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Conservative MP for Harrow East

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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.

Bob Blackman is currently a member of the following committees:

Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)

The Liaison Committee is made up of Select Committee Chairs.

It considers the overall work of select committees, promotes effective scrutiny of Government and chooses committee reports for debates.

It questions the Prime Minister about policy, usually three times a year.

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Member, Administration Committee

The Administration Committee considers the services provided for Members, their staff and visitors by the House of Commons Service and makes recommendations to the House of Commons Commission, the Speaker and Officials on how those services are delivered.

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Chair, Backbench Business Committee

The Backbench Business Committee gives opportunities to backbench Members of Parliament to bring forward debates of their choice.

It was the first business committee of any kind to be established by the House of Commons.

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Chair, Backbench Business Committee

The Backbench Business Committee gives opportunities to backbench Members of Parliament to bring forward debates of their choice.

It was the first business committee of any kind to be established by the House of Commons.

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Committee memberships held in the past

  • Member, Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Committee (25 Jun 2025 to 25 Jun 2025)
  • Member, Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill Committee (13 May 2025 to 14 May 2025)
  • Chair, Backbench Business Committee ( 9 Sep 2024 to 26 Oct 2023)
  • Chair, Backbench Business Committee ( 9 Sep 2024 to 14 May 2014)
  • Chair, Backbench Business Committee ( 9 Sep 2024 to 25 Apr 2013)
  • Chair, Backbench Business Committee ( 9 Sep 2024 to 30 May 2024)
  • Chair, Backbench Business Committee ( 9 Sep 2024 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Chair, Backbench Business Committee ( 9 Sep 2024 to 3 May 2017)
  • Chair, Backbench Business Committee ( 9 Sep 2024 to 12 May 2016)
  • Chair, Backbench Business Committee ( 9 Sep 2024 to 30 Mar 2015)
  • Member, Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee (24 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, Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill Committee (17 Apr 2024 to 24 Apr 2024)
  • Member, Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill Committee (21 Feb 2024 to 28 Feb 2024)
  • Member, Licensing Hours Extensions Bill Committee ( 7 Feb 2024 to 30 May 2024)
  • Member, Backbench Business Committee (27 Nov 2023 to 9 Sep 2024)
  • Member, Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill Committee (19 Jul 2023 to 14 Sep 2023)
  • Member, Ballot Secrecy Bill [HL] Committee ( 1 Mar 2023 to 7 Mar 2023)
  • Member, Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill Committee (14 Dec 2022 to 11 Jan 2023)
  • Member, Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL] Committee (23 Nov 2022 to 29 Nov 2022)
  • Member, Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill Committee (23 Nov 2022 to 30 Nov 2022)
  • Member, Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill Committee (16 Nov 2022 to 23 Nov 2022)
  • Member, Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill) Committee ( 3 Nov 2022 to 6 Nov 2022)
  • Member, Local Government (Disqualification) Bill Committee (24 Nov 2021 to 1 Dec 2021)
  • Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)
  • Member, Backbench Business Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 9 Sep 2024)
  • Member, Procedure Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Member, Backbench Business Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 9 Sep 2024)
  • Member, Backbench Business Committee (13 Jun 2016 to 9 Sep 2024)
  • Member, Backbench Business Committee (20 Jul 2015 to 9 Sep 2024)
  • Member, Procedure Committee (13 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
  • Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (13 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
  • Member, Backbench Business Committee (30 Jun 2014 to 9 Sep 2024)
  • Member, Backbench Business Committee (10 Jun 2013 to 9 Sep 2024)
  • Member, Backbench Business Committee (12 Jun 2012 to 9 Sep 2024)
  • Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government 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.

Bob Blackman is an officer of the following groups

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

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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 British Hindus (Chair & Registered Contact)

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  • Purpose: To discuss and promote interests and concerns of Hindus in the UK and to facilitate greater understanding and engagement between Hindus, parliamentarians and wider British society.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://appgbritishhindus.com/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fire Safety and Rescue (Chair & Registered Contact)

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  • Purpose: To meet and consider important fire safety and rescue issues with appropriate specialists in these fields, consulting wider with other related agencies to create a safer built environment; contributing to fire safety events both inside and outside parliament, whilst raising issues of concern to government through its minsters.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://firesectorconfederation.co.uk/appg-for-fire-safety-and-rescue/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness (Chair & Registered Contact)

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services

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  • Purpose: To advocate for the victims of financial misconduct, crimes, scandals, frauds and regulatory failures, by driving positive, progressive, and purposeful reforms that achieve a fair, trusted and just system, where the service providers, regulators and government agencies provide appropriate protection and deliver good outcomes, including redress for historical wrongs.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://www.appgifffs.org/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

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

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  • Purpose: To create a better understanding of Israel and to foster and promote links between the UK and Israel; to unite parliamentarians from across both Houses who are proud to be friends of Israel; and to make the case for Israel and for the UK's bilateral relationship with the Jewish state.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://www.7octparliamentarycommission.co.uk/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health (Chair & Registered Contact)

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  • Purpose: To monitor and discuss the health and social effects of smoking; to review potential changes in existing legislation to reduce levels of smoking; to assess the latest medical techniques to assist in smoking cessation; and to act as a resource for the group’s members on all issues relating to smoking and public health.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://ash.org.uk/about/who-we-work-with/appg
  • APPG register: Parliament website

Bob Blackman is a member of the following groups

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Airport Communities

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Apprenticeships

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arbitrary Detention and Hostage Affairs

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  • Purpose: The APPG focuses on the arbitrary detention of British citizens abroad, and the taking of British citizens as hostages for leverage in State to State relations. The APPG coordinates parliamentary support for specific cases and builds on advocacy to appoint a Director within the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on Arbitrary Detention.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://www.hostagesappg.co.uk/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

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

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Better Roads

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Boxing

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  • Purpose: To engage with government and parliament to support all aspects of boxing; set out the benefits of boxing to individuals and wider society; reduce barriers to participation in boxing; celebrate the success of our nation’s boxers; and highlight the potential for grass roots boxing clubs to promote diversity, inclusion and regeneration in the UK.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Jews

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  • Purpose: To promote understanding of the aspirations and challenges of the UK's Jewish community, with topics including religious freedom, faith based education, welfare and social justice. To celebrate the culture, contribution and achievements of the UK's Jewish community.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://bod.org.uk/appg-british-jews/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cats

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  • Purpose: The APPG is a group of MPs, peers and associate organisations with an interest in cat welfare, aiming to promote and further cat welfare. It seeks to support discussion and debate about what the public, politicians and the government can do to further cat welfare.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://www.apgocats.org.uk/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chess

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  • Purpose: To further chess in the UK.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cricket

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  • Purpose: The promotion and support of men's and ladies cricket. Liaison with cricketing authorities, the Lords and Commons Cricket Team and cricketing charities. To promote the game and its benefits across Parliament through regular briefings and cricket related events.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

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

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Digital Identity

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  • Purpose: To raise awareness of Digital ID issues by providing a forum for briefings and discussion. The group will address how Digital ID systems and techniques affect consumers and businesses and its role in the smooth working of the UK economy and society. The group will promote inclusion and understanding for non-specialists.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://digitalidentitiesappg.wordpress.com/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Entrepreneurship

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  • Purpose: Entrepreneurs are vital to a dynamic, innovative economy. The APPG for Entrepreneurship exists to champion their role – encouraging, supporting, and promoting entrepreneurship across the UK. Our mission is to ensure that Parliament remains closely informed about what’s needed to foster the best possible environment for entrepreneurs to succeed.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://appgentrepreneurship.org/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

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

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Financial Technology

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  • Purpose: To provide a collaborative forum for parliamentarians to discuss the challenges and opportunities relating to the growth and competitiveness of the Financial Technology (FinTech) ecosystem in the UK, covering the depth and breadth of the sector.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://appgfintech.org.uk/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Foreign Affairs

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  • Purpose: Dedicated to monitoring and reviewing UK foreign policy, acting as a forum for discussion and collecting insight on wider matters of foreign affairs.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: http://www.appgforeignaffairs.org/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fusion Energy

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  • Purpose: To accelerate policy change to facilitate the commercialisation of fusion technology and provide a forum for parliamentarians of all parties to work together to make the case for investment in fusion energy.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://fusionenergyappg.co.uk/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

Future Homes, Skills and Innovation All-Party Parliamentary Group

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  • Purpose: The APPG brings cross-party collaboration to accelerate the delivery of high-quality, affordable, sustainable, decarbonised and future-proofed UK homes. Our mission is to drive low-carbon growth by advancing innovation, investment and the essential skills needed to adapt, build and retrofit homes fit for the UK’s future.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://www.fhsiappg.co.uk/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Healthcare Workers

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  • Purpose: The APPG aims to highlight key areas of concern for healthcare professionals and discuss potential solutions, including improving the welfare of staff, regulatory changes and legal reform. The group will also aim to promote dialogue and discussion between the healthcare sector and parliamentarians.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

India All-Party Parliamentary Group

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  • Purpose: To promote the strengthening of the bilateral relationship between the UK and India, focusing on trade and investment, education, sustainable development, culture, health, science and innovation, defence and security, and enhancing the relationship between both countries’ parliaments on a national and regional level, and promoting people-to-people links.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://www.appgindia.org/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Kurdistan Region in Iraq

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Kurds

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  • Purpose: To develop friendship and understanding of Kurds in the UK and abroad though sharing cultural, economic and social issues through dialogues and discussion; organising events and exchanges between Members and Kurdish communities and community leaders in the UK and abroad.
  • 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 Media Group

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Medical Cannabis Under Prescription

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  • Purpose: The APPG exists to promote the importance of medical cannabis for patients in the UK. To raise awareness of the industry and the importance to growth of the economy and jobs within the sector. To work with other parties within government to raise awareness of this medication and the importance for patients, to help create an understanding of how this medication could sit within current medical frameworks.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: https://www.cicouncil.org.uk/members/appg-medical-cannabis/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men and Boys' Issues

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  • Purpose: 'To raise awareness of disadvantages and poor outcomes faced by men and boys in education, mental and physical health and law; to influence attitudes, role models, policy and legislation that will lead to positive differences to their well-being and lives.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://www.menandboys.org.uk/appg-men-and-boys
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages

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  • Purpose: To explore the benefits of learning and using languages throughout the UK; provide a parliamentary forum for information exchange and consultation on languages and linguists; encourage and support policies and action improving the take-up of languages in schools, further and higher education, in the workplace and in the community.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://www.ciol.org.uk/appgml
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Mutuals

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Open Banking and Payments

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  • Purpose: To support the continued development of open banking, payments, open finance and smart data solutions in the new Parliament.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Parents

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy

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All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Public Sector Efficiency

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  • Purpose: The APPG’s aim is to create an open forum for research, ideation, and the exchange of ideas and learning captured from the study and understanding of effective delivery solutions in public sector procurement and commissioning in the UK and around the world.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://appgpse.org.uk/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Social Science and Policy

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  • Purpose: The APPG brings parliamentarians together with economists and social scientists to help present the most recent and impactful academic research to inform policy makers in their decision making.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://socialscienceappg.co.uk/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Spinal Cord Injury

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Tennis

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  • Purpose: To promote tennis and padel, and to enable Members of Parliament and Peers to play matches together and compete with outside teams.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on UK Spirits

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  • Purpose: To promote understanding of the value of the spirits sector to the UK economy and wider society; boost awareness of the economic, cultural, and community benefits of the UK spirits trade; support members of the iconic spirits industry, including the vital network of SME distillers driving innovation and local growth; and to introduce parliamentarians to trade representatives and distillers from their constituencies.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://spiritsuk.co.uk/APPG/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

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

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics

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  • Purpose: To provide a forum for parliamentarians and stakeholders to consider the needs of vulnerable groups to pandemics and to provide an effective voice in parliament; to raise awareness of specific vulnerable patients; to encourage actions to promote a greater priority for prevention, treatment and support for those groups; to inform better policy decisions and public debate related to the needs of vulnerable groups.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on War Crimes

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  • Purpose: To look into matters relating to the presence of alleged Rwandan war criminals in the UK and the prosecution of those who participated in the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsis in 1994.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

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