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The '''All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm''' was established 'to promote discussion of alcohol related issues and to raise issues of concern and make recommendations to government and other policy makers.' <ref> [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/150929/alcohol-harm.htm All-Party Group on Alcohol Harm]Parliament Website, accessed 6 October 2015 </ref>  
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The '''All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm''' was established 'to promote discussion of alcohol related issues and to raise issues of concern and make recommendations to government and other policy makers'. <ref> [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/150929/alcohol-harm.htm All-Party Group on Alcohol Harm]Parliament website, accessed 6 October 2015 </ref>  
  
The APPGAH is made up of cross-party MPs and peers sitting in the [[House of Lords]] who wish to see alcohol related harm in the UK reduced.  
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The APPGAH is made up of cross-party MPs and peers sitting in the [[House of Lords]] with an interest in seeing alcohol-related harm reduced in the UK.  
  
The group has recently launched their 2015 manifesto, which called upon political parties to commit to a range of pledges designed to tackle alcohol related harm leading up to the UK general election of May that year. <ref> [http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/what-we-do/appg-on-alcohol-harm/ Alcohol Concern Bio]Alcohol Concern, accessed 6 October 2015 </ref>  
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The group has recently launched their 2015 manifesto, which called upon political parties to commit to a range of pledges designed to tackle alcohol related harm leading up to the May UK general election. <ref> [http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/what-we-do/appg-on-alcohol-harm/ Alcohol Concern Bio]Alcohol Concern, accessed 6 October 2015 </ref>  
  
 
===Activities===
 
===Activities===
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*To promote the discussion of alcohol-related issues, raise matters of concern and to make recommendations to government and inform policy  
 
*To promote the discussion of alcohol-related issues, raise matters of concern and to make recommendations to government and inform policy  
  
===Areas & issues===
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===Areas and issues===
 
*Advertising and young people  
 
*Advertising and young people  
*Drink Driving
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*Drink driving
 
*Alcohol and the armed forces  
 
*Alcohol and the armed forces  
 
*Licensing and treatment services <ref> [http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/what-we-do/appg-on-alcohol-harm/ Alcohol Concern Bio]Alcohol Concern, accessed 6 October 2015 </ref>   
 
*Licensing and treatment services <ref> [http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/what-we-do/appg-on-alcohol-harm/ Alcohol Concern Bio]Alcohol Concern, accessed 6 October 2015 </ref>   
  
 
===Secretariat===
 
===Secretariat===
[[Alcohol Concern]] (a charity) acts as the group secretariat with the assistance of a grant paid by [[Lundbeck Ltd]] for this work. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/documents/pcfs/all-party-groups/app-register-30-march-2015.pdf Register as of 30 March 2015]Parliament Website, accessed 6 October 2015 </ref>
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[[Alcohol Concern]] (a charity) acts as the group secretariat with the assistance of a grant paid by [[Lundbeck]] Ltd for this work. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/documents/pcfs/all-party-groups/app-register-30-march-2015.pdf Register as of 30 March 2015]Parliament Website, accessed 6 October 2015 </ref>
  
They are a small independent charity concerned with reducing harm from alcohol-related issues, working throughout England and Wales to inform the public of the dangers of alcohol abuse and to bring about varied and effective treatment services. <ref> [http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/what-we-do/ Alcohol Concern What We Do]alcoholconcern.org, accessed 6 October 2015 </ref>
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They are a small independent charity concerned with reducing harm from alcohol-related issues, working throughout England and Wales to inform the public of the dangers of alcohol abuse and to bring about varied and effective treatment services. <ref> [http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/what-we-do/ Alcohol Concern What we do], alcoholconcern.org, accessed 6 October 2015 </ref>
  
 
===Benefits in kind===
 
===Benefits in kind===
As shown in register of All-Party Group at September 2015:  
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As shown in the register of All-Party Groups at September 2015:  
  
(In bands of £1,500) [[Lundbeck Ltd]] paid [[Alcohol Concern]] a grant of £15,001 - £16,500 in January of 2015. <ref> [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/150929/alcohol-harm.htm Register as of 29 September 2015]Parliament website, 6 October 2015 </ref>
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(In bands of £1,500) [[Lundbeck]] Ltd paid [[Alcohol Concern]] a grant of between £15,001 - £16,500 in January 2015. <ref> [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/150929/alcohol-harm.htm Register as of 29 September 2015]Parliament website, 6 October 2015 </ref>
  
 
==Members==
 
==Members==
  
 
===Officers as at September 2015===
 
===Officers as at September 2015===
*[[Fiona Bruce]] - [[Conservative Party]] - chair & registered Contact  
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*[[Fiona Bruce]] - [[Conservative Party]] - chair and registered Contact  
 
*Lord [[Clive Brooke]] of Alverthorpe - [[Labour]] - vice chair  
 
*Lord [[Clive Brooke]] of Alverthorpe - [[Labour]] - vice chair  
 
*Baroness [[Dianne Hayter]] of Kentish Town - [[Labour]] - vice chair  
 
*Baroness [[Dianne Hayter]] of Kentish Town - [[Labour]] - vice chair  

Revision as of 12:01, 8 October 2015

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm was established 'to promote discussion of alcohol related issues and to raise issues of concern and make recommendations to government and other policy makers'. [1]

The APPGAH is made up of cross-party MPs and peers sitting in the House of Lords with an interest in seeing alcohol-related harm reduced in the UK.

The group has recently launched their 2015 manifesto, which called upon political parties to commit to a range of pledges designed to tackle alcohol related harm leading up to the May UK general election. [2]

Activities

  • To actively reduce alcohol related harm in the UK
  • To promote the discussion of alcohol-related issues, raise matters of concern and to make recommendations to government and inform policy

Areas and issues

  • Advertising and young people
  • Drink driving
  • Alcohol and the armed forces
  • Licensing and treatment services [3]

Secretariat

Alcohol Concern (a charity) acts as the group secretariat with the assistance of a grant paid by Lundbeck Ltd for this work. [4]

They are a small independent charity concerned with reducing harm from alcohol-related issues, working throughout England and Wales to inform the public of the dangers of alcohol abuse and to bring about varied and effective treatment services. [5]

Benefits in kind

As shown in the register of All-Party Groups at September 2015:

(In bands of £1,500) Lundbeck Ltd paid Alcohol Concern a grant of between £15,001 - £16,500 in January 2015. [6]

Members

Officers as at September 2015

Officers as at March 2015

Members as at March 2015

Sir David Amess - Conservative Party | Dr Sarah Wollaston MP - Conservative Party | Graham EvansMP - Conservative Party | David BurrowesMP - Conservative Party | Andrew Griffiths MP - Conservative Party | Lord Nigel Jones of Cheltenham - Conservative Party | Baroness Helen Newlove - Conservative Party | Tracey Crouch MP - Conservative Party | Lord Parry Mitchell - Labour - Diane Abbott MP - Labour | Diana Johnson MP - Labour | Valerie Vaz MP - Labour | Kelvin Hopkins MP - Labour | Baroness Susan Cunliffe-Lister Masham of Ilton - Crossbencher | Hywel Williams MP - Plaid Cymru [9]

Notes

  1. All-Party Group on Alcohol HarmParliament website, accessed 6 October 2015
  2. Alcohol Concern BioAlcohol Concern, accessed 6 October 2015
  3. Alcohol Concern BioAlcohol Concern, accessed 6 October 2015
  4. Register as of 30 March 2015Parliament Website, accessed 6 October 2015
  5. Alcohol Concern What we do, alcoholconcern.org, accessed 6 October 2015
  6. Register as of 29 September 2015Parliament website, 6 October 2015
  7. All-Party Group on Alcohol HarmParliament website, accessed 6 October 2015
  8. Register as of 30 March 2015Parliament Website, accessed 6 October 2015
  9. [Register as of 30 March 2015Parliament Website, accessed 6 October 2015