All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages
To explore the benefits of learning and using languages throughout the UK; provide a parliamentary forum for information exchange and consultation on languages and linguists; encourage and support policies and action improving the take-up of languages in schools, further and higher education, in the workplace and in the community.
Subject Group; Education, Skills & Youth.
Secretariat: Chartered Institute of Linguists acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.ciol.org.uk/
Members
- Baroness Coussins (Co-Chair)
- Darren Paffey (Chair & Registered Contact)
- Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury (Vice Chair)
- Tonia Antoniazzi (Vice Chair)
Funding and benefits registered
- Chartered Institute of Linguists: Benefits In Kind, £13,501-15,000 (received 9 September 2025)