and Language Difficulties , State Pension Inequality for Women , Universal Credit
Adoption and Permanence , Armed Forces Covenant , Brazil , Durham University , East Coast Main Line , Fair Business Banking , Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , Hospice and End of Life Care , Housing and Planning , Housing Market and Housing Delivery , Markets , Northern Powerhouse , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 , Small and Micro Business , Social Integration
Douglas Chapman
Officer
Scottish National Party - Dunfermline and West Fife
Joined: 4th November 2020Arctic and Nordic Councils , Catalonia , Denmark , Design and Innovation , Energy Studies , Faroe Islands , France , Gardening and Horticulture , Photonics and Quantum , Russia , Singapore , United Arab Emirates
Israel , Political Literacy , Race and Community , Rugby League , Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities
Contact Details
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Stephen Hammond MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 3401.
Email: stephen.hammond.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Ojay McDonald, Association of Town and City Management, PO Box 242, Westerham TN16 9EU. Tel: 07976 636 038
Email: ojay.mcdonald@atcm.org
Group's Website:
No benefits in kind are on record for the Town Centres APPG
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Town Centres APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Matt Western
Officer
Labour - Warwick and Leamington
Joined: 4th November 2020Departed: 29th December 2021
Climate Change , Council Housing , Cycling and Walking , Down Syndrome , Electric Vehicles , Motor , Parks and Green Spaces , Polar Regions , Pubs , Small and Micro Business , Video Games and Esports
Jim McMahon
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
Apprenticeships , Challenger Banks and Building Societies , Industrial Heritage , Kashmir
Lord Goddard of Stockport
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
Cats , China , Côte d’Ivoire , Darts , Germany , Golf , Housing in the North , Internet, Communications and Technology , Local Authority Pension Funds , Markets , Night Time Economy , Northern Powerhouse , Wine and Spirits
Alex Chalk
Vice Chair
Conservative - Cheltenham
Joined: 29th August 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Youth Action against Climate Change
Stephen Lloyd
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Eastbourne
Joined: 29th August 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Richard Burden
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Northfield
Joined: 29th August 2018Departed: 11th September 2019
Action on Conflict and Global Britain , Bangladesh , Bees and Pollinators , Belarus , Bus and Coach Industry , Central America , Chile , Community Development in Europe , Croatia , Foreign Affairs , France , Friends of Syria , Healthy Homes and Buildings , Housing in the North , Human Rights , Mexico , Moldova , Northern Culture , Pakistan , Poverty , Restorative Justice , Rohingya , Rule of Law , Technology and National Security , Trade and Investment , Transport Safety , Ukraine
Rebecca Pow
Officer
Conservative - Taunton Deane
Joined: 29th August 2018Departed: 11th September 2019
Rowing
Andrea Jenkyns
Vice Chair
Conservative - Morley and Outwood
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Michelle Donelan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Chippenham
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017