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.

Committee memberships held in the past

• Member, Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (12 Feb 2025 to 18 Mar 2025)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (21 Oct 2024 to 16 Dec 2024)
• Member, Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill Committee ( 7 Jun 2023 to 11 Jul 2023)
• Member, Nationality and Borders Bill Committee (16 Sep 2021 to 4 Nov 2021)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls ( 6 Jul 2020 to 16 Jan 2024)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (11 May 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee ( 1 Feb 2016 to 3 May 2017)

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We source information on APPG memberships from lists on APPG websites or asking APPGs for unpublished lists. Please report any incorrect or outdated information.

Neil Coyle is an officer of the following groups

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Action Against Illegal Gambling (Vice Chair)

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• Purpose: To address the growing threat of the unregulated illegal gambling market in the United Kingdom. We will investigate the scale of the illegal gambling market; raise awareness of the risks it poses to customers, the economy and society; and advocate for robust measures to tackle its growth.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Anti-Social Behaviour (Chair & Registered Contact)

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• Purpose: The APPG will provide a forum for parliamentarians, landlords and other stakeholders to discuss anti-social behaviour and how landlords, local authorities, the police and others can effectively respond to it.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ending the Need for Food Banks (Officer)

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• Purpose: To bring together parliamentarians with a shared interest in and commitment to ending the need for food banks and the deep financial hardship that causes it; discussing the solutions that are needed; making recommendations to the relevant government departments that are key to achieving this.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing and Care for Older People (Vice Chair)

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• Purpose: To promote discussion and set the agenda for developing better, more joined up housing care for older people, promising greater choices in later life.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.housing21.org.uk/about-us/appg-on-housing-and-care-for-older-people
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Shakespeare (Vice Chair)

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• Purpose: To promote Shakespeare’s work in the community, including to explore the teaching and learning of Shakespeare in educational settings; to embed accessibility in Shakespeare’s works as staged, translated, adapted and performed, including BSL (British Sign Language); to explore Shakespeare’s literary, cultural and performance body of work, including translations and adaptations, as intangible world heritage.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/about/college-of-arts-and-law/shakespeare-institute/international-collaborations/the-all-party-parliamentary-group-on-shakespeare
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Terrorism and Security (Vice Chair)

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• Purpose: To promote better understanding within Parliament of the threat of terrorism and violent extremism, efforts taken to prevent radicalisation, build community cohesion, and to secure and safeguard the British public and interests from such incidents. This group will also seek to facilitate discussion on how we can best support those impacted by terrorism.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.resilienceinunity.com/appg
• APPG register: Parliament website

Neil Coyle is a member of the following groups

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax

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• Purpose: To develop and advocate for policies which promote fair taxation and put a stop to corruption or financial crime. The APPG works not only for the headline fiscal purpose of increasing public revenue, but also for the wider purpose of ensuring that the public continues to have faith in the system. We are non-partisan and work to build consensus across the political divide.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://anticorruption-responsibletax.org/
• 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 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

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma

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• Purpose: To provide a forum for parliamentarians concerned about issues facing Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities and seek to address these issues and challenge inequalities.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: https://www.gypsy-traveller.org/appg/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV, AIDS and Sexual Health

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• Purpose: HIV is not yesterday's story. It is with us today in the UK and affecting families all over the world. The APPG believes that as parliamentarians we should play our part in addressing this epidemic along with addressing the rising STI (sexually transmitted infection) rate.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.appghivaids.org.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Students

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• Purpose: To recognise the internationalisation and global prominence of UK education; to promote the value of international students to UK education, economy and ‘soft power’; to raise awareness of issues affecting international students; and to provide a platform for collaboration between parliamentarians, educators, professionals and business leaders.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://internationalstudents.org.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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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

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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

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health

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• Purpose: To inform parliamentarians about issues relating to mental health, and to advocate for policies which will improve mental health in the UK.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: https://www.rethink.org/campaigns-and-policy/campaign-with-us/the-difference-we-make/appg-on-mental-health/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Single-Parent Families

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• Purpose: To collaborate across the political spectrum to campaign against legislative loopholes that disadvantage single parents, and for positive representation of a category which is increasingly common yet still all too often stigmatised.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.gingerbread.org.uk/our-work/policy-and-campaigns/all-party-parliamentary-groups-appgs/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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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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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Writers

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• Purpose: Representing the interests of all writers, enabling Parliamentarians from across the political spectrum to keep government and opposition parties informed on specific issues such as safeguarding intellectual property and ensuring writers receive a fair level of reward for their contribution to the economy and society.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://allpartywritersgroup.co.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website