Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics APPG

First Registered: 24/09/2020 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To provide a forum for parliamentarians and stakeholders to consider the needs of vulnerable groups to pandemics and to provide an effective voice in parliament; to raise awareness of specific vulnerable patients; to encourage actions to promote a greater priority for prevention, treatment and support for those groups; to inform better policy decisions and public debate related to the needs of vulnerable groups.

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
4 Current APPG Officers
Johanna Baxter Portrait
Johanna Baxter
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Joined: 9th October 2024
Lord Mendelsohn Portrait
Lord Mendelsohn
Co-Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th September 2020
Lord Lansley Portrait
Lord Lansley
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th September 2020
Andrew Murrison Portrait
Andrew Murrison
Officer
Conservative - South West Wiltshire
Joined: 9th October 2024
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Johanna Baxter MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8493.

Email: johanna.baxter.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Tracey Allen, Office of Lord Mendelsohn

Email: allentj@parliament.uk

Date
4 Sep 2020
Source
RPP Group UK ltd
Description
Secretariat   From : 04/09/2020 To : 03/09/2021
Value
£57,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics APPG

Former APPG Officers
Bob Blackman Portrait
Bob Blackman
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Harrow East
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 30th May 2024
Daisy Cooper Portrait
Daisy Cooper
Officer
Liberal Democrat - St Albans
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jim Shannon Portrait
Jim Shannon
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 1st November 2023
Rachael Maskell Portrait
Rachael Maskell
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - York Central
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 1st November 2023
Ruth Cadbury Portrait
Ruth Cadbury
Vice Chair
Labour - Brentford and Isleworth
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 1st November 2023
1 APPG Officer Position
Western Rail Link to Heathrow

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Brinton Portrait
Baroness Brinton
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 1st November 2023
2 APPG Officer Positions
Children of Alcoholics , Fire Safety and Rescue

No other APPG Memberships

Virendra Sharma Portrait
Virendra Sharma
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ealing, Southall
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride Portrait
Lord McNicol of West Kilbride
Officer
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 1st November 2023
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Ludlow
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 1st November 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Masham of Ilton Portrait
Baroness Masham of Ilton
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lisa Cameron Portrait
Lisa Cameron
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Patel Portrait
Lord Patel
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 29th December 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships