All Party Parliamentary Group on Anti-Social Behaviour
About the group
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) provides a forum for parliamentarians, landlords and other stakeholders to discuss anti-social behaviour and how landlords, local authorities, the police and others can effectively respond to it.
The group was launched in 2022 and focuses on anti-social behaviour (ASB), and organisational and community responses to it. The aim of the group is to improve the ways that we respond to ASB to improve the lives of tenants and others in the communities affected.
Partnership with Resolve
We are working jointly with Resolve, the UK's leading experts in tackling anti-social behaviour and enhancing community safety for 30 years. They support the group’s infrastructure and delivery, ensuring it remains active, informed and impactful.
Resolve are the secretariat for the APPG and lead on communications, producing newsletters and updates for MPs involved. These include:
Sector news and developments and legislative and policy changes.
Evidence and insights from members and stakeholders.
Research and benchmarking data.
Becoming the secretariat for the APPG on ASB is a natural extension of our mission to influence national policy and ensure that community safety remains a priority across government. Working with Midland Heart, we will ensure the group is a powerful voice for practitioners, victims and communities.
Rebecca Bryant OBE, Chief Executive of Resolve
APPG on ASB First Inquiry: ‘Working together to address anti-social behaviour in our communities’
Midland Heart and members of the group have held evidence sessions with CEOs of partner housing associations, academics with research interests relating to ASB, HO tenants and PCCs among others.
In these sessions we have discussed the barriers preventing us from effectively tackling ASB in our communities and assessed where there are shortfalls in local and national policy that are preventing us from making a real difference to the lives of affected tenants. We have also sought feedback from tenants living in housing associations, carrying out an open survey and issuing a ‘call for evidence’.
The evidence provided has contributed to our first inquiry report, written in collaboration with MPs from all three main parties in England, Resolve, ASB Help, TPAS, Local Government Association, and several of the West Midlands’ largest social landlords.
The report makes a series of recommendations for government, housing providers and other groups, to better address anti-social behaviour in our communities and improve the lives of victims.
One of the core recommendations is for the Government to pilot the use of a Housing Court in the West Midlands. The report by the All Party-Parliamentary Group on Anti-Social Behaviour, also recommends that Housing Associations are given statutory powers as core partners in making our communities safer and that ASB is included in the Victim’s Bill.
"In the twelve months ending in September 2022, the Police recorded 1.1 million incidents of ASB" - Here's Glenn Harris, our CEO, on the need for specialist courts in Comment Central - Specialist courts can cut anti-social behaviour rates.
Meet our Group Chair and Vice Chair
Neil Coyle (Labour)
Chair
Neil Coyle has been an MP since 2015 having been a councillor in Southwark since 2010, including serving as a Deputy Cabinet Member and Deputy Mayor for Southwark Council. He is also a charity trustee, patron of several Southwark organisations. Neil set up the All-Party Parliamentary Foodbanks and Homelessness Groups and is an officer and member of several APPGS.
Neil is delighted to Chair the APPG on Tackling Antisocial Behaviour as it is a considerable issue in Southwark and a significant focus of the current Government’s agenda.
David Taylor (Labour)
Vice Chair
David Taylor is the Labour MP for Hemel Hempstead, elected to Parliament in July 2024, he also represented the town in the Youth Parliament.
Before becoming an MP, David spent nearly 20 years in the non-profit sector, working for Humanitarian Aid, and as a councillor in Camden.
In Parliament, David is an active voice on the International Development Committee and has campaigned on improving SEND provision, strengthening tenants’ rights and green energy initiatives.
As well as being Vice Chair of the APPG on Anti-Social Behaviour, he is also an officer on the APPG for Japan.
Lord Bailey of Paddington has been a Conservative peer since 2023. As well as being an officer of the APPG on Anti-Social Behaviour, he is an officer of the APPG on Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities and vice-chair of the APPG on Public Sector Efficiency. He is also a member of the Built Environment Committee.
Simon Russell is a Crossbench peer.
He is a Deputy Speaker, sits on the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee and the Victims Commissioner Advisory Board, is an Officer of the APPGs for Children, Adoption & Permanence and for Italy.
He is a Governor of Coram, a Patron of Cavell and a Trustee of the Foundling Museum. His parliamentary work focuses on VAWG, stalking, adoption, fostering, the care system and children's online safety.
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We are working jointly with Resolve, the UK's leading experts in tackling anti-social behaviour and enhancing community safety for 30 years. They support the group’s infrastructure and delivery, ensuring it remains active, informed and impactful.
