Venezuela APPG

First Registered: 28/09/2017 • 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 8th April 2024 and may be defunct.

To ensure that Venezuela is on the political agenda of the UK Parliament and to strengthen UK policies addressing issues relating to human rights, democracy, good governance and economic development; to act as a channel for contacts with experts, NGOs and regional stakeholders; to establish relations with the Venezuelan community to foster understanding of Venezuela and the challenges which face its people.

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 Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

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Former APPG Members

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Mark Menzies

Vice Chair

Independent - Fylde

Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024

4 APPG Memberships
Flood Prevention , Latin America , Oman , Saudi Arabia

John Spellar

Officer

Labour - Warley

Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024

10 APPG Memberships
Alternative Dispute Resolution , Australia, New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Australia, United Kingdom and United States of America (AUKUS) , Fusion Energy , Japan , Jazz , River Thames , Singapore , Thailand , Transatlantic Trade

Baroness Hooper

Officer

Conservative - Life peer

Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024

4 APPG Memberships
Brazil , Catalonia , Haiti , Latin America

Lord Mountevans

Officer

Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary

Joined: 22nd February 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024

4 APPG Memberships
Australia, United Kingdom and United States of America (AUKUS) , Latin America , Mexico , Sovereign Defence Manufacturing Capability

Andrew Lewer

Chair & Registered Contact

Conservative - Northampton South

Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 24th January 2024

11 APPG Memberships
Council Housing , Education , Housing Market and Housing Delivery , Independent Education , Kidney , Motor Neurone Disease , Private Rented Sector , Publishing , Self-Build, Custom and Community Housebuilding and Placemaking , SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders , Theatre

Christian Matheson

Vice Chair

Independent - Former Member for City of Chester

Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 4th May 2022

No other APPG Memberships

Kate Osborne

Vice Chair

Labour - Jarrow

Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022

No other APPG Memberships

Viscount Waverley

Vice Chair

Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary

Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 4th May 2022

No other APPG Memberships

Graham P Jones

Chair & Registered Contact

Labour - Former Member for Hyndburn

Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Bottomley

Vice Chair

Conservative - Worthing West

Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019

25 APPG Memberships
12 Step Recovery , Ageing and Older People , Austria , Carbon Monoxide , Citizens' Rights , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Extraordinary Rendition , Frozen British Pensions , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Haiti , Immigration Detention , Limits to Growth , Race and Community , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Small and Micro Business , Social Integration , South Africa , Transport Safety , United Nations , Women in Transport , Zimbabwe