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.

Bambos Charalambous is currently a member of the following committees:

Member, Administration Committee

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Member, Procedure Committee

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Committee memberships held in the past

• Member, Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee (15 Jan 2025 to 25 Mar 2025)
• Member, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL] ( 6 Nov 2024 to 13 Nov 2024)
• Member, Justice Committee (30 Apr 2024 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee (24 Apr 2024 to 14 May 2024)
• Member, School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill Committee (24 Apr 2024 to 1 May 2024)
• Member, Nationality and Borders Bill Committee (16 Sep 2021 to 4 Nov 2021)
• Member, Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (12 May 2021 to 24 Jun 2021)
• Member, Procedure Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 16 Jan 2023)
• Member, Finance Committee (Commons) (18 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Procedure Committee (23 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Justice Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)

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We source information on APPG memberships from lists on APPG websites or asking APPGs for unpublished lists. Please report any incorrect or outdated information.

Bambos Charalambous is an officer of the following groups

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

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• Purpose: To recognise the important contribution that the Alevi community makes to British society.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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

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• Purpose: To promote relationships between the UK and the Republic of Cyprus and their elected parliamentarians and people, as well as support efforts to reunite the island in line with the agreed UN framework.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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

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• Purpose: UK Parliamentarians working to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4: to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.globaleducationappg.co.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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

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• Purpose: To support parliamentarians engaging in discussions relating to music education through early years, primary, secondary, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), further and higher education, and lifelong learning. The APPG has a particular focus on curriculum, music hubs, challenges facing higher education, and progression into the creative and cultural sector.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.musiceducationappg.org/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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Opera All-Party Parliamentary Group (Chair & Registered Contact)

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• Purpose: To provide a focal point for MPs and peers with an interest in opera; to further the appreciation of opera for all ages; and to provide a link between this art form and parliament.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Yazidis (Vice Chair)

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• Purpose: To raise the issue of the Daesh genocide against the Yazidis and ensure comprehensive responses, including justice for the victims and survivors, assistance with their needs, and ensure non repetition of the atrocities in the future.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

Bambos Charalambous is a member of the following groups

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Access to Justice

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• Purpose: To highlight the importance of access to justice as a fundamental principle of the rule of law and empower individuals to exercise their rights, challenge discrimination, and reduce inequalities.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.appg-access-to-justice.co.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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Bahrain All-Party Parliamentary Group

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• Purpose: To foster good relationships between the UK and Bahrain and to assist in raising awareness amongst parliamentarians and the public of the developments that have been taking place in Bahrain.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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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

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Friends of CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development) All-Party Parliamentary Group

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• Purpose: To meet and discuss matters of interest to the work of CAFOD, current humanitarian crises and the role of the Catholic church in international development.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://cafod.org.uk/about-us/how-we-work/friends-of-cafod-all-party-parliamentary-group
• APPG register: Parliament website

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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

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Emergency Care

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• Purpose: To promote excellence in emergency care and act as a forum for professionals, patients and Parliamentarians to discuss the challenges and opportunities for emergency care.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: N/A
• 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 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://www.fairelections.uk/
• 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 Human Rights Group

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• Purpose: To raise the profile of international human rights issues within Parliament and to investigate and publicise human rights abuses occurring.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.appghumanrights.com/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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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

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All-Party Parliamentary Jordan Group

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• Purpose: To promote interest in and knowledge of Jordan and to establish contacts between parliamentarians of the two countries.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: N/A
• 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 Long Covid

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• Purpose: To work with like-minded MPs and organisations to research the prevalence of Long Covid; assess and request scientific research and medical inquiries; raise awareness of the profound impacts on millions of people worldwide; and outlining our asks to government.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.longcovid.org/impact/appg-on-long-covid
• APPG register: Parliament website

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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: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.cicouncil.org.uk/members/appg-medical-cannabis/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Morocco

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• Purpose: To promote links and mutual understanding between Britain and Morocco.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nutrition for Development

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• Purpose: To raise the profile of global malnutrition in Parliament and champion solutions to end it, to strengthen cross-party parliamentary support for UK investment in nutrition and food security, and to support and challenge the UK government to maintain their leadership on global nutrition and food security.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://appg-n4dev.org.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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Britain-Palestine All-Party Parliamentary Group

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• Purpose: To foster good relations and understanding between Britain and Palestine and to promote a just and lasting peace in the Middle East.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders

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• Purpose: To examine the operations of SME housebuilders in the UK; discover and highlight best practice; review the regulatory regime affecting the market, looking at ways of improving the delivery of new homes and making recommendations on how Parliament can improve regulation to deliver more effective building of homes by SMEs.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for the United Nations Global Goals

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• Purpose: To support and mobilise parliamentarians of all parties to push for the UK government’s commitments to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, both at home and abroad.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.appg-globalgoals.org/
• APPG register: Parliament website