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Richard Baker

Labour MP for Glenrothes and Mid Fife

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Richard Baker

Committees

In the UK Parliament, committees are groups of MPs or Peers who examine specific issues in more detail than can be done in debates.

Some committees focus on checking the government’s decisions and spending, while others investigate specific topics and proposed legislation.

Richard Baker is currently a member of the following committees:

Member, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) is appointed by the House of Commons to examine: constitutional issues; the quality and standards of administration provided by Civil Service departments; and the reports of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO).

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All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs)

All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal cross-party groups made up of MPs and Peers who share an interest in a particular country or subject.

They do not have formal powers or funding, but can book rooms on the parliamentary estate and may receive funding from outside organisations and companies.

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Richard Baker is an officer of the following groups

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Azerbaijan (Officer)

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  • Purpose: To promote good relations between the legislatures and Governments of the two countries.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Defibrillators (Co-Chair)

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  • Purpose: To provide a forum for parliamentary discussion on the issues surrounding sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) defibrillators and resuscitation, whilst providing evidence-based solutions to improve the survival rates of SCA.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://defibrillatorappg.wordpress.com/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Digital Communities (Officer)

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  • Purpose: To promote the delivery of digitally equipped places that support and foster a connected, healthy, and productive community. This includes the creation and maintenance of sustainable digital infrastructure and providing residents with equal opportunity to thrive in a digital world.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Disability Employment (Chair & Registered Contact)

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  • Purpose: To promote policies and learnings to improve employment outcomes for disabled people.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Estonia (Vice Chair)

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  • Purpose: The APPG will form relationships with Estonian politicians and stakeholders, with a general focus on a number of important issues including: NATO, defence, education, technology, housing.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

Richard Baker is a member of the following groups

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ageing and Older People

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for British Buses

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  • Purpose: The APPG provides a forum for Parliamentarians to discuss policies to support the UK bus manufacturing industry.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage

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  • Purpose: To provide a forum to discuss the deployment and development of Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) technologies across the UK in order to protect and create jobs, and to support the UK’s transition to a net zero economy.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Charities and Volunteering

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Diabetes

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  • Purpose: The APPG provides a conduit for diabetes charities, researchers and experts to parliamentarians. It will facilitate discussions about policy, research and treatment of diabetes.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://diabetesappg.wordpress.com/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eye Health and Visual Impairment

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  • Purpose: A forum for parliamentarians to be informed and discuss challenges and opportunities within eye health and issues facing people living with sight loss. To also build the understanding of parliamentarians and civil society to support their effective advocacy and scrutiny of relevant UK government departments.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://eyehealthviappg.org.uk/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections

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  • Purpose: To enhance the integrity of UK democracy by: replacing First Past the Post with a proportional electoral system; eliminating dark money and undemocratic influence from politics; countering disinformation in public discourse. The APPG's goal is to deliver clean and fair elections where all votes count.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://fairelections.org.uk/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

Falkland Islands All-Party Parliamentary Group

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  • Purpose: To support the Falkland Islanders' right to self-determination, maintain a strong link between Parliament and the Falkland Islands, and support the Falkland Islands and their economic development.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Floating Offshore Wind

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  • Purpose: To raise the opportunity of floating offshore wind in the UK and increase parliamentarians knowledge of the sector.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Golf

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  • Purpose: The APPG works with the UK's leading golf organisations - such as the R&A and home union golf associations - to support the industry and promote its work in contributing to the UK's economy, sustainability targets, and health outcomes
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability

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Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness All-Party Parliamentary Group

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  • Purpose: To raise concerns about the Loan Charge legislation and associated HMRC action against thousands of freelance, contract and locum workers and small company owners in the UK, as well as the wider context of fairness of the tax system and the conduct, performance and accountability of HMRC.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://www.loanchargeappg.co.uk/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on New Towns

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  • Purpose: To celebrate the UK’s New Towns, identify common challenges and make the case for investment and sustainable growth. This APPG will examine how to best support the needs of the 2.8 million people already living in new towns and consider the needs of the residents of the future. Learning the lessons from past new towns in championing and supporting the creation of more new towns.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://www.tcpa.org.uk/resources/all-party-parliamentary-group-on-new-towns/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty and Inequality

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Prostate Cancer

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  • Purpose: To raise awareness of prostate cancer issues with parliament, provide a forum for MPs and peers to discuss issues impacting people with prostate cancer, and to advocate for improvements in policy to improve equitable early diagnosis, treatment, care and survival for people with prostate cancer.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://appgprostatecancer.org.uk/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Snooker

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ukraine

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  • Purpose: To promote and strengthen relations between the UK and Ukrainian parliaments.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

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