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The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Rural Services is a cross party Group of MP’s from rural constituencies that come together to promote debate on the provision of rural services and to issue periodic reports.
The minutes of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Rural Services can be found below:
21st January 2025
21st January 2025 Meeting Minutes
Inaugural meeting – 10th September 2024
– Meeting Minutes
12th March 2024
12th March 2024 Meeting Minutes
21st November 2023
21st November Briefing Notes
25th April 2023 – Discussion on off-grid gas heating in rural areas and rural bus services
25th April 2023 Meeting Minutes
28th February 2023 – AGM
28th February 2023 Meeting Minutes
6th December 2022 – Local Authority Funding in Rural Areas
6th December 2022 Meeting Minutes
19th July 2022 – Off-Gas Grid Heating in Rural Areas
19th July 2022 Meeting Minutes
– Associated Paper – Why heat pumps sum up all that is wrong with ‘net zero’
– Associated Paper – Fuel Bank Heat Fund
– Associated Paper – RSN Briefing Note – Decarbonisation of Off Gas Grid Heating APPG Meeting 19 July 2022
28th February 2022 – Focus on Rural Social Care
28th February 2022 Meeting Minutes
– Associated Paper – A Report to the Rural Services All Party Parliamentary Group on – Towards the Social Care White Paper 2021: Social Care in a Rural Context
– Associated Paper – Rural Lens Review of Adult Social Care Reform White Paper
September 2021 – APPG Social Care Meeting
15th September 2021 Meeting Minutes
7 July 2021 – Focus on Rural Proofing Report
7 July 2021 Meeting Minutes
26 April 2021 – Focus on National Bus Strategy
26th April 2021 Meeting Minutes
27 January 2021 – Focus on Rural Housing and Changes to the Planning System
27th January 2021 Meeting Minutes
– Associated Paper – Briefing Note: Rural Implications of the Government’s response to Changes to the Planning System and the new Shared Ownership mode
– Associated Paper – Letter to Rt Hon Christopher Pincher MP (Minister for Housing)
– Associated Paper – Letter of response from Rt Hon Christopher Pincher MP (Minister for Housing)
3 November 2020
3rd November 2020 Meeting Minutes
– Associated paper – The Shared Rural Network – Improving Rural Connectivity
– Associated paper – Response to the DCMS Committee Broadband and the road to 5G report
– Associated paper – APPG letter to the Minister for Digital Infrastructure ‘Delivering broadband to hard to reach rural areas’
– Associated paper – Response from the Minister for Digital Infrastructure to the letter ‘Delivering broadband to hard to reach rural areas’
13 October 2020
13th October 2020 Meeting Minutes
22 September 2020
22nd September 2020 Meeting Minutes
– Associated paper – Comprehensive Spending Review 2020 – Submission Asks
14 July 2020
14th July 2020 Meeting Minutes
– Associated paper – Letter calling for a rural bus strategy
– Associated paper – Attachment 1 (Rural Bus Services: Commentary by First
– Associated paper – Attachment 2 (County APPG – Rural Bus Services – Rural Services Partnership Technical Appendix)
– Associated paper – Attachment 3 (Revitalising Rural – Realising the Vision – Digital Connectivity draft chapter)
– Associated paper – Attachment 4 (Revitalising Rural – Realising the Vision – Energy Infrastructure and Renewables draft chapter)
– Associated paper – Attachment 5 (Revitalising Rural – Realising the Vision – Transport and access to jobs and opportunities draft chapter)
– Associated paper – Attachment 6 (Revitalising Rural – Realising the Vision – Decarbonising Rural Communities and Economies draft chapter)
28 January 2020
28th January 2020 Meeting Minutes
07 May 2019
7th May 2019 Meeting Minutes
12th December 2018
12th December 2018 Meeting Minutes
11th September 2018
11th September 2018 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – Attachment 1 (Community Catalysts Presentation)
Associated paper – Attachment 2 (Hampshire County Council Presentation)
Associated paper – Attachment 3 (Tackling Social Isolation in Rural Hampshire Project Report)
Associated paper – Attachment 4 (Summary of Responses – Adult Social Care Inquiry)
Associated paper – Attachment 5 (Data on Ageing Population Projections)
7th July 2018
7th July 2018 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – Attachment 1 (Previous meeting minutes)
Associated paper – Attachment 2 (Draft Response Re Community Transport)
Associated paper – Attachment 3 (Green papers to APPG 03.07.18)
Associated paper – Attachment 4 (RSN Response to Joint Select Cttees re Adult Social Care Funding)
24th April 2018
– 24th April 2018 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – Providing Community Transport Services in a Rural Area (Donna Atkinson – Little Green Bus)
30th January 2017
– 30th January 2017 Meeting Minutes
7th September 2017
– 7th September 2017 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – Document on Transport (Nick Hubbard)
25th October 2016
– 25th October 2016 Meeting Minutes
15th June 2016
– 15th June 2016 Meeting Minutes
19th January 2016
– 19th January 2016 Meeting Minutes
17th November 2015
– 17th November 2015 Meeting Minutes
15th September 2015
– 15th September 2015 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – The true cost of crime in rural areas (NRCN)
Associated paper – Working Together to beat Rural Crime (NFU Mutual)
9th June 2015
– 9th June 2015 Meeting Minutes
17th March 2015
– 17th March 2015 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – Update on Rural Broadband
Associated paper – (Glossary to the Broadband presentation)
28th October 2014
– 28th October 2014 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – Rural Housing Alliance Allocations Report
1st July 2014
– 1st July 2014 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – Presentation (by Dan Bates) on the current financial position relating to the Rural Fair Share campaign
3rd April 2014
– 3rd April 2014 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – Rural Communities:Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2013–14
16th January 2014
– 16th January 2014 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – Update on the Rural Health Network – January 2014
Associated paper – MPIG (minimum practice income guarantee) presentation
17th December 2013
– 17th December 2013 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – The Campaign for Better Transport’s “Buses in Crisis” report
12th November 2013
– 12th November 2013 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – Key Rural Housing Issues stemming from discussion at the Rural Services APPG on 12 November 2013
Associated paper – Impact of the Spare Room Subsidy in Rural Areas: Report of Data from Survey of Members of the Rural Housing Alliance
8th October 2013
– 8th October 2013 Meeting Minutes
18th June 2013
– 18th June 2013 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – Ofcom report
Associated paper – Spending Power Analysis
5th March 2013
– 5th March 2013 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – Spending Power Analysis presentation
20th November 2012
– 20th November 2012 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – Big Green Gap Year
Associated paper – Future of Rural Energy
Associated paper – Village Energy Audits
Associated paper – Big Green Gap Year Proposal
16th October 2012
– 16th October 2012 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – FSB Rural Report
Associated paper – Mike Cherry Short Biography
Associated paper – Vulnerability Index Results
Associated paper – Broadband Request to MP’s
26th June 2012
– 26th June 2012 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – John Birtwislte Presentation
Associated paper – Appendix A
Associated paper – Appendix B
Associated paper – Appendix C
19th April 2012
– 19th April 2012 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – All Party Group on Rural Services
22nd November 2011
– 22nd November 2011 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – Notts Healthcare NHS Trust Notes
25th October 2011
– 25th October 2011 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – Stuart Davies Presentation
29th June 2011
– 29th June 2011 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – Sparse Presentation
17th May 2011
– 17th May 2011 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – John Birtwistle report on Transport
27th April 2011
– 27th April 2011 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – Education Select Committee 16-19 Participation Enquiry
3rd November 2010
– 3rd November 2010 Meeting Minutes
Associated paper – Rural Transport Presentation
Associated paper – Damping Presentation
Associated paper – Pete Smith Presentation
Associated paper – Concessionary Travel – Unitaries
7th July 2010
– 7th July 2010 Meeting Minutes
20th January 2010
– 20th January 2010 Meeting Minutes
3rd November 2009
– 3rd November 2009 Meeting Minutes
1st July 2009
– 1st July 2009 Meeting Minutes
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