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.

Tom Gordon is currently a member of the following committees:

Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee)

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Committee memberships held in the past

• Member, Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill (26 Jun 2025 to 2 Jul 2025)
• Member, Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee (15 Jan 2025 to 25 Mar 2025)
• Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (28 Oct 2024 to 13 Nov 2025)

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We source information on APPG memberships from lists on APPG websites or asking APPGs for unpublished lists. Please report any incorrect or outdated information.

Tom Gordon is an officer of the following groups

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Adult Social Care All-Party Parliamentary Group (Officer)

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• Purpose: To be part of the solution for finding a sustainable social care model; build a positive cross-party vision for the future for social care; unlock Parliament to the social care sector, and open the doors of social care to local MPs; be led by lived experience and championed by parliamentarians.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://adultsocialcareappg.com/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cabin Air Quality (Chair & Registered Contact)

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• Purpose: To examine the link between cabin air quality and health and safety.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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

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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

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics (Officer)

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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: Source
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

Tom Gordon is a member of the following groups

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Adoption and Permanence

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• Purpose: To amplify the voices and experiences of adoptees, those in other forms of permanence, and their families, and to support parliamentarians to explore and promote improvements to relevant policy and practice.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://appgap.info/
• 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 on Charities and Volunteering

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• Purpose: The APPG brings together MPs and Peers interested in the UK voluntary sector to learn more about how charities and volunteers strengthen and support our communities and wider society.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: https://www.ncvo.org.uk/get-involved/all-party-parliamentary-group-on-charities-and-volunteering-appg/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Choice at the End of Life

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• Purpose: To improve the experience of dying in the UK by promoting and expanding people's choices at the end of life. To promote a change in the law to allow the choice of assisted dying for terminally ill, mentally competent adults.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: http://www.appg-endoflifechoice.org.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Data Centres

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• Purpose: To foster cross-party understanding of data centre development in the UK supporting UK economic growth, digital infrastructure resilience, and technological innovation, scrutinise the challenges and opportunities facing the sector, and make evidence-based policy recommendations that support sustainable growth while addressing infrastructure, energy, and planning considerations.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://datacentresappg.co.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Events

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• Purpose: The APPG works to strengthen ties between the world leading UK events industry and policymakers, with the aim of creating a stronger event economy within all communities.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://appgevents.com/
• 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 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 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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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 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

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)

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• Purpose: Seeks to improve health, social care, education and employment opportunities for people with ME and encourage biomedical research into the cause and treatment of ME.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://appgme.co.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Parkrun

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• Purpose: To celebrate and promote the health and wellbeing advantages of Parkrun in Parliament and throughout 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 for Transport Safety

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• Purpose: To provide opportunities to debate transport safety matters (on road, rail, air and water) and to encourage the government to address transport safety issues. To work in partnership with others supporting safe, sustainable and healthy transport.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://transportsafetyappg.org.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire

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• Purpose: To bring MPs and Peers of all parties together with key leaders - those in local government, the private sector and social enterprise - to help maximise future investment in the region for the benefit of all local communities and economies.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website