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About us

The APPG group's broad remit is to consider the issues of concern to the food and drink manufacturing industry and to raise awareness of these matters in Parliament.

In doing this we hope to achieve the following:

  • Provide a forum for debate and dialogue about issues related to food and drink manufacturing
  • Ensure Parliamentarians remain informed about the issues impacting the industry
  • Broadly promote the UK food and drink manufacturing sector's interests in Parliament

More specifically we will:

  • Counter incorrect and misleading information and statements in Parliament about the food and drink manufacturing industry
  • Act as a critical friend to the UK food and drink manufacturing industry by facilitating an important dialogue between Parliamentarians and industry representatives and raising issues that APPG members believe that industry should look to address;
  • Provide a point of reference for any Parliamentarian looking to understand aspects food and drink manufacturing
  • Develop productive working relationships with other relevant All Party Parliamentary Groups where there is a common interest in issue impacting the UK food chain
  • Broadly encourage the government to take a proportionate, evidence and consistent approach to policy and regulation impacting the industry

Members list

The group is on the Approved list of All-Party Parliamentary Groups and a copy of the register entry can be found on the Parliament website.

Our current members are listed on this page. We encourage all Parliamentarians with an interest in food policy issues to join the group – and look forward to seeing our membership steadily grow in the coming months.

  • Timothy Boswell MP
  • Graham Brady MP
  • Russell Brown MP
  • The Rt Hon Nicholas Brown MP
  • Angela Browning MP
  • Alistair Carmichael MP
  • Philip Davies MP
  • Janet Dean MP
  • Philip Dunne MP
  • Nigel Evans MP
  • Michael Fabricant MP
  • Tim Farron MP
  • Mark Field MP
  • The Baroness Gardner of Parkes
  • The Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen OBE
  • The Lord Granchester
  • John Grogan MP
  • Lord Haskins
  • Douglas Henderson MP
  • Sharon Hodgson MP
  • Kelvin Hopkins MP
  • Earl Howe
  • The Rt Hon Adam Ingram MP
  • Ann Keen MP
  • Paul Keetch MP
  • Fiona Mactaggart MP
  • The Rt Hon Ian McCartney MP
  • Rosemary McKenna CBE MP
  • Julie Morgan MP
  • The Rt Hon Elliot Morley MP
  • James Paice MP
  • Linda Riordan MP
  • Dan Rogerson MP
  • Sir Robert Smith Bt MP
  • The Lord Taylor of Holbeche CBO
  • John Thurso MP
  • Shailesh Vara MP
  • John Whittingdale OBE MP
  • Bill Wiggin MP
  • Roger Williams MP
  • Betty Williams MP
  • Mike Wood MP
  • Anthony Wright MP