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.

Mary Glindon is currently a member of the following committees:

Member, Administration Committee

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Member, Backbench Business Committee

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Committee memberships held in the past

• Member, Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee (30 Apr 2024 to 14 May 2024)
• Member, Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill (Formerly known as International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill) Committee (17 Apr 2024 to 24 Apr 2024)
• Member, Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Committee (10 Jan 2024 to 30 Jan 2024)
• Member, Renters (Reform) Bill Committee ( 8 Nov 2023 to 28 Nov 2023)
• Member, Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill Committee (15 Mar 2023 to 23 Mar 2023)
• Member, Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill) Committee ( 2 Nov 2022 to 29 Nov 2022)
• Member, Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill Committee (22 Jun 2022 to 7 Jul 2022)
• Member, Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] Committee ( 9 Feb 2022 to 10 Feb 2022)
• Member, Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill Committee ( 3 Nov 2021 to 18 Nov 2021)
• Member, Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill Committee ( 7 Sep 2021 to 22 Sep 2021)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 8 Jun 2020)
• Member, Transport Committee ( 8 Jul 2015 to 31 Oct 2016)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (25 Feb 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

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.

We source information on APPG memberships from lists on APPG websites or asking APPGs for unpublished lists. Please report any incorrect or outdated information.

Mary Glindon is an officer of the following groups

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for the British Offshore Energy Industry (Chair & Registered Contact)

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• Purpose: The APPG reflects the evolving UK offshore energy landscape, championing hydrogen, carbon capture, offshore wind, and oil and gas. It supports the UK's green energy leadership and net-zero goals while advocating for a just transition that protects skilled workers and meets energy needs through collaboration with governments, regulators, and communities.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Grid Networks (Chair & Registered Contact)

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• Purpose: The APPG is focused on grid sustainability and resilience, policy and legislative challenges relating to power grid capacity in the UK; investment in National Grid infrastructure; planning policy and the development of energy infrastructure; emerging renewable energy systems; and the role of the public and private sector in power grid.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.gridnetworks.co.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hadrian's Wall (Chair & Registered Contact)

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• Purpose: To promote the 150-mile-long UNESCO World Heritage Site and to explore ways of increasing the potential of Hadrian’s Wall as an economic and cultural asset for communities across the North East, Cumbria, and the whole of the UK.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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North East All-Party Parliamentary Group (Vice Chair)

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• Purpose: To provide a strong and united voice for the North East in Westminster, gathering political and business leaders to build consensus and drive investment and growth for the benefit of communities throughout the North East region.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://northeastappg.org/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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

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• Purpose: To generate a public policy environment where obesity is recognised and prioritised; hold government to account for the delivery of an obesity strategy; call for joined up commissioning that addresses obesity and delivers value for money; and use parliamentary means to provide focus across key elements of the pathway.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://obesityappg.com/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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Responsible Vaping All-Party Parliamentary Group (Vice Chair)

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• Purpose: To act as a focal point for vaping issues with a clear focus on sector responsibility in addressing key issues, demonstrate the positive benefits in support of smoking cessation and support an evidence-based approach to vaping regulation.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://responsiblevapingappg.org/
• APPG register: Parliament website

Mary Glindon is a member of the following groups

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All-Party Parliamentary Group Against Antisemitism

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• Purpose: To combat antisemitism and help develop and seek implementation of effective public policy to combat antisemitism.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://antisemitism.org.uk/the-all-party-parliamentary-group-against-antisemitism/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group Beauty and Wellbeing

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• Purpose: The group seeks to spotlight and raise the reputation of the beauty industry by investigating and exploring key issues that impact the sectors within it. By highlighting these issues, the group aims to underscore the importance of tackling misinformation, and the economic and social benefits to the UK.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.baw-appg.co.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group

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• Purpose: To promote understanding of the significant contribution of brewing and pubs to the UK economy and wider society, including their economic, social, cultural and historic importance, contribution to tourism, the social responsibility exercised by the sector, and also supporting the UK's brewing and pub sectors worldwide.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: https://www.appgbeer.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Digital Creators

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• Purpose: To champion the digital creator economy and advocate for content creators as a profession in recognition of their profound economic and cultural contributions across the UK. Working to remove barriers to growth, helping all UK creators reach their full potential.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://digitalcommunities.inparliament.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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Drugs, Alcohol and Justice All-Party Parliamentary Group

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• Purpose: To provide a policy forum for frontline drug and alcohol treatment sector providers and interested parliamentarians with a focus on evidence-based harm reduction, treatment and recovery. We believe in evidence, not prejudice, in policy - and treatment, not punishment, in practice.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/about-us/policy-and-research/drugs-alcohol-and-justice-all-party-parliamentary-group
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion

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• Purpose: Highlighting how the lack of donor participation affects patients with ethnically diverse backgrounds. Raising awareness of health inequalities faced by mixed and minority ethnic patients requiring an organ, stem cell or bone marrow transplant or a blood transfusion. Advocating equitable access of treatment for mixed and minority ethnic patients.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Genetic, Rare and Undiagnosed Conditions

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• Purpose: To increase awareness in parliament of genetic, rare and undiagnosed conditions and help to ensure that patients and families affected by those conditions have access to appropriate care and support.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: https://geneticalliance.org.uk/westminster-appg
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Leamside Line

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• Purpose: To campaign for the re-opening of the Leamside Line in full, which would provide significant economic, social and environmental benefits for the whole country, particularly the North East of England. These include providing rail access to thousands more people and easing the burden on the East Coast Mainline.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group

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• Purpose: To provide a forum for discussion of pro-life issues including abortion, euthanasia and research upon the human embryo.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: https://righttolife.org.uk/all-party-parliamentary-pro-life-group
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Self-Driving Vehicles

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• Purpose: The APPG provides a forum for parliamentarians and industry to discuss and promote the benefits of AVs (Automated Vehicles) for a variety of uses across all parts of the UK, acting as the voice of the AV sector in Parliament.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: https://www.self-drivingappg.co.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Speech and Language Difficulties

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• Purpose: To make parliament aware that the ability to communicate is a crucial life skill for all; to increase awareness about the impact communication difficulties have on other people's lives; to highlight the importance of early identification and intervention; and to press for increased provision of speech and language therapy.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on State Pension Inequality for Women

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• Purpose: To provide a cross-party forum in which to hold the government to account on the issue of transitional arrangements to compensate 1950's-born women who are affected by changes to the state pension age and to campaign on issues around the state pension age.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://rebeccalongbailey.com/spifwlist/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Steel and Metals-Related Industries

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• Purpose: To ensure a fair deal for the UK steel and metal related industries by liaising with and lobbying the government, to raise the profile of cultural, environmental and social issues in the industry and its communities, and to research and develop policies which will promote thriving steel and cast metal industries in the UK.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website