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
• Hajj & Umrah
• 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

• Eye Health & Visual Impairment
• Funerals & Bereavement
• Modern Slavery in the UK
• Leasehold & Commonhold Reform
• Social, Cooperative and Community Economy
• Urban Transport