All-Party Parliamentary Group for Food and Drink Manufacturing

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Food and Drink Manufacturing (APPGFDM) was founded in 2013 in order 'To consider the issues of concern to the food and drink manufacturing industry and raise awareness of these matters in Parliament.'

Activities & Aims

'*Provide a forum for debate and dialogue about issues related to food and drink manufacturing

• Ensure Parliamentarians remain informed about the issues impacting the industry
• Broadly promote the UK food and drink manufacturing sector's interests in Parliament'

People

Officers as of March 2015

• Chair: John Stevenson - Conservative Party
• Vice-Chair: Russell Brown - Labour
• Treasurer: Lord Hugh Dykes - Liberal Democrats
• Secretary: Mark Spencer - Conservative Party

Members as of March 2015

• Conservative Party- Graham Brady | Philip Davies | Baroness Trixie Gardner of Parkes | Duke James Graham of Montrose
• Liberal Democrats - Tim Farron | Gordon Birtwistle | Roger Williams | John Thurso
• Labour - Russell Brown | Linda Riordan | Jack Dromey | Sharon Hodgson | Nicholas Brown | John Mann | Kelvin Hopkins | Fiona Mactaggart | Baroness Anne Gibson of Market Rasen

Crossbenchers: Lord Christopher Haskins

Secretariat

The Food and Drink Federation performs the role of the APPGFDM's secretariat, helping the parliamentary officers organise events and day to day administration.

Contact

The public enquiry point, as shown in the Register of All-Party Parliamentary Groups (30 July 2015) is the Food and Drink Federation's Emma Thomas.

Address: 6 Catherine Street, London WC2B 5JJ .

Telephone: 020 7420 7159

Email: emma.thomas@fdf.org.uk

Website

The groups website can be found at this address: http://www.appgfooddrink.org.uk/appg/