Vegetarianism and Veganism APPG
First Registered: 15/02/2017 • Last updated on: 06/10/2021
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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.
1. Add veganism to the national curriculum and require schools offer vegan meals
26/07/2021 - Petitions
Found: Veganism should be added to the national curriculum so that children learn about veganism. I also believe
2. Require ALL Eateries to Have At Least One Vegan Option and Donate Unwanted Food
06/11/2020 - Petitions
Found: Veganism is one of the fastest growing lifestyles in the world. Vegans don't eat, use or wear any animal
3. Make Veganism a Protected Characteristic under The Equality Act 2010
16/03/2020 - Petitions
Found: We want to add veganism as a protected characteristic to The Equality Act 2010
4. Include ethical veganism on the 2021 census.
25/04/2020 - Petitions
Found: Given that ethical veganism has now been confirmed as a protected characteristic under the Equality Act
5. Make abuse against people based on dietary choice a hate crime & Equalities Act.
18/08/2020 - Petitions
Found: people based on dietary choice a hate crime. Make veganism and vegetarians a protected characteristic under
1. Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]
16/06/2021 - Lords Chamber
1: undergone a sort of convulsive conversion to vegetarianism, and this was his attempt to work out some rationale - Speech Link
2. Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
12/11/2018 - Commons Chamber
1: health concerns associated with this environment. Veganism is something that more and more people are taking - Speech Link
3. Jain Community: Contribution to the UK
01/05/2019 - Westminster Hall
1: themselves alone? They bring their message of vegetarianism, tolerance and equality to wider society, promoting - Speech Link
4. Armed Forces: Baltic Defence
24/02/2015 - Lords Chamber
1: the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism if the wolf is of another opinion. Is my noble - Speech Link
5. Amazon Deforestation
07/10/2019 - Westminster Hall
1: the all-party parliamentary group on vegetarianism and veganism. I do not know that I am as good at pursuing - Speech Link
asked by: Luke Pollard
08/06/2020
... what estimate he has made of the effect of people moving to a vegan diet on levels of carbon emissions from agriculture. 2. Veganism
asked by: Lord Blencathra
23/03/2020
... Supporting veganism in the workplace: a guide for employers; and whether they will issue guidance on supporting veganism in the workplace. 3. Veganism
asked by: Lord Blencathra
17/03/2020
... what plans they have to amend that Act. 4. Veganism
asked by: Kerry McCarthy
02/04/2019
... (ii) supplement drinks and (iii) feeds. 5. Veganism
asked by: Jim Shannon
04/12/2018
... whether his Department holds information on the proportion of people in (a) England and (b) the UK who are vegan.
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6 Current APPG Officers
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Acquired Brain Injury , Alternative Dispute Resolution , Archives and History , Autism , Banning Trophy Hunting , Boxing , Cancer , Coalfield Communities , Environment , Flood Prevention , Fusion Energy , Hairdressing, Barbering and Cosmetology , Hospitality and Tourism , Hospitality, Events and Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales , Immigration Law and Policy , Industrial Heritage , Motor Neurone Disease , Multiple Sclerosis , Music , Mutuals , Olympic and Paralympic Games , Ovarian Cancer , Public Legal Education and Pro Bono , Rail in Wales , Restorative Justice , River Thames , Sepsis , Sport , T Levels , UK Shared Prosperity Fund , Wales in the World , Western Rail Link to Heathrow
Artificial Intelligence , Australia and New Zealand , Belgium , Consumer Protection , Data Analytics , Data Poverty , Environmental, Social, and Governance , Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery , Internet, Communications and Technology , Luxembourg , Marine Energy , Photonics and Quantum , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Small Island Developing States , Sport, Modern Slavery and Human Rights , Technology and National Security , Wilton Park , Wine and Spirits
Assistive Technology , Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Business Owners , Debt and Personal Finance , Down Syndrome , Entrepreneurship , Future of Aviation , Inclusive Growth , India , Mortgage Prisoners , Mutuals , Nepal , Parks and Green Spaces , South Western Railway , Western Rail Link to Heathrow
Belize , Central America , Climate Change , Dog Advisory Welfare , Electric Aviation , Jordan , Music , National Food Strategy , Nature , Net Zero , Ocean Conservation , Performers' Alliance , Russia , School Food , Small Island Developing States , Snooker , Somaliland , Sustainable Resource , Theatre , Tibet , Ticket Abuse
Animal Welfare , Blood Cancer , Business Travel , Cancer , Caribbean , Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , China , Commercial Radio , Devolution , Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Difficulties , Explosive Threats , Flags and Heraldry , Future of Aviation , Heart Valve Disease , Historic Counties , India , Kurdistan Region in Iraq , Learning Disability , Liechtenstein , Ovarian Cancer , Pancreatic Cancer , Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 , Radiotherapy , San Marino , St George's Day , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Switzerland , Turks and Caicos Islands
Contact Details
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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:
Benefits in Kind
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The Vegan Society
Secretariat From : 17/02/2021 To : 16/02/2022
£1,501
17 Feb 2020
The Vegan Society
Secretariat From : 17/02/2020 To : 16/02/2021
£1,501
17 Jul 2019
The Vegan Society
Secretariat From : 17/07/2019 To : 16/07/2020
£4,501
17 Jul 2018
National Council for Voluntary Organisations
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
£4,501
17 Jul 2017
National Council for Voluntary Organisations
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
£4,501
1 Dec 2016
National Council for Voluntary Organisations
NCVO is paid by Vegan Society, Vegetarian Society, and Vegetarian For Life From : 01/12/2016 To : 30/11/2017
£4,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Vegetarianism and Veganism APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Alex Sobel
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 21st April 2021
22q11 Syndrome , Albania , American Football , Antisemitism , Basketball , British Jews , Climate Change , Conservation, Places and People , Côte d’Ivoire , Drones and Modern Conflict , Electoral Reform , Electric Vehicles , Esports , Greenland , Hydrogen , International Conservation , Internet, Communications and Technology , Kosovo , Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness , Montenegro , Music , Net Zero , North Macedonia , Northern Culture , Pacific Islands , Park Homes , Rare, Genetic and Undiagnosed Conditions , Renters and Rental Reform , Running , Small Island Developing States , Social Enterprise , Students , Sustainable Finance , Sustainable Resource , Sweden , Uzbekistan , Video Games and Esports , West Papua , Western Sahara
Thangam Debbonaire
Vice Chair
Labour - Bristol West
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 21st April 2021
Baroness Hussein-Ece
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 31st July 2019Departed: 21st April 2021
Epilepsy , Hajj and Umrah , Muslim Women , Population, Development and Reproductive Health , Turkey , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Lord Stone of Blackheath
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 31st July 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
Officer
Green Party - Life peer
Joined: 15th February 2017Departed: 19th June 2019
Air Pollution , Eritrea , Heathrow Expansion and Regional Connectivity , Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 , Rule of Law