ALL PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP FOR COASTAL COMMUNITIES
The All Parliamentary Party Group on Coastal Communities looks to consider current issues affecting coastal communities and to actively seek strategies to address these to enhance health, wellbeing, education, infrastructure, environment and economies within these unique communities.
"The All-Party Parliamentary Group will act as a voice for our coastal communities, places with a special place in many people’s memories from holidays, but that have been too often forgotten in national policies and priorities.
“They face multiple challenges such as weak transport links, economies based on declining industries, a lack of opportunities for young people, poor health and housing, which can be all the more acute because of their geography.
“Yet their location at the interface of the land and the sea also means they have enormous potential. The APPG will be looking for innovative solutions that will create places that people can feel proud of and where young people will want to stay to build a future.”
Chair, Alison Hume MP, Scarborough & Whitby
"Coastal areas have so much going for them, yet also suffer from a unique set of challenges that have all too often been underappreciated and overlooked by government.
"I’m delighted to be co-chairing the APPG for Coastal Communities, to be working cross-party to ensure that boosting the prosperity of coastal towns is central to our new government’s mission for a decade of national renewal.”
Co-Chair, Polly Billington MP, East Thanet
Patrick Hurley MP, Southport
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OFFICERS
Baya Alaba MP,
Southend East and Rochford
Kevin McKenna MP,
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Daniel Aldridge MP,
Weston-super-Mare
Dame Dinenage MP,
Gosport
Stephen Gethins MP,
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
Rupert Lowe MP,
Great Yarmouth
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP,
Suffolk Coastal
Melanie Onn MP, Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
Helena Dollimore MP,
Hastings and Rye
Steve Darling MP,
Torbay
Neil Duncan-Jordan MP,
Poole
Llyod Hatton MP,
South Dorset
Josh MacAlister MP,
Whitehaven and Workington
Andrew Snowdon MP,
Great Yarmouth
Members
Jess Asato MP,
Lowestoft
Elaine Stewart MP,
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
David Burton-Sampson MP,
Southend West and Leigh
Tim Farron MP,
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Tom Hayes MP,
Bournemouth East
Perran Moon MP,
Redruth, Camborne and Hayle
Martin Vickers MP,
Brigg and Immingham
Tom Rutland MP,
East Worthing and Shoreham
Dr Beccy Cooper MP,
Worthing West
Sadik Al-Hassan MP,
North Somerset
Anna Gelderd MP,
South East Cornwall
Paul Holmes MP,
Hamble Valley
Edward Morello MP,
West Dorset
Melanie Ward MP,
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
Lord Bassam,
Baron Bassam of Brighton
Martin Wrigley MP,
Newton Abbot
Charlie Dewhirst MP,
Bridlington and The Wolds
Gill German MP,
Clwyd North
Ben Lake MP,
Ceredigion Preseli
Darren Paffey MP,
Southampton Itchen
James Wild MP,
North West Norfolk
THE
SECRETARIAT
Three major coastal fora - the Coastal Partnerships Network, the Coastal Communities Alliance and the Local Government Association Coastal Special Interest Group (LGA Coastal SIG) - have been co-secretariat for the Coastal Communities APPG since February 2020.
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UK COASTAL COMMUNITIES APPG INQUIRY
The Coastal Inquiry aims to delve into issues currently affecting coastal communities around the UK, raising awareness of these challenges and potential solutions for MPs to consider. Through each Coastal Inquiry session, MPs discussion the information provided and determine a series of actions to be undertaken to deliver change for our coastal communities.
Actions and the session programmes are reviewed and agreed at our Annual General Meetings.
Coastal Inquiry sessions 2024-
Please click on the document title link or icons below in order to view:
Health in Coastal Communities (update) - Awaiting event on 30 Janruary 2025
Since 2022, the APPG for Coastal Communities has been delivering an innovative format for an Inquiry, tailored to ensure that Parliamentarians are kept informed of the latest challenges and developments for these unique places. ​A wide range of topics have been explored and we thank all those experts and Parliamentarians who have engaged with the APPG. These topics are summarised in the infographic below:
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A Report in 2024 collated of all the evidence and discussion undertaken through the Coastal Inquiry to inform and support meaningful change for these unique communities who are at the heart of our culture as an island nation.
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To download this interim report please click on the icon below:
Coastal Inquiry Report
Please click on the document icons below in order to view:
AGM March 2022 - Meeting Minutes
APPG Register March 2022 AGM
AGM May 2023 - Papers
AGM May 2023 - Meeting Minutes
APPG Register 2024
GENERAL MEETING DOCUMENTS
UPCOMING MEETINGS/EVENTS
Upcoming Coastal Inquiry sessions:
Health in Coastal Communities - 30 January 2025, HoC
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