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 APPG had to be disbanded ahead of the Parliamentary election in 2024, but we are delighted to report that the inaugural meeting of the new All Party Parliamentary Group on Down Syndrome took place on 8th October 2024.

The following were elected as officers and members 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	Political Party	Parliamentary House
Andrew Cooper (Co-Chair)	Labour	Commons
Damian Hinds (Co-Chair)	Conservative	Commons
Baroness Sheila Hollins	Crossbench	Lords
Perron Moon	Labour	Commons

Member	Political Party	Parliamentary House
Jack Abbott	Labour	Commons
Mike Amesbury	Labour	Commons
Lee Anderson	Reform	Commons
Lee Barron	Labour	Commons
Lewis Cocking	Conservative	Commons
Lord David Alton of Liverpool	Crossbench	Lords
Lorraine Beavers	Labour	Commons
Dame Karen Bradley	Conservative	Commons
Ruth Cadbury	Labour	Commons
Mims Davies	Conservative	Commons
Dame Caroline Dinenage	Conservative	Commons
Chris Evans	Labour	Commons
Dame Meg Hillier	Labour	Commons
Richard Holden	Conservative	Commons
Jayne Kirkham	Labour	Commons
Noah Law	Labour	Commons
Carla Lockheart	Democratic Unionist Party	Commons
Amanda Martin	Labour	Commons
Rachael Maskell	Labour	Commons
Ben Maguire	Lib-Dem	Commons
Esther McVey	Conservative	Commons
Abtisam Mohamed	Labour	Commons
Helen Morgan	Lib-Dem	Commons
Jack Rankin	Conservative	Commons
Sam Rushworth	Labour	Commons
Jim Shannon	Democratic Unionist Party	Commons
Lord Kevin Shinkwin	Conservative	Lords
Graham Stuart MP	Conservative	Commons
Lord Don Touhig	Labour	Lords
Paul Waugh	Labour	Commons
Baroness Rosa Monckton	Conservative	Lords
Andy MacNae	Labour	Commons
Cat Smith	Labour	Commons