All Party Parliamentary Kidney Group (APPKG) All-Party Parliamentary Kidney Group To improve understanding in Parliament of kidney disease and transplant medicine and promote improvements in the health and care services that are available to improve the health of people with renal failure. The National Kidney Federation performs the role of Secretariat by Andrea Brown, Chief Executive. To make contact please email [email protected] What is an APPG? All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party, interest groups of MPs and Peers interested in a particular issue. APPGs do not have any power to make laws and are not funded by Parliament. There is a great number of APPGs, covering many and diverse fields such as health, education, transport, defence, finance, the media, and sports. Some APPGs have existed for many decades whereas others come and go in response to issues of the day. For more information, please visit the Parliament website. Role Name Party Constituency Chair & Registered Contact Laura Farris MP Conservative Newbury Vice Chair Gavin Newlands MP Scottish National Party Paisley and Renfrewshire North Vice Chair Barbara Keeley MP Labour Worsley and Eccles South Vice Chair Julie Elliott MP Labour Sunderland Central Vice Chair Mr Khalid Mahmood Labour Birmingham Perry Barr