Uyghurs APPG

First Registered: 10/03/2021 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To raise awareness of the persecution against the Uyghur community in Xinjiang, China.

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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Reticulating Splines
9 Current APPG Members
Lord Anderson of Ipswich Portrait
Lord Anderson of Ipswich
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Brown of Silvertown Portrait
Baroness Brown of Silvertown
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Beauty and Wellbeing
Nusrat Ghani Portrait
Nusrat Ghani
Member
Conservative - Sussex Weald
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Member
Conservative - The Wrekin
5 APPG Officer Positions
Egypt , Georgia , India , Libya , Turkey
7 APPG Memberships
Autism , Beer , Belarus , Diabetes , Financial Education for Young People , Modern Conflict , Tennis
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Blair McDougall MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: blair.mcdougall.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Jaya Pathak, World Uyghur Congress London Office. Tel: 020 8445 9846

Email: jaya@uyghurcongress.org

Secretariat:

World Uyghur Congress London Office acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.uyghurcongress.org/

Group's Website:

https://appguyghurs.wixsite.com/website

Date
29 Oct 2024
Source
World Uyghur Congress (via its London Office, which is called Stop Uyghur Genocide)
Description
Secretariat   From : 29/10/2024 To : 28/10/2024
Value
£4,501
Date
18 Jan 2023
Source
World Uyghur Congress London Office
Description
Secretariat   From : 18/01/2023 To : 17/01/2024
Value
£4,501
Date
18 Jan 2022
Source
Arise
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 18/01/2022 To : 17/01/2023
Value
£4,501
Date
18 Jan 2022
Source
Coalition for Genocide Response
Description
Joint Secretariat   From : 18/01/2022 To : 17/01/2023
Value
£1,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Uyghurs APPG

Former APPG Officers
Alistair Carmichael Portrait
Alistair Carmichael
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Orkney and Shetland
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Fisheries , Jordan , Marine Energy , Syria

No other APPG Memberships

Afzal Khan Portrait
Afzal Khan
Vice Chair
Labour - Manchester Rusholme
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Bahrain , British Muslims , Greater Manchester , Pakistan , Parks and Green Spaces

No other APPG Memberships

Kirsten Oswald Portrait
Kirsten Oswald
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for East Renfrewshire
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Wera Hobhouse Portrait
Wera Hobhouse
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Bath
Joined: 9th February 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Eating Disorders , Emergency Care , Environment , Europe , Net Zero , Renewable and Sustainable Energy

No other APPG Memberships

Nusrat Ghani Portrait
Nusrat Ghani
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Sussex Weald
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Anderson of Ipswich Portrait
Lord Anderson of Ipswich
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Debbie Abrahams Portrait
Debbie Abrahams
Vice Chair
Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth
Joined: 9th February 2022
Departed: 11th January 2023
5 APPG Officer Positions
Dementia , Healthy Places , Kashmir , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Palestine

No other APPG Memberships

Siobhain McDonagh Portrait
Siobhain McDonagh
Vice Chair
Labour - Mitcham and Morden
Joined: 9th February 2022
Departed: 11th January 2023
Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Vice Chair
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 11th January 2023
5 APPG Officer Positions
Egypt , Georgia , India , Libya , Turkey

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Law Portrait
Chris Law
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Dundee Central
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 11th January 2023
2 APPG Officer Positions
Aid Match , Armenia

No other APPG Memberships

Yasmin Qureshi Portrait
Yasmin Qureshi
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Bolton South and Walkden
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 29th December 2021
4 APPG Officer Positions
Dentistry and Oral Health , Obesity , Pakistan , Primodos

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Brown of Silvertown Portrait
Baroness Brown of Silvertown
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 29th December 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Goudie Portrait
Baroness Goudie
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 10th March 2021
Departed: 29th December 2021
2 APPG Officer Positions
Citizens' Rights , Nutrition for Development

No other APPG Memberships