All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm (APPGAH) was set up 'to promote discussion of alcohol related issues and to raise issues of concern and make recommendations to government and other policy makers'. [1]
It 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.
Its 2015 manifesto called upon political parties to commit to a range of pledges designed to tackle alcohol-related harm leading up to the May general election. [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 and issues
- advertising and young people
- drink driving
- alcohol and the armed forces
- licensing and treatment services [2]
Secretariat
Alcohol Concern (a charity) acts as the group's secretariat with the assistance of a grant paid by Lundbeck Ltd for this work. [3]
Alcohol Concern is a small independent charity focusing on 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. [4]
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. [1]
As of February 2016 no further financial benefits had been paid. [5]
Members
Officers as at September and December 2015
- Fiona Bruce - Conservative Party - chair and registered Contact
- Lord Clive Brooke of Alverthorpe - Labour - vice chair
- Baroness Diane Hayter of Kentish Town - Labour - vice chair
- Baroness Ilora Finlay of Llandaff - Crossbencher - vice chair
- Dr Lisa Cameron - Scottish National Party - vice chair [1][6]
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 [3]
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 [3]
Contact
- Address: Alcohol Concern, 25 Corsham Street, London N1 6DR
- Tel: 0207 566 9800
- Email: appg@alcoholconcern.org.uk
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Register as of 29 September 2015, www.parliament.uk, 6 October 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alcohol Concern Bio, Alcohol Concern, accessed 6 October 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Register as of 30 March 2015Parliament Website, accessed 6 October 2015
- ↑ Alcohol Concern What we do, alcoholconcern.org, accessed 6 October 2015
- ↑ Missing ref for Feb register
- ↑ APPG on Alcohol Harm Register of 23 December 2015 parliament.uk, accessed 10 February 2016
