Vegetarianism and Veganism APPG

First Registered: 15/02/2017 • Last updated on: 06/03/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 6th March 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct.

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To provide a forum for discussing issues around vegetarianism and veganism. These include vegan and vegetarian rights and catering, public health, environmental issues and animal rights.

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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Former Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Officers
Christina Rees Portrait
Christina Rees
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Neath
Joined: 15th February 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Henry Smith Portrait
Henry Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Crawley
Joined: 15th February 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Kerry McCarthy Portrait
Kerry McCarthy
Vice Chair
Labour - Bristol East
Joined: 15th February 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Seema Malhotra Portrait
Seema Malhotra
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Gale Portrait
Baroness Gale
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 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: 24th February 2020
Departed: 22nd February 2023
6 APPG Officer Positions
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Students , Ukraine , West Papua

No other APPG Memberships

Darren Jones Portrait
Darren Jones
Vice Chair
Labour - Bristol North West
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Debbonaire Portrait
Baroness Debbonaire
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Hussein-Ece Portrait
Baroness Hussein-Ece
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 21st April 2021
2 APPG Officer Positions
Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Stone of Blackheath Portrait
Lord Stone of Blackheath
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb Portrait
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
Officer
Green Party - Life peer
Joined: 15th February 2017
Departed: 19th June 2019
3 APPG Officer Positions
Ocean , Restorative Justice , Transport Safety

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Christina Rees MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5783.

Email: christina.rees.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Tim Thorpe, The Vegan Society, Donald Watson House, 34-35 Ludgate Hill, Birmingham B3 1EH. Tel: 0121 323 1800

Email: vegAPPG@vegansociety.com

Secretariat:

The Vegan Society acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.vegansociety.com/

Group's Website:

https://vegappg.org.uk/

Benefits in Kind
Date
17 Feb 2023
Source
The Vegan Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 17/02/2023 To : 16/02/2024
Value
£1,501
Date
17 Feb 2022
Source
The Vegan Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 17/02/2022 To : 16/02/2023
Value
£1,501
Date
17 Feb 2021
Source
The Vegan Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 17/02/2021 To : 16/02/2022
Value
£1,501
Date
17 Feb 2020
Source
The Vegan Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 17/02/2020 To : 16/02/2021
Value
£1,501
Date
17 Jul 2019
Source
The Vegan Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 17/07/2019 To : 16/07/2020
Value
£4,501
Date
17 Jul 2018
Source
National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Description
NCVO is paid by Vegan Society, Vegetarian Society, and Vegetarian For Life to act as the group's secretariat   From : 17/07/2018 To : 16/07/2019
Value
£4,501
Date
17 Jul 2017
Source
National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Description
NCVO is paid by Vegan Society, Vegetarian Society, and Vegetarian For Life to act as the group's secretariat   From : 17/07/2017 To : 16/07/2018
Value
£4,501
Date
1 Dec 2016
Source
National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Description
NCVO is paid by Vegan Society, Vegetarian Society, and Vegetarian For Life   From : 01/12/2016 To : 30/11/2017
Value
£4,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Vegetarianism and Veganism APPG