All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm
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 who wish to see alcohol related harm in the UK reduced.
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. [2]
Contents
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 & 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 register of All-Party Group at September 2015:
(In bands of £1,500) Lundbeck Ltd paid Alcohol Concern a grant of £15,001 - £16,500 in January of 2015. [6]
Members
Officers as at September 2015
- Fiona Bruce - Conservative Party - chair & registered Contact
- Lord Clive Brooke of Alverthorpe - Labour - vice chair
- Baroness Dianne Hayter of Kentish Town - Labour - vice chair
- Baroness Ilora Finlay of Llandaff - Crossbencher - vice chair
- Dr Lisa Cameron - Scottish National Party - vice chair [7]
Officers as at March 2015
- Lord Clive Brooke of Alverthorpe - Labour - chair & registered Contact
- Sir Andrew Stunell - Liberal Democrats - vice chair
- Fiona Bruce - Conservative Party - vice chair
- Baroness Dianne Hayter of Kentish Town - vice chair
- Russell Brown - Labour - treasurer
- Baroness Ilora Finlay of Llandaff - Crossbencher - secretary [8]
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
- ↑ All-Party Group on Alcohol HarmParliament Website, accessed 6 October 2015
- ↑ Alcohol Concern BioAlcohol Concern, accessed 6 October 2015
- ↑ Alcohol Concern BioAlcohol Concern, accessed 6 October 2015
- ↑ Register as of 30 March 2015Parliament Website, accessed 6 October 2015
- ↑ Alcohol Concern What We Doalcoholconcern.org, accessed 6 October 2015
- ↑ Register as of 29 September 2015Parliament website, 6 October 2015
- ↑ All-Party Group on Alcohol HarmParliament website, accessed 6 October 2015
- ↑ Register as of 30 March 2015Parliament Website, accessed 6 October 2015
- ↑ [Register as of 30 March 2015Parliament Website, accessed 6 October 2015
