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 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]
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 [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
- Fiona Bruce - Conservative Party - chair and 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 do, alcoholconcern.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
