Officers
Lee Barron MP (Labour, Chair)
Lee Barron is the Labour MP for Corby and East Northamptonshire, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. Barron is a former Northampton borough councillor and during this time was leader of the Labour group.
Joe Robertson (Conservative)
Joe Robertson is the Conservative MP for Isle of Wight East, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
Bambos Charalambous (Labour)
Bambos Charalambous is the Labour MP for Southgate and Wood Green, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017.
Lord Lucas (Conservative)
Lord Lucas’s full title is The Lord Lucas. He is a current member of the House of Lords and remains an active backbencher, taking interest in education, employment, planning and finance.
Members
Juliet Campbell, Labour
Lord Thurso The Rt Hon. the Viscount Thurso Liberal Democrat
Michelle Welsh, Labour
Baroness Pidding, The Baroness Pidding CBE Conservative
Jon Trickett Labour
Alex Sobel Labour
Navendu Mishra Labour
Lord Bellingham Conservative
Daisy Cooper Liberal Democrat
Baroness Stedman-Scott Conservative
John McDonnell, Labour
Lord Sharpe of Epsom, Conservative
Damian Hinds, Conservative
Baroness Fulbrook, Conservative
Secretariat
Andrew Henderson (Secretariat)
Andrew Henderson is the secretariat for this APPG, along with a number of others covering a range of subjects. Andrew has been working with software for the HR sector since 2011 as well as looking at innovative ways to improve issues around hiring and employment.
Keith Rosser (Officer)
Founded and built Reed Screening, one of the UK’s largest employee screening businesses. Non-Executive Board Member with a UK Home Office body and Scottish Government agency. Received a Home Office Commendation Award in 2016 for services to recruitment and was recognised as a Community Leader at Buckingham Palace in 2018. Chair of various trade bodies, the Better Hiring Institute, and JobsAware, a Met Police founded charity tackling labour market issues. In 2023 became an Honorary Fellow of Lancaster University for services to the labour market.