The Rural Services Network is delighted that Philip Dunne MP has been re-elected as Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Rural Services at the AGM on Wed 27th January

All Party Parliamentary Groups are informal cross-party groups run by and for Members of the Commons and Lords. The Rural Services Network provides the Secretariat for this group.

The APPG for Rural Services met 5 times throughout 2020, focusing on key issues such as Connectivity and Transport, CSR and Digital Connectivity.  The Minister for Digital Infrastructure Matt Warman MP, attended before Christmas to address the group and last week, Minister Pincher MP, from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government attended.

Further to the AGM, the group are now setting their programme of work for the year ahead.

Philip Dunne MP has been Member of Parliament for Ludlow since 2005.  He is Chairman of the Environment Audit Committee and serviced as Minister for Defence Procurement from 2012-2016 and as Minister of State for Health from 2016-2018. 

As Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Rural Services he seeks to help raise the profile of rural issues in Parliament.