Zoos and Aquariums APPG
First Registered: 13/11/2015 • Last updated on: 30/05/2024
Note: This APPG was last registered on 30th May 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 28th August 2024 and may be defunct.
To raise awareness of the conservation, education, research and animal welfare work of British zoos and aquariums, highlighting best practice and promoting the international reputation of zoos and aquariums; and to facilitate relevant conversations around the issues faced by this profession.
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 APPG Members
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David Jones
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Clwyd West
Joined: 2nd June 2021Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Alex Sobel
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley
Joined: 6th March 2024Departed: 30th May 2024
1 APPG Membership
Net Zero
Net Zero
Bill Wiggin
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for North Herefordshire
Joined: 9th February 2022Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Sarah Champion
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Rotherham
Joined: 2nd June 2021Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Charles Walker
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Broxbourne
Joined: 23rd October 2019Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Memberships
Marco Longhi
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Dudley North
Joined: 2nd June 2021Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Nick Fletcher
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Don Valley
Joined: 2nd June 2021Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Emma Hardy
Vice Chair
Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
Joined: 2nd June 2021Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Gavin Robinson
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Belfast East
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 24th January 2024
Virginia Crosbie
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Ynys Môn
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Daniel Kawczynski
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham
Joined: 31st July 2019Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Angus Brendan MacNeil
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Catherine West
Vice Chair
Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet
Joined: 10th October 2018Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Hooper
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Greg Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 24th January 2024
Andrew Rosindell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Romford
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 24th January 2024
4 APPG Memberships
British Heritage , Commonwealth , Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories , Switzerland and Liechtenstein
British Heritage , Commonwealth , Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories , Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Christian Matheson
Secretary
Independent - Former Member for City of Chester
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Bill Wiggin
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Herefordshire
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 29th December 2021
No other APPG Memberships
David Amess
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 6th October 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Steel of Aikwood
Vice Chair
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Charles Walker
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Broxbourne
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 11th September 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Simon Hart
Treasurer
Conservative - Former Member for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 31st July 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Paula Sherriff
Vice-Chair
Labour - Former Member for Dewsbury
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 29th August 2018
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Vice Chair
Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Memberships
Will Quince
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Colchester
Joined: 21st July 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Redesdale
Vice Chair
Joined: 13th November 2015Departed: 3rd June 2016
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details
Show/HideRegistered Contact:
Sarah Champion MP,
Email: No email supplied
Public Enquiry Point:
Dr Jo Judge, British Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY. Tel: 0207 449 6367
Email: director@biaza.org.uk
Benefits in Kind
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Date
12 Jul 2016
12 Jul 2016
Source
Biaza
Biaza
Description
Secretariat From : 12/07/2016 To : 11/07/2017
Secretariat From : 12/07/2016 To : 11/07/2017
Value
£1,501
£1,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Zoos and Aquariums APPG