All Party Parliamentary Group on Further Education and Lifelong Learning

The APPG for Further Education and Lifelong Learning has been running for over 10 years and meets regularly in Parliament. The group holds meetings and inquiries on particular topics of importance to colleges. Recent meetings have focussed on the role of colleges in meeting the health and social care workforce challenges; FE & HE Collaboration; a joint meeting with the APPG for Students on the cost-of-living crisis impact on FE students; the role of college sport in student health and wellbeing, the role of colleges in supporting unemployed people into work; and lost learning as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic;

The Group's Chair and office bearers are listed below:

Chair:

• Peter Aldous MP (Conservative)

Vice-Chairs:

• The Rt Hon. the Baroness Garden of Frognal (Liberal Democrat)
• Stephen Farry MP (Alliance)

Officers:

• The Rt Hon. the Lord Blunkett (Labour)

Members:

• Lord Addington
• Emma Hardy MP (Labour)
• The Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP (Conservative)
• Lord Austin of Dudley (non-affiliated)
• Jane Hunt MP (Conservative)
• Sarah Champion MP (Labour)
• Lord Aberdare (Crossbench)
• Lord Storey (Liberal Democrat)
• Baroness Whitaker (Labour)
  
• Paul Blomfield MP (Labour)
• Baroness Morris of Yardley (Labour)
• Margaret Greenwood MP (Labour)
• Karin Smyth MP (Labour)
• Afzal Khan MP (Labour)
• Andrew Western MP (Labour)

Group register:

• Group Register Entry (as of 10 March 2024)

If you have any questions about the Group or would like to get involved please contact our public affairs team at public_affairs@aoc.co.uk.

Meeting Minutes

Correspondence