All-Party Parliamentary Groups

All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal cross-party interests groups. They have no official status within the House of Commons, and run by and for Members of the Commons and Lords.

I am a member of several All-Party groups, and they reflect my political interests as well as issues important to my constituents in Manchester Rusholme. I am particularly interested in the Muslim world, poverty and deprivation, the environment, and issues of race, equality and faith.

New rules governing All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) came into force on 1st April 2024, and stipulate that MPs can only serve as chairs, vice chairs or officers of a maximum of six APPGs. I now serve on the following APPGs:

British Muslims – Vice-Chair
Greater Manchester – Officer
Parks and Green Spaces – Chair

I remain committed to working with the following APPGs as a member.

International

Afghan Women and Girls
Africa
Britain-Palestine
Egypt
Hajj & Umrah
Indonesia
Jamaica
Libya
Morocco
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
Sudan & South Sudan
Taiwan
Trade
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Race, Equality and Faith

Black Health
British Muslims
British Sikhs
Domestic Violence
Ethnic Minority Business Owners
Ethnicity Transplantation & Transfusion
Race & Community
Safeguarding in Faith Communities

Environment

Climate
Climate & Security
Parks and Green Spaces

Education & Young People

Children in Police Custody
International Students
Students
University Group
Youth Affairs
Youth Employment

The North

Greater Manchester
Northern Culture

Good Governance

Governance & Inclusive Leadership
Whistleblowing

Poverty and Deprivation

Ending the Need for Food Banks
Poverty & Inequality

Other

Dentistry
Eye Health & Visual Impairment
Funerals & Bereavement
Gaps in Covid Financial Support
Leasehold & Commonhold Reform
Literacy
Medicine & Medical Devices
Modern Slavery in the UK
Social, Cooperative and Community Economy
Thalidomide
Urban Transport