About the All Party Parliamentary Group
on Arbitrary Detention and Hostage Affairs
The APPG focuses on the arbitrary detention of British citizens abroad, and the taking of British citizens as hostages for leverage in State to State relations. The APPG coordinates parliamentary support for specific cases of British citizens arbitrarily detained abroad and builds on advocacy to follow up on the Foreign Affairs Committee’s report and recommendations to appoint a Director within the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on Arbitrary Detention.
Our Officers
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Alicia Kearns MP
Chair; Conservative Party
Brendan O'Hara MP
Vice Chair; Scottish National Party
Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC
Vice Chair; Labour Party
Tim Roca MP
Vice Chair; Labour Party
What is an APPG
All-Party Parliamentary Groups are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country.
While they are not official parliamentary committees these groups can sometimes be influential because of their non-partisan, bicameral approach to an issue.
APPG Members
Lord Tim Clement-Jones
Lord Ian Austin
Douglas Macallister MP
Sir John Whittingdale MP
Lord David Alton
Baroness Brinton
Lord Dubs
Baroness Bennett
Baroness Hodge
Bob Blackman MP
Sam Rushworth MP
Joe Powell MP
Lillian Jones MP
Lord Purvis
Michael Payne MP
Oliver Ryan MP
Lord Mann
Phil Brickell MP
Tom Tugendhat MP
Lord Ahmad
Andrew Mitchell MP
Tony Vaughan MP