Pwyllgorau

In the UK Parliament, committees are groups of MPs or Peers who examine specific issues in more detail than can be done in debates.

Some committees focus on checking the government’s decisions and spending, while others investigate specific topics and proposed legislation.

Richard Foord is currently a member of the following committees:

Member, Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill Committee

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Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament

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Member, Foreign Affairs Committee

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Aelodaeth o bwyllgorau yn y gorffennol

• Member, Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill Committee ( 1 Mai 2024 to 8 Mai 2024)
• Member, Electricity and Gas Transmission (Compensation) Bill Committee (18 Ion 2023 to 23 Ion 2023)

APPGs

All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal cross-party groups made up of MPs and Peers who share an interest in a particular country or subject.

They do not have formal powers or funding, but can book rooms on the parliamentary estate and may receive funding from outside organisations and companies.

We source information on APPG memberships from lists on APPG websites or asking APPGs for unpublished lists. Please report any incorrect or outdated information.

Mae Richard Foord yn swyddog yn y grwpiau canlynol

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Kosovo and Albania (Vice Chair)

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• Purpose: To help bilateral relations between the UK and Kosovo and the UK and Albania, and to improve parliamentary relations between the three countries.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Conflict (Chair & Registered Contact)

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• Purpose: The APPG is an interest group for parliamentarians considering the capabilities and commitments driving contemporary warfare. Our work advances discussion and policy-making regarding protection considerations, technology, covert operations, and other issues which are outpacing conventional oversight mechanisms in the context of modern conflict.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.appgmodernconflict.org/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Serbia (Vice Chair)

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• Purpose: To foster the good relationship between Serbia and the UK and promote the Serbian contribution to the UK.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for the great South West (Chair & Registered Contact)

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• Purpose: To promote economic growth across the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset, supporting the Great South West Partnership, and providing a forum to discuss pan-regional ambitions.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

Mae Richard Foord yn aelod o'r grwpiau canlynol

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ageing and Older People

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• Purpose: To provide a cross-party forum in which to hold the government to account on issues affecting ageing older people.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: https://www.ageuk.org.uk/our-impact/politics-and-government/all-party-parliamentary-group/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

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• Purpose: The APPG exist to raise the profile of antimicrobial resistance, the need to preserve antimicrobials (including antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, and antiparasitics) through education on their appropriate uses (including non-human uses), the lack of new treatments for infections and to help accelerate efforts to discover, research and develop new treatments.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://appgamr.com/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces

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• Purpose: To promote better understanding of His Majesty's Armed Forces in Parliament.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Armed Forces Community

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• Purpose: The APPG will identify issues which impact members of the Armed Forces community, including those who have served and their families.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.calvinbailey.co.uk/armedforcesappg
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Bosnia and Herzegovina

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• Purpose: To enhance relations and mutual co-operation between the UK and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: https://www.aliciakearns.com/appg-bosnia-and-herzegovina
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change

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• Purpose: To run events and activities in parliament with the purpose of advancing understanding of policy issues surrounding climate change and enabling cross-party discussion and action on climate policy.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.climateappg.co.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking

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• Purpose: To champion cycling and walking in the context of the growing importance of all forms of active travel. Our main aim is to get more people cycling and walking in the UK, more often and more safely.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://appgcw.org/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections

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• Purpose: To enhance the integrity of UK democracy by: replacing First Past the Post with a proportional electoral system; eliminating dark money and undemocratic influence from politics; countering disinformation in public discourse. The APPG's goal is to deliver clean and fair elections where all votes count.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://fairelections.org.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group Genocide Prevention

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• Purpose: Providing parliamentarians with the information to act together to prevent genocides and crimes against humanity; learning from past genocides; supporting victims of genocides and crimes against humanity; promoting active peace building.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Georgia

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• Purpose: To foster good bilateral relations and understanding between the UK and Georgia.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness All-Party Parliamentary Group

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• Purpose: To raise concerns about the Loan Charge legislation and associated HMRC action against thousands of freelance, contract and locum workers and small company owners in the UK, as well as the wider context of fairness of the tax system and the conduct, performance and accountability of HMRC.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: https://www.loanchargeappg.co.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ukraine

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• Purpose: To promote and strengthen relations between the UK and Ukrainian parliaments.
• Membership Source: E-mail correspondence with APPG
• APPG Website: N/A
• APPG register: Parliament website

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Water Pollution

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• Purpose: The APPG aims to promote understanding of the causes of, impacts of and solutions to water pollution, and to facilitate cross-party parliamentary action to tackle water pollution.
• Membership Source: Source
• APPG Website: http://www.waterpollutionappg.co.uk/
• APPG register: Parliament website