APPG

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All Party Parliamentary Group on Down Syndrome

All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal cross-party groups that have no official status within Parliament. They are run by and for Members of the Commons and Lords, though many choose to involve individuals and organisations from outside Parliament in their administration and activities.

There are many All Party Groups in Parliament, however there hasn’t been an All Party Parliamentary Group for Down syndrome (APPGDS) for some years. The National Down syndrome policy group (NDSPG) took the view that an All Party Group could help improve life for the Down syndrome community. NDSPG reached out to politicians with a view to making an APPGDS a reality. Although the All Party Groups have no official status within Parliament, such a group focused on the issues affecting the Down syndrome community could be invaluable for us. The NDSPG is the Secretariat to the new All Party Parliamentary Group, organising and supporting the meetings and work of the APPGDS and providing the lived experience.

The inaugural meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Down Syndrome took place on 12th May 2021.

The following were elected as officers of the APPG:

For detail on the APPG, its Parliamentary membership and minutes of meetings, please visit the dedicated website of www.appg-ds.org

Officer / Member
Name
Party
Chair
Dr Liam Fox MP
Conservative
Vice Chair
Dr Lisa Cameron MP
SNP
Vice Chair
Feryal Clark MP
Labour
Vice Chair
Flick Drummond MP
Conservative
Vice Chair
Nick Fletcher MP
Conservative
Vice Chair
Mark Logan MP
Conservative
Vice Chair
Seema Malhotra MP
Labour
Vice Chair
Virendra Sharma MP
Labour
Vice Chair
Baroness Julie Smith
Lib Dem
Member
Debbie Abrahams MP
Labour
Member
Lee Anderson MP
Conservative
Member
Siobhan Baillie MP
Conservative
Member
Douglas Chapman MP
SNP
Member
Caroline Dinenage MP
Conservative
Member
Colleen Fletcher MP
Labour
Member
Ruth Jones MP
Labour
Member
Rachael Maskell MP
Labour
Member
Gareth Thomas MP
Labour
Member
Stephen Timms MP
Labour
Member
Lord Touhig
Labour
Member
Lord David Alton
Crossbencher
Member
Matt Western MP
Labour