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