All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs)


All-Party Parliamentary Groups are unofficial groups of MPs, usually with a common interest in a particular subject or Country. They act as pressure groups to promote a particular cause and help keep the Government informed on particular issues. Mike Penning is a member of the following APPGs:

Country Groups

  • The United Kingdom-Falkland Islands All Party Parliamentary Group, Member
  • All Party Parliamentary Gibraltar Group, Secretary
  • British-Iraq All Party Parliamentary Group, Member
  • Kurdistan Region in Iraq All Party Parliamentary Group, Vice Chair
  • All Party Parliamentary Group for Malaysia, Member
  • Philippines All Party Parliamentary Group, Member
  • All Party Parliamentary Ukraine Group, Member

Subject Groups

  • All Party Parliamentary Angling Group, Treasurer
  • All Party Parliamentary Group for the Army, Vice Chair
  • All Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group, Member
  • All Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service, Chair
  • All Parliamentary Chemical Industry Group, Member
  • All Party Parliamentary Child and Youth Crime Group, Joint Chair with James Brokenshire, Con
  • Chinese in Britain All Party-Parliamentary Group, Vice Chair
  • All Party Parliamentary Group on People With Complex Needs and Dual Diagnosis, Vice Chair
  • All Party Parliamentary Group on Dentistry
  • All Party Parliamentary Export Group, Member
  • All Party Parliamentary Group on Identity Fraud, Joint Secretary with Philip Dunne, Con
  • Royal Marines All Party Parliamentary Group, Treasurer
  • All Party Parliamentary Taxation Group, Member
  • All Party Parliamentary War Graves and Battlefields Heritage Group, Member
  • All Party Parliamentary Veterans Group, Office-holding Member
  • All Party Parliamentary Group for the Gurkhas, Member