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, Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee (15 Jan 2025 to 25 Mar 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We source information on APPG memberships from lists on APPG websites or asking APPGs for unpublished lists. Please report any incorrect or outdated information.

Simon Opher is an officer of the following groups

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

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• Purpose: To further an understanding of archaeology in Parliament and promote archaeology and archaeological education.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: http://www.appag.org.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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Beyond Pills All-Party Parliamentary Group (Chair & Registered Contact)

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• Purpose: To move UK healthcare beyond an over-reliance on pills by combining social prescribing, lifestyle medicine, psychosocial interventions and safe deprescribing. As well as reducing unnecessary and inappropriate prescribing, this integrated approach will improve outcomes and reduce health inequalities
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://beyondpillsappg.org/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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

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• Purpose: To raise awareness of the benefits of creativity, culture and the arts for our health and wellbeing and to stimulate progress towards making these benefits a reality across the country.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://ncch.org.uk/appg-on-creative-health
• APPG register: Parliament website

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

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• Purpose: To provide a cross-party forum that brings together parliamentarians and senior health leaders to discuss key issues on the NHS, health reform and future trends.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.policyconnect.org.uk/aphg
• APPG register: Parliament website

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Net Zero All-Party Parliamentary Group (Chair & Registered Contact)

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• Purpose: The APPG accelerates policy change, promotes zero carbon solutions, supports clean growth technology, and embeds the UK’s commitment to a net zero carbon economy. It provides a forum for MPs and peers to collectively advocate for urgent government action for a low carbon future in the UK.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://netzeroappg.org.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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Opera All-Party Parliamentary Group (Secretary)

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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

Simon Opher is a member of the following groups

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change

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• Purpose: To run events and activities in parliament with the purpose of advancing understanding of policy issues surrounding climate change and enabling cross-party discussion and action on climate policy.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.climateappg.co.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking

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• Purpose: To champion cycling and walking in the context of the growing importance of all forms of active travel. Our main aim is to get more people cycling and walking in the UK, more often and more safely.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://appgcw.org/
• 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 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 Endometriosis

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• Purpose: To be a key driver for change and a forum for parliamentarians, organisations and individuals to come together to raise awareness of issues affecting those with endometriosis.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.endometriosis-uk.org/all-party-parliamentary-group-endometriosis
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eye Health and Visual Impairment

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• Purpose: A forum for parliamentarians to be informed and discuss challenges and opportunities within eye health and issues facing people living with sight loss. To also build the understanding of parliamentarians and civil society to support their effective advocacy and scrutiny of relevant UK government departments.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://eyehealthviappg.org.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://www.fairelections.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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Football Club All-Party Parliamentary Group

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• Purpose: Playing football with other parliaments and groups to raise money and awareness for charities and humanitarian initiatives
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hospice and End of Life Care

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• Purpose: To raise awareness and promote the needs of adults and children living with terminal or life-limiting conditions, and their families and carers, in parliament; and to promote person-centred, evidence-based policies to improve end of life care in all settings, including hospices, hospitals, care homes, and in people's own homes.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.hospiceuk.org/our-campaigns/policy-and-influencing/influencing-parliamentarians/appg-hospice-end-life-care
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music Education

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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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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 Poverty and Inequality

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• Purpose: To provide awareness of the impact of poverty and inequality, its causes and consequences, and to encourage the spread of good practice to alleviate and eliminate both.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.appgpovertyinequality.org.uk/
• 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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Tidy Britain All-Party Parliamentary Group

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• Purpose: To highlight issues related to local environmental quality, including littering, pollution and fly­tipping, and their detrimental impact on communities; to raise these issues on the parliamentary agenda; to provide a forum for parliamentarians and advocates of local environmental quality; and to highlight the work of volunteer litter-picking groups and individuals.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/tidy-britain-appg
• 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 the Waterways

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• Purpose: The APPG champions the revitalisation and restoration of the UK’s navigable waterways. Our purpose is to unlock the environmental, social, economic, and cultural potential of the UK’s rivers and canals by boosting local economies, promoting sustainability and connecting people to nature.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://waterways.org.uk/about-us/all-party-parliamentary-group-for-the-waterways
• APPG register: Parliament website