APPG
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.
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 |
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Chair | Dr Liam Fox MP | Conservative |
Vice Chair | Dr Lisa Cameron MP
| SNP
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Vice Chair | Feryal Clark MP
| Labour
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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 |