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Charlie Dewhirst

Conservative MP for Bridlington and The Wolds

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Charlie Dewhirst

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.

Charlie Dewhirst is currently a member of the following committees:

Member, Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill Committee

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Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) scrutinises the work of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

It looks at issues from farming to the water sector to a circular economy.

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Committee memberships held in the past

  • Member, Public Office (Accountability) Bill Committee (12 Nov 2025 to 4 Dec 2025)
  • Member, Licensing Hours Extensions Bill Committee ( 4 Jun 2025 to 4 Jun 2025)
  • Member, Football Governance Bill [HL] Committee (14 May 2025 to 17 Jun 2025)
  • Member, Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (12 Feb 2025 to 18 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We source information on APPG memberships from lists on APPG websites or asking APPGs for unpublished lists. Please report any incorrect or outdated information.

Charlie Dewhirst is an officer of the following groups

All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Abraham Accords (Officer)

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  • Purpose: The APPG will champion the historic peace agreements known as the Abraham Accords.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

Child of the North All-Party Parliamentary Group (Officer)

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fisheries (Treasurer)

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  • Purpose: The APPG aims to support and promote a sustainable and thriving UK fishing industry in Parliament and encourage discussion, debate and learning around key questions for the future of the fishing industry, processing sector, coastal communities and the marine environment.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://www.fisheriesappg.org/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Commons and Lords Rugby Union Football Club Group (Treasurer)

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  • Purpose: To foster international parliamentary relations and to encourage members of the parliamentary estate and associated government offices to partake in rugby football union.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture (Chair & Registered Contact)

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on UK Food Security (Vice Chair)

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  • Purpose: To advocate for eggs, pigs and poultry industries within Parliament. Recognising the link between food security and national security, the APPG supports their role in feeding the nation and ensuring accessible and sustainable food for all. The APPG addresses the challenges and opportunities facing food producers across the UK.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

Charlie Dewhirst is a member of the following groups

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 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 Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage

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  • Purpose: To provide a forum to discuss the deployment and development of Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) technologies across the UK in order to protect and create jobs, and to support the UK’s transition to a net zero economy.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Coastal Communities

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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 on Egypt

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  • Purpose: To strengthen relations between British and Egyptian parliamentarians and promote UK-Egyptian relations amongst both chambers of the UK Parliament.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Formula 1 and Motorsport

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  • Purpose: To support motorsport in the UK, encourage links with parliament and promote the benefits of the sport.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Freedom of Speech

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  • Purpose: To protect and promote freedom of speech in the UK and around the world.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Kosovo and Albania

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  • Purpose: To help bilateral relations between the UK and Kosovo and the UK and Albania, and to improve parliamentary relations between the three countries.
  • Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
  • APPG Website: N/A
  • APPG register: Parliament website

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

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Prostate Cancer

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  • Purpose: To raise awareness of prostate cancer issues with parliament, provide a forum for MPs and peers to discuss issues impacting people with prostate cancer, and to advocate for improvements in policy to improve equitable early diagnosis, treatment, care and survival for people with prostate cancer.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://appgprostatecancer.org.uk/
  • APPG register: Parliament website

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

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Turnaround and Business Improvement

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  • Purpose: To champion financial and operational turnaround and transformation in UK companies and organisations to maximise growth and value for all stakeholders, and to share understanding of key drivers of corporate stress, areas of improvement and sector overviews.
  • Membership Source: Source
  • APPG Website: https://www.the-ift.com/appg/
  • 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 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

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