The All Party Parliamentary Jazz Group (APPJG)
The All Party Parliamentary Jazz Group (APPJG) currently has over 73 members from the House of Commons and House of Lords across all political parties. Their aim is to encourage wider and deeper enjoyment of jazz, to increase Parliamentarians’ understanding of the jazz industry and issues surrounding it, to promote jazz as a musical form and to raise its profile inside and outside Parliament. The Group’s officers as at the Annual General Meeting on 20th November 2025 are the Chair, Dame Chi Onwurah MP and Deputy Chair, Lord Mann. The Officers are Jo White MP and Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, additional officers are Neil Duncan-Jordan MP, Sarah Champion MP and Lord Spellar.
The Secretary is Chris Hodgkins. The Secretary operates on a strictly voluntary and pro bono basis and no expenses of any kind are paid to the Secretariate. The contact address is: admin@appjag.org
For further details of the Group including recent minutes and please see: https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/apg/
Please note this is not an official website [or feed] of the House of Commons or the House of Lords. It has not been approved by either House or its committees. All-Party Parliamentary Groups are informal groups of Members of both Houses with a common interest in particular issues. The views expressed in these webpages are those of the group.
All Party Parliamentary Jazz Group 