All-Party Parliamentary Group on Diversity & Inclusion in STEM

About the Group

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) in STEM aims to promote the inclusion and progression of people from diverse backgrounds in STEM, and to encourage government, parliamentarians, academics, businesses and other stakeholders to work towards a STEM sector that is representative of the population. We also want to consider and influence changes in policy that will lead to this outcome. For more updates, follow us on Twitter.

As part of its work on equality, diversity and inclusion across the science and science engagement sectors, the British Science Association (BSA) acts as secretariat for the Group. The Group is made up of Members of Parliament and Lords, and is a focus for collaboration with businesses and other organisations in STEM.

Details of previous meetings of the APPG can be found here.

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Members

The Officers and Members of the APPG are listed below. All Officers were elected at the APPG's EGM on 18 March 2024.


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The AGM of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Diversity & Inclusion in STEM took place on Thursday 27 April 2023, for the year from 10 February 2022 to 9 February 2023.

The following Parliamentarians were in attendance:

  • Chi Onwurah MP 
  • Carol Monaghan MP 
  • Baroness Grey-Thompson 
  • Baroness Brown of Cambridge 
  • Baroness Verma 

The minutes of the meeting are below.

1. Election of Officers

Parliamentarians were voted into the following positions:

Chair 

Chi 

Onwurah MP 

Labour 

Officer 

Carol 

Monaghan MP 

Scottish National Party 

Officer 

Baroness 

Brown 

Crossbench 

Officer 

Stephen 

Metcalfe MP 

Conservative 

Officer 

Baroness 

Garden 

Liberal Democrat 

Officer 

Chris 

Clarkson MP 

Conservative 

Officer 

Baroness 

Grey-Thompson 

Crossbench 

Officer 

John 

McNally MP 

Scottish National Party 

Officer 

Baroness 

Verma 

Conservative 

2. Confirmation of Financial Statement

The financial statement for the year from 10 February 2022 to 9 February 2023 was checked and signed off by the Chair.

3. Update on the current project on ‘Regional STEM skills Inequity’

A short update on the current project was provided by the Secretariat, the British Science Association.

Ahead of the publication of the Group's report on Regional STEM Skills Inequity, a pre-publication chapter on mobility is available here: Regional STEM skills inquity - mobility (pre-publication)

4. Future APPG project and plans

Members of the group discussed plans for the next reporting year and potential ideas for future projects.