Social, Cooperative and Community Economy APPG

The Social, Cooperative and Community Economy All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) held its inaugural meeting on 10 December 2024. The APPG has been created to increase understanding of diverse mission-led business models (social enterprises, co-ops, mutuals, employee-owned and community business etc) in order to improve support and enable growth.

The group will work to address issues important to building a more inclusive economy and influencing legislative change so that diverse mission-led businesses can reach their potential.

Social Enterprise UK provides the Secretariat for the APPG.

Officers of the APPG

• Chair – Patrick Hurley MP (patrick.hurley.mp@parliament.uk)
• Vice Chair – The Baroness Thornton
• Josh Babarinde MP
• The Lord Balfe

APPG Members

• Debbie Abrahams MP
• The Lord Adebowale CBE
• Ellie Chowns MP
• Victoria Collins MP
• Marsha de Cordova MP
• Lauren Edwards MP
• The Rt Hon. the Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
• The Lord Fox
• The Lord Bishop of Newcastle – Helen-Ann Macleod Hartley
• The Lord Haskel
• Afzal Khan MP
• The Rt Hon. the Lord Newby OBE
• Kate Osamor MP
• Andrew Pakes MP
• Jo Platt MP
• The Rt Hon. the Baroness Prashar CBE
• Martin Rhodes MP
• Alex Sobel MP
• Yuan Yang MP

APPG Enquiries

To enquire about the APPG, please email appg@socialenterprise.org.uk .

Attendance to the APPG meetings for non-Parliamentarians is by invitation only.

Please note: This is not an official website [or feed] of Parliament. It has not been approved by either House. APPGs are informal groups of Parliamentarians with a common interest in particular issues. The views expressed are those of the group.