APPG
Runnymede has acted as secretariat for the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Race and Community since the start of 2010. For information on the group's first year of work under Runnymede's secretariat please visit the past work of APPG page.
December 2011 meeting on race and sport
In December 2011, the group heard evidence from a range of speakers from the world of sport, including Sol Campbell, Luther Blissett and Paul Elliot MBE. Minutes from the meeting are available here.
July 2011 AGM with Trevor Phillips
In July 2011, the group held its AGM, where it elected a new group of officers, and was addressed by Trevor Phillips of the EHRC. Minutes from the meeting are available here. The current group members and officers (as of July 2011) are as follows:
Group Officers
- Chair: David Lammy MP (Labour)
- Vice Chair: Lord Lester (Liberal Democrat)
- Vice Chair: Lord Sheikh (Conservative)
- Vice Chair: Baroness Hussein-Ece (Lib Dem)
- Vice Chair: Baroness Whitaker (Labour)
Group Members
- Lord Adebowale (Cross-bench)
- Heidi Alexander MP (Labour)
- Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
- Gavin Barwell MP (Conservative)
- Luciana Berger MP (Labour)
- Peter Bottomley MP (Conservative)
- Jeremy Corbyn MP (Labour)
- Baroness Coussins (Cross-bench)
- Lord Dholakia (Liberal Democrat)
- Lord Dubs (Labour)
- Baroness Hussein-Ece (Lib Dem)
- Jim Fitzpatrick MP (Labour)
- Richard Fuller MP (Conservative)
- Andrew George MP (Lib Dem)
- Kate Green MP (Labour)
- Baroness Howells of St Davids (Labour)
- Simon Hughes MP (Liberal Democrat)
- Lord Hunt of Wirral (Conservative)
- Lord Ouseley (Cross-bench)
- Lord Parekh (Labour)
- Baroness Prashar (Cross-bench)
- Baroness Whitaker (Labour)
For further information on the group and future events please contact Vicki Butler, Runnymede’s public affairs manager, at vicki@runnymedetrust.org.
