The All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group is a UK Parliamentary group with a membership of more than 100 MPs and Peers. Its stated purpose is to "To promote the use and enjoyment of jazz as a music form."

The joint chairs are Michael Connarty

Michael Connarty

Michael Connarty is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Linlithgow and Falkirk East since 2005, and a variation of the same seat since 1992.-Early life:...

 MP and Lord Colwyn

Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn

Ian Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn commonly known as Anthony Hamilton-Smith CBE is a British peer, doctor and politician...

. The secretary is Bob Blizzard

Bob Blizzard

Robert John Blizzard is a British Labour Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliament for Waveney from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:...

 MP. The group runs an annual awards ceremony called the Parliamentary Jazz Awards

Parliamentary Jazz Awards

The Parliamentary Jazz Awards in the United Kingdom are organised by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group at the Houses of Parliament in London. The group consists of over a hundred members drawn from across the UK political parties...

 and supports the Jazz Radio UK campaign.

External links

• Register of the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group
• http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2006-04-24a.351.0&s=section%3Adebates+speaker%3A10049Debate about Arts Council England
  Arts Council England
  Arts Council England was formed in 1994 when the Arts Council of Great Britain was divided into three separate bodies for England, Scotland and Wales. It is a non-departmental public body of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport...
  
  funding for Jazz 24/4/2006]
• The Jazz Radio UK campaign.