Register Of All-Party Parliamentary Groups [as at 7 May 2025] Speech and Language Difficulties

Title

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Speech and Language Difficulties

Purpose

To make parliament aware that the ability to communicate is a crucial life skill for all; to increase awareness about the impact communication difficulties have on other people's lives; to highlight the importance of early identification and intervention; and to press for increased provision of speech and language therapy.

Category

Subject Group

 

Officers

Role

Name

Party

Chair & Registered Contact

David Pinto-Duschinsky

Labour

Vice Chair

Lord Shinkwin

Conservative

Vice Chair

Mike Wood

Conservative

Vice Chair

Baroness Whitaker

Labour

 

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

David Pinto-Duschinsky MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7280.

Email: david.pintoduschinsky.mp@parliament.uk

 

Public Enquiry Point:

Elissa Cregan, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. Tel: 07513 724 112

Email: elissa.cregan@rcslt.org

 

Secretariat:

Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.rcslt.org/

 

 

Annual General Meeting

Date of most recent AGM in this Parliament

12/03/2025

Did the group publish an income and expenditure statement relating to the AGM above?

No

Reporting year

12 Mar to 11 Mar

Next reporting deadline

12/07/2026

 

Registrable benefits received by the group

 

Benefits In Kind

Source

Description

Value £s

In bands of £1,500

Received

Registered

Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Secretariat

 

From : 12/03/2025

To : 11/03/2026

 

4,501-6,000

12/03/2025

03/04/2025