The Officers of the APPG on Children in Police Custody make decisions on the Group’s activities. All Officers are Parliamentarians – which means they are either a Member of the Houses of Commons or Lords. All Officers are elected by the Members of the Group.

Officers & Members

The Chair of the APPG on Children in Police Custody is:

• Janet Daby MP

The Vice-Chairs are:

• The Lord Balfe
• Lord Carlile of Berriew
• Sir Peter Bottomley MP
• Dawn Butler MP
• Florence Eshalomi MP
• Patrick Grady MP
• Dr Rupa Huq MP
• Afzal Khan MP
• Mark Logan MP
• John McDonnell MP
• Taiwo Owatemi MP
• Liz Saville Roberts MP
• Virendra Sharma MP
• Edward Timpson MP

The Secretariat is provided by Dr Miranda Bevan.

External Members

The APPG on Children in Police Custody is pleased to be supported by several external organisations. These are:

• Alliance for Youth Justice
• Child Rights Alliance for England
• National Appropriate Adult Network
• Just for Kids Law
• Transform Justice

Individual external members are invited to attend APPG meetings, but do not have voting rights. These are:

• Professor Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos
• Dr Vicky Kemp