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All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Environment

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In 2020, I was elected Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Environment, a parliamentary group dedicated to strengthening the influence of parliamentarians on public policy and public debate on the environment and assisting parliamentarians by improving their access to specialist information.

As Chairman, it was a delight to watch this group grow and develop. With the sterling help of the Green Alliance, an independent think tank and charity that works with legislators from all parties to promote ambitious leadership for the environment, the APPG became one of the largest and most active groups in Parliament. 

It allowed me access to policy makers of all levels, including the Prime Minister, to pursue my passion for protecting our environment. 

In 2022, I stepped down as Chairman to focus on my new role as Chairman of the 1922 Backbench Treasury Committee. I remain a Vice Chairman of the APPG, and regularly host and participate in sessions and meetings of the group. 

What is an All-Party Parliamentary Group? 

All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal cross-party groups that have no official status within Parliament. They are run by and for Members of the Commons and Lords, though many choose to involve individuals and organisations from outside Parliament in their administration and activities. 

Personal highlights as Chairman of the APPGE

  • Bringing in the Green Alliance as APPGE Secretariat, who have helped develop and deliver an ambitious agenda of meetings, events, and debates. 
  • Delivering a programme of events that included meetings with the President of COP 26, former Chairman of the Bank of England, the Secretary of State for the Environment, the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, several government ministers, and a number of charity/pressure groups & industry experts. 
  • Attending the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow, as part of a programme of APPG organised events for MPs from around the world to discuss and learn from each other how to influence Governments to do more to tackle climate change
  • Worked with MPs from across all parties in debates both in the Chamber of the House of Commons and Westminster Hall
  • Helped formulate policy with senior ministers, including on contentious issues such as Sewage Discharge. 

Personal highlights as a Vice-Chairman of the APPG

  • Chaired a number of events with policy makers, experts and ministers. 
  • Took part in a debate with Director Adam McKay and other MPs following the sucess of his award winning film Dont Look Up. 

Westminster

  • My contributions
  • Treasury Select Committee
  • All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Environment
  • 1922 Backbench Treasury Committee
  • School Visits
  • Work Experience
  • What is an MP and what do they do?
  • Responses to campaign emails

Useful Links

APPG Website

In the media

Interview on GB News ahead of my debate on Carbon Capture & Storage

On social media

March 2022 - chaired a meeting with COP26 President Alok Sharma.

March 2022 - Chaired a breakfast this morning with Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency.

November 2021 - met with COP26 President Alok Sharma to follow up on the conference. 

November 2021 - attended the COP26 Climate Change Summit in Glasgow

October 2021 - met with the Prime Minister and Alok Sharma, the president of COP26, at a No 10 reception ahead of the COP26 summit

October 2021 - co-hosting a session with the All Party Parliamentary Group on Trade & Export Promotion with the UK's Permanent Mission to UN and the Director of the Forum on Trade, Environment & SDGs 

May 2021 - chaired an Environment APPG event on the decarbonisation of transport with Minister for Transport, Rachel Maclean MP

May 2021 - chaired an APPG panel on national parks with Chairman of Natural England, Tony Juniper.

May 2021 - chaired an event with the Minister for Transport and Head of Climate Policy at Green Alliance.

March 2021 - led a briefing today as Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Environment on how the UK can demonstrate leadership on environmental policy through trade deals

January 2021 - arranged a session with Zac Goldsmith, Minister for Trees.

November 2020 - spoke in Parliament on the subject of the final report of Climate Assembly UK on the path to net-zero.

September 2020 - arranged a Q&A with former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney.

July 2020 - hosted a meeting with George Eustice, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. 

June 2020 - Joined other members of the Conservative Environment Network in a view celebrating World Environment Day 2020.

March 2020 - arranged a meeting with the Chief economist of the Committee on Climate Change.

March 2020 - my first session as chairman, speaking to Mike Thompson, chief economist of the Committee on Climate Change. 

January 2020 - election as Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Environment

 

 

Anthony Browne MP for South Cambridgeshire

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