APPG for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma

The APPG for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma provides a forum for parliamentarians concerned about issues facing Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities and seeks to address these issues and challenge inequalities.

The APPG has two co-chairs, Martin Docherty-Hughes MP for West Dunbartonshire and Baroness Janet Whitaker, as well as around 40 other interested and active members. The APPG has identified a number of issues they are looking to address, including:

• Ensuring the impact on Gypsies and Travellers is highlighted in ongoing debates relating to encampments
• Working to ensure Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities are included in the Government’s planning to address race disparity, including the development of a specific Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Strategy
• Highlighting the implications of Brexit on Roma communities in the UK
• Continuing to challenge inflammatory language used by parliamentarians

As Secretariat, Friends Families and Travellers will support and ensure members of the APPG are briefed on these issues.