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Sir Alan Haselhurst was chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on cricket.
Mrs Kemi BadenochConservativeCon / North West Essex·Engagements·03 Jun 2026Factual · historical current chronological
Reasoning & Evidence21 Jul 2026
The claim that Sir Alan Haselhurst was chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on cricket is supported by multiple sources. The official UK Parliament website, in a page from July 2010 about his election as Chair of the Administration Committee, records that Sir Alan declared "his chairmanships of the all-party cricket group, the Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit Ltd, and UK branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association." This directly confirms he was chairman of the cricket APPG. Parallel Parliament's records of the Cricket APPG also list "Sir Alan Haselhurst" as "Chair & Registered Contact" with a tenure from 30 July 2015 to 2 May 2017, and later as "Honorary President" (as Lord Haselhurst) from February 2019 to November 2024. Some sources (Wikipedia, politics.co.uk, and the CPA website) describe him as "Secretary" of the cricket group, which may reflect an earlier role or a different point in time. It appears he held different officer positions in the group at different periods — Secretary at one stage and Chair at another. The claim specifically refers to him as chairman, and there is clear evidence he held that role. Sources: - UK Parliament, Administration Committee – "Chair of Administration Committee elected" (https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/2/administration-committee/news/175916/election-of-chair/) - Parallel Parliament – Cricket APPG records (https://parallelparliament.co.uk/APPG/cricket) - Wikipedia – Alan Haselhurst (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Haselhurst)
From speech
I echo the Prime Minister’s words on Lance Corporal James Freeman and about the Royal Navy helicopter crash in Devon. I also send my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Henry Nowak. The circumstances around Henry’s wrongful arrest and tragic murder must be a wake-up call to the entire country and our institutions that every life matters, and it is the responsibility of everyone in this House to bring people together, not divide them. Mr Speaker, with your permission, I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to Sir Alan Haselhurst—Lord Haselhurst—who died on Monday. Sir Alan served Parliament for over 50 years, eight of them in the Lords and 40 years as my predecessor as MP for Saffron Walden, while from 1970 to 1974 he was the Member of Parliament for Middleton and Prestwich. He was respected on all sides of this House, and was elected multiple times as your predecessor as Deputy Speaker, before he concluded in the other place. Apart from serving his constituents, Sir Alan’s greatest passion in Parliament and perhaps in life was cricket, as you said, Mr Speaker. He was chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on cricket, a role which he encouraged me to take up and which I graciously declined, telling him I knew absolutely nothing about cricket. However, I think colleagues should know that Sir Alan’s intense lobbying is the reason that Sky Sports can be found on the parliamentary TV network. There is so much to say, but just to let everyone know, he was a good and kind man and he will be very much missed. My thoughts are with his wife Angela, his children Mark, David and Emma, and his grandchildren. May I ask the Prime Minister by how much the welfare bill has risen since he came to office?
Sources opened
[1]parallelparliament.co.uk
https://parallelparliament.co.uk/APPG/cricket
[2]committees.parliament.uk
https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/2/administration-committee/news/175916/election-of-chair/
[3]cpahq.org
https://www.cpahq.org/about-us/our-governance/alan-haselhurst/
[4]en.wikipedia.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Haselhurst
[5]politics.co.uk
https://www.politics.co.uk/reference/sir-alan-haselhurst/
[6]the-independent.com
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/politics/alan-haselhurst-death-conservatives-mp-b2988977.html
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