Who we are

The APPG brings together parliamentarians from all parties and both Houses. Our members include experts in digital regulation, technology and in reimagining the online world.
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Officers
The Officers of the APPG reflect the level of cross-party engagement on the issues of digital regulation and responsibility.

Jeremy practised as a Barrister specialising in criminal law until being elected as a Member of Parliament for Rugby and Kenilworth in 2005. Following boundary changes, he was re-elected for the Kenilworth and Southam constituency in 2010 and again in 2015, 2017 and 2019.
In his first Parliament, he founded and chaired the All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia and served as a member of the Constitutional Affairs (later Justice) Select Committee. He was appointed an Opposition Whip in 2007 …
Jeremy practised as a Barrister specialising in criminal law until being elected as a Member of Parliament for Rugby and Kenilworth in 2005. Following boundary changes, he was re-elected for the Kenilworth and Southam constituency in 2010 and again in 2015, 2017 and 2019.
In his first Parliament, he founded and chaired the All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia and served as a member of the Constitutional Affairs (later Justice) Select Committee. He was appointed an Opposition Whip in 2007 and became a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip) in the Coalition Government in 2010.
In 2012, Jeremy was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice with responsibility for prisons, rehabilitation and sentencing. In 2014 he was promoted to the position of Attorney General, chief legal adviser to the Government and overseeing the Crown Prosecution Service and the Serious Fraud Office.
He became Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in 2018, publishing the Online Harms White Paper in April 2019. He left Government with the arrival of the new Prime Minister later that year.
Jeremy now serves as a member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life.

Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE is a Crossbench Peer in the House of Lords and an advocate for children’s rights in the digital world.
Before entering the House of Lords, Kidron spent 30 years as a film director, making dramas including the BAFTA-winning Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit; Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Too Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar, and documentaries such as Sex Death and the Gods, and InRealLife among others. She was the co-founder of the educational charity Into …
Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE is a Crossbench Peer in the House of Lords and an advocate for children’s rights in the digital world.
Before entering the House of Lords, Kidron spent 30 years as a film director, making dramas including the BAFTA-winning Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit; Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Too Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar, and documentaries such as Sex Death and the Gods, and InRealLife among others. She was the co-founder of the educational charity Into Film, now accessed by more than half of all UK state schools free of charge.
Kidron is the Founder and Chair of 5Rights Foundation, a charity that works to create policy and practical solutions to build the digital world children and young people deserve. Among its flagship projects, 5Rights is drafting the General Comment on the Digital World on behalf of the Council on the Rights of the Child; creating an international standard for Age Appropriate Published Terms, working with countries around the world to create a Global Handbook on Child Online Protection, and hosting the Digital Futures Commission.
In the House of Lords, Kidron successfully introduced amendments to the Data Protection Act 2018 that resulted in the Age Appropriate Design Code (‘Children’s Code’). The first legislation of its kind, delivering high standards of data protection for users under the age of 18. She also sat on the Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee Inquiry and was previously a member of the Lords Communications Select Committee.
Kidron is a member of the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development;the Global Council on Extended Intelligence; and the UNICEF Artificial Intelligence and Child Rights Policy Guidance Group.


Maria was first elected to represent Basingstoke in the 2005 General Election. Before entering Parliament, Maria worked for 20 years in marketing, including board level experience.
On becoming a Member of Parliament, Maria was appointed to the Trade and Industry Select Committee. David Cameron appointed her as Shadow Minister for Education in December 2005, then Shadow Minister for Family Welfare in the Department for Work and Pensions in November 2006. Maria moved back to the Education team as …
Maria was first elected to represent Basingstoke in the 2005 General Election. Before entering Parliament, Maria worked for 20 years in marketing, including board level experience.
On becoming a Member of Parliament, Maria was appointed to the Trade and Industry Select Committee. David Cameron appointed her as Shadow Minister for Education in December 2005, then Shadow Minister for Family Welfare in the Department for Work and Pensions in November 2006. Maria moved back to the Education team as Shadow Minister for the Family in July 2007 and remained in post until the 2010 General Election.
Maria was appointed Minister for Disabled People at the Department for Work and Pensions in the Coalition Government in May 2010 and was promoted to Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and Minister for Women and Equalities, from September 2012 to April 2014.In June 2015 Maria was elected as Chair of the newly established Women and Equalities Select Committee. Maria was nominated for the position by MPs across the House in 2017 and was re-elected unopposed.
In addition to her role as an officer of the APPG on Digital Regulation and Responsibility, Maria holds offices in a number of All-Party Parliamentary Groups, and is currently Co-Chair of the APPG on Domestic Violence, Co-Chair of APPG UN Women Chair and Chair of the APPG on Women in Parliament. Maria is also a Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and Patron of HCUK.

Sarah Champion was elected as Member of Parliament for Rotherham in a by-election in November 2012.
She has campaigned extensively on issues relating to child protection, abuse, equality issues and the steel industry.
Sarah served in the opposition front bench, as a shadow minister in the Home Office team from September 2015 until June 2016 and in the shadow cabinet, as Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities from October 2016 until August 2017. She also served on the Transport, …
Sarah Champion was elected as Member of Parliament for Rotherham in a by-election in November 2012.
She has campaigned extensively on issues relating to child protection, abuse, equality issues and the steel industry.
Sarah served in the opposition front bench, as a shadow minister in the Home Office team from September 2015 until June 2016 and in the shadow cabinet, as Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities from October 2016 until August 2017. She also served on the Transport, Administration and Women and Equalities Committees. Sarah is Chair of the International Development Select Committee.
Prior to her election to Parliament, Sarah was Chief Executive of Manchester’s Chinese Arts Centre from 1996-2008, an international arts organisation promoting contemporary artists of Chinese Descent and Chief Executive of Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice from 2008-12.


Hannah has been the MP for the Livingston constituency since she was first elected in 2015 and is currently the party’s spokesperson on Consular Affairs and International Engagement. She was the SNP’s Westminster Spokesperson for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport when the Government issued the Online Harms White Paper and submitted a detailed response.
Hannah was born and raised in Craigshill, Livingston and later attended Stirling University where she studied Film and Media. Before …
Hannah has been the MP for the Livingston constituency since she was first elected in 2015 and is currently the party’s spokesperson on Consular Affairs and International Engagement. She was the SNP’s Westminster Spokesperson for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport when the Government issued the Online Harms White Paper and submitted a detailed response.
Hannah was born and raised in Craigshill, Livingston and later attended Stirling University where she studied Film and Media. Before becoming an MP, Hannah worked in commercial television with STV Glasgow and GMTV London as an assistant producer for their political programme, “The Sunday Programme”. Hannah enjoys the creative arts, sports and the outdoors, with a particularly keen interest in women’s football.

Carla was elected as Member of Parliament for Upper Bann in 2019, having served in the Northern Ireland Assembly as a MLA since 2016.
She is the DUP DEFRA Spokesperson in Westminster, and takes a keen interest in issues relating to the unborn child, freedom of religious belief, support for community development and special educational needs. She has been a vocal advocate for better regulation of the internet having suffered extensive online abuse throughout her political career.
Members
- Ms Apsana Begum /Labour/
- Mr Paul Beresford /Conservative/
- Mr Saqib Bhatti /Conservative/
- Sir Peter Bottomley /Conservative/
- Ms Karen Bradley /Conservative/
- Mr Kevin Brennan /Labour/
- Mr Alistair Carmichael /Liberal Democrat/
- Ms Miriam Cates /Conservative/
- Mr Greg Clark /Conservative/
- Mr Damian Collins /Conservative/
- Ms Rosie Cooper /Labour/
- Ms Yvette Cooper /Labour/
- Ms Virigina Crosbie /Conservative/
- Mr David Davis /Conservative/
- Ms Ruth Edwards /Conservative/
- Mr Chris Elmore /Labour/
- Mr Richard Fuller /Conservative/
- Sir Roger Gale /Conservative/
- Sir Mark Hendrick /Labour/
- Ms Meg Hillier /Labour/
- Mr Damian Hinds /Conservative/
- Mr Jeremy Hunt /Conservative/
- Ms Ruth Jones /Labour/
- Mr Darren Jones /Labour/
- Mr Julian Knight /Conservative/
- Mr Alan Mak /Conservative/
- Mr Stephen Metcalfe /Conservative/
- Mr Gagan Mohindra /Conservative/
- Mr Jamie Stone /Liberal Democrat/
- Mr Owen Thompson SNP
- Mr Stephen Timms /Labour/
- Mr Nick Fletcher /Conservative/
- Dame Diana Johnson /Labour/
- Mr Stephen Doughty /Labour/
- Ms Catherine McKinnell /Labour/
- Mr Bambos Charalambous /Labour/
- Lord Black /Conservative/
- Lord Croft /Crossbench/
- Lord Cromwell /Crossbench/
- Lord Gold /Conservative/
- Baroness Goudie /Labour/
- Baroness Grey-Thompson /Crossbench/
- Lord Griffiths /Labour/
- Lord Harris /Labour/
- Lord Holmes /Conservative/
- Lord Hunt /Conservative/
- Lord Hunt /Labour/
- Lord Knight /Labour/
- Baroness Lane Fox /Crossbench/
- Baroness McGregor Smith /Conservative/
- Lord McNally /Liberal Democrat/
- Lord Oates /Liberal Democrat/
- Baroness O’Neill /Crossbench/
- Baroness Prashar /Crossbench/
- Lord Smith /Labour/
- Lord Strasburger /Liberal Democrat/
- Lord Taylor /Conservative/
- Lord Wolf /Crossbench/
- Lord Vaizey /Conservative/