Minutes from the Crypto & Digital Assets All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Annual General Meeting
Minutes from the Crypto & Digital Assets All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Annual General Meeting
Crypto and Digital Assets All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)
  • 2 April, 2024

The Crypto and Digital Assets APPG held its AGM on 5th March 2024, where the Chair of the APPG, Lisa Cameron MP, approved arrangements for the APPG including the election of the group’s officers and an Income and Expenditure Statement.

Minutes of the AGM can be viewed below and the group’s Income and Expenditure Statement can be viewed here.

  • Lisa Cameron MP (Conservative)
  • Alun Cairns MP (Conservative)
  • Baroness Uddin (Non-Affiliated)
  • Lord Cromwell (Crossbench)
  • Lord Taylor of Warwick (Non-Affiliated)
  • Sir Bill Wiggin MP (Conservative)


Introduction

  1. Lisa Cameron MP welcomed attendees to the AGM.
  2. Ms Cameron provided a summary of the work of the APPG in Parliament in educating and upskilling MPs and Lords on the UK crypto and digital asset sector.
  3. Ms Cameron added that it was important that Government, regulators, Parliament and the crypto sector were able to come together to discuss key issues and consider any need for future regulation and that the APPG provided an important forum for Parliamentarians to discuss matters relating to the sector.

Election of Officers

  1. It was moved that Lisa Cameron MP would continue to serve as Chair of the APPG. All voted in favour.
  2. It was moved that ahead of the new rules requiring all APPGs to have a maximum of 4 officers from 31st March 2024 that the following Members would serve as officers of the APPG. All voted in favour.
  3. The 4 officers of the APPG are:

Role

Name

Party

1

Chair and Registered Contact

Dr Lisa Cameron MP

Conservative

2

Officer

Alun Cairns MP

Conservative

3

Officer

Baroness Uddin

Non Affiliated

4

Officer

Lord Haskel

Labour

Members of the APPG

  1. It was moved that ahead of the new rules requiring all APPGs to have a minimum of 20 members made up from either the House of Commons or the House of Lords from 31st March 2024 that the following Members of Parliament would continue to be members of the APPG (in addition to its 4 elected officers). All voted in favour.
  2. Members of the APPG (in addition to the 4 elected officers of the group) are:
Role

Name

Party

5

Member

Lord Taylor of Warwick

Non Affiliated

6

Member

Lord Cromwell

Crossbench

7

Member

Alexander Stafford MP

Conservative

8

Member

Philip Davies MP

Conservative

9

Member

Simon Fell MP

Conservative

10

Member

Lord Vaizey of Didcot

Conservative

11

Member

Marcus Fysh MP

Conservative

12

Member

Matt Hancock MP

Independent

13

Member

Christine Jardine MP

Lib Dem

14

Member

Baroness Verma

Conservative

15

Member

Sir Bill Wiggin MP

Conservative

16

Member

Antony Higginbotham MP

Conservative

17

Member

Baroness Neville-Jones

Conservative

18

Member

Gagan Mohindra MP

Conservative

19

Member

Adam Afriyie MP

Conservative

20

Member

Lord Goddard of Stockport

Lib Dem

21

Member

Lord Naseby

Conservative
APPG Income and Expenditure Statement

  1. The group approved its income and expenditure statement which showed that the Crypto and Digital Assets APPG has not received any direct funding.

Secretariat

  1. It was agreed that CryptoUK, as the trade body representing the UK Crypto and Digital Asset sector, would continue to support the work of the group and provide the secretariat for the APPG.

Focus of the Group

  1. The group agreed that a key focus for the group in Parliament would be increasing education and awareness of vital issues such as consumer protection and regulation, as well as looking at international best practices from other jurisdictions overseas.

Meeting Close

  1. No other business took place and the meeting concluded after 30 minutes.

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