Register of Members' Interests Contents


WALKER - WYATT

WALKER, Charles (Broxbourne)
Nil.
  
  
WALLACE, Ben (Lancaster and Wyre)
  
  
1.Remunerated directorships
Oculus Insight Limited; investment consultancy in the security sector.
  
  
6.Overseas visits
28 July-1 August 2008, to Iran in my capacity as Chairman of the British-Iranian All-Party Parliamentary Group, for meetings with Iranian politicians and officials. Flights and accommodation were paid for by the Conservative Middle East Council. Some internal travel and hospitality was provided by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. (Registered 28 August 2008)
  
  
9.Registrable shareholdings
(a)Oculus Insight Limited.
  
  
WALLEY, Joan (Stoke­on­Trent North)
  
  
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
The Lighting Industry Federation pay part of the salary of a researcher in my office who provides support to the All-Party Parliamentary Lighting Group of which I am Joint Chair.
  
  
WALTER, Robert (North Dorset)
  
  
8.Land and Property
Residential investment property in London.
Farmland in Devon.
  
  
WALTHO, Lynda (Stourbridge)
Nil.
  
  
WARD, Claire (Watford)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
30-31 January 2009, to Berlin to visit the Total Hydrogen Station, to discuss hydrogen fuel projects. Flights, accommodation and hospitality provided by Total UK, Watford. (Registered 27 February 2009)
13-21 February 2009, to Kenya, as speaker at the Sigma Independent Retail Pharmacists Conference, accompanied by my husband. Flights, travel, accommodation and hospitality were provided by Sigma Pharmaceuticals (Watford), who received sponsorship for the conference from a large number of generic drug and retail pharmacist companies. (Registered 27 February 2009)
  
  
WAREING, Robert N. (Liverpool, West Derby)
Nil.
  
  
WATERSON, Nigel (Eastbourne)
  
  
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
An intern sponsored by the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales from October 2008-July 2009. (Registered 23 October 2008)
  
  
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Honorary membership of the Baltic Exchange.
  
  
6.Overseas visits
27-28 April 2008, to Monaco, to speak at pensions conference; flights and accommodation paid by Money Marketing. (Registered 8 May 2008)
10-13 October 2008, to Cyprus, to attend annual Morphou Rally; flights and accommodation paid for by the Municipality of Morphou. (Registered 21 October 2008)
  
  
WATKINSON, Angela (Upminster)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
13-16 April 2008, to Qatar, to participate in the Doha Democracy Forum. Flights and three nights' accommodation provided by Qatari Embassy. (Registered 25 April 2008)
9-12 September 2008, to Gibraltar to participate in the commemoration of Gibraltar's National Day. Flights and three nights' accommodation provided by Government of Gibraltar. (Registered 8 October 2008)
  
  
WATSON, Tom (West Bromwich East)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Regular column in PA News. (Up to £5,000) (Fee donated to charity.)
  
  
WATTS, David (St. Helens North)
Nil.
  
  
WEBB, Steve (Northavon)
  
  
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
Intern provided by Christian charity, CARE.
  
  
WEIR, Mike (Angus)
Nil.
  
  
WHITEHEAD, Dr. Alan (Southampton Test)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
7-12 February 2008, to Ghana, to play a football match against the Ghanaian Parliament at their invitation to celebrate their 50th anniversary of independence, to visit an SOS Villages project and a refugee camp at the invitation of PLAY Ghana, and to attend the African Nations Cup Final, with accommodation, food and local transport provided by the Parliament of Ghana and a contribution towards the air fare provide by our club sponsors National Grid,who also helped provide a charitable donation to SOS Villages. (Registered 12 June 2008)
15-17 May 2008, to Guernsey at the invitation of the States of Guernsey, to play a football match with accommodation and hospitality provided by the States of Guernsey and a contribution to the air fare provided by our club sponsors National Grid. (Registered 12 June 2008)
28-29 October 2008, to Mexico City to promote the development of NISP Mexico. Flight and accommodation paid for by the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme. (Registered 16 December 2008)
  
  
8.Land and Property
Share in flat inhabited by my father in Southampton.
  
  
WHITTINGDALE, John (Maldon and East Chelmsford)
  
  
1.Remunerated directorships
Audio Network plc (non-executive); an online music catalogue.
  
  
WICKS, Malcolm (Croydon North)
  
  
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
15 November 2008, two tickets and hospitality at England vs Australia Rugby Investec Challenge, Twickenham, provided by Corona Energy. (Registered 20 November 2008)
  
  
WIDDECOMBE, Rt. Hon. Ann (Maidstone and The Weald)
  
  
1.Remunerated directorships
Merry Monks Editions Limited; import and sale of gift items.
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Advance of £100,000 plus performance bonuses from Weidenfeld & Nicholson for third and fourth books.
Series of lectures at theatres around the country, booked through Clive Conway Associates. (£15,001-£20,000)
Daily Express columnist. (£50,001-£55,000)
Payment for Daily Telegraph Podcast (from 9 January 2008). (£5,001-£10,000)
Payment from Channel 4 for appearance in a documentary on Christianity. (£10,001-£15,000) (Registered 30 June 2008)
Three speaking engagements, via Women Speakers; 16 February 2008 for the Warrant Officers Mess, HMS Sultan, 21 and 22 June 2008 for Strathcarron Hospice. (£5,001-£10,000) (Registered 30 June 2008)
Speaking engagement via Gordon Poole; 28 June 2008 for Hadley Holding Company. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 30 June 2008)
Payment from BBC for appearance on The One Show. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 30 June 2008)
Payment from RTE for appearance on a chat show in April 2008. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 14 July 2008)
Payment for appearance on ITV1's Daily Cooks Challenge. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 23 October 2008)
Payment for appearance at the Cheltenham Literary Festival. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 23 October 2008)
Payment for an article in Daily Express. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 23 October 2008)
Speaking engagement via Gordon Poole Agency Ltd on behalf of NPIA (National Policing Improvement Agency) on 1 December 2008. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 8 December 2008)
Speaking engagement for Three Counties Ladies Luncheon Club on 22 January 2009. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 23 January 2009)
  
  
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
Provision of a student as political researcher by Hull University Politics Course for the duration of the academic year starting September 2008.
  
  
9.Registrable shareholdings
(a)Merry Monks Editions Limited.
  
  
WIGGIN, Bill (Leominster)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Parliamentary Adviser to:
Green Lane Association Ltd (a national user group)
BMF (British Motorcycle Federation)
The TRF (Trail Riders Fellowship)
(Up to £5,000 total)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
30 August-6 September 2008, to Malaysia, on a fact-finding mission to oil palm plantations and the rainforest. The visit was organised and funded by Sine Darby, a Malaysian-based palm oil company. (Registered 23 September 2008)
  
  
WILLETTS, David (Havant)
  
  
1.Remunerated directorships
Chairman of Universal Sensors Limited; company developing biosensors owned by Sensortec Limited.
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession, etc.
Author.
Senior Adviser to Punter Southall, a firm of actuaries, advising on pension issues. (£75,001-£80,000)
One-off fee in respect of directorship of Cawood, a company owned by Sensortec Ltd. (Registered 2 June 2008)
  
  
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
Financial support paid to my Research Account has been received from Mr Ian Armitage, businessman. (Registered 2 June 2008)
Donations have been provided through Conservative Central Office from:
Nicholas Mayer, Guildford.
Sophie Mayer, Guildford.
Angela Mayer, Guildford.
Jocelyn AB Pugh, London.
Clementina Mayer, Guildford.
Louise EC Pugh, Oxford.
(Registered 11 June 2008)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
1-3 June 2008, to New York, to attend Education Summit Meeting, organised by the Sutton Trust, who paid for my air fare and accommodation. (Registered 13 June 2008)
22-24 January 2009, to Paris, to attend the Franco-British Colloque. Hotel accommodation paid for by the Colloque. (I paid for my own transport.) (Registered 23 February 2009)
  
  
8.Land and Property
Flat in West London, from which rental income is received.
  
  
9.Registrable shareholdings
(a)Two hundred and seventy-five shares in Sensortec Ltd; a company developing biosensors.
  
  
WILLIAMS, Rt. Hon. Alan (Swansea West)
Nil.
  
  
WILLIAMS, Betty (Conwy)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
31 August-5 September 2008, to Hungary and Romania, with the All-Party Parliamentary Rail Group, sponsored by the Rail Freight Group. (Registered 23 September 2008)
  
  
WILLIAMS, Hywel (Caernarfon)
Nil.
  
  
WILLIAMS, Mark (Ceredigion)
Nil.
  
  
WILLIAMS, Roger (Brecon and Radnorshire)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Partner in R. H. Williams; a farming partnership.
  
  
8.Land and Property
Half share in farmland at Tredomen Court, Wales.
Half share in three houses in Tredomen, Brecon, from which rental income is received.
Half share in a house in Exmouth, Devon, from which rental income is received.
  
  
WILLIAMS, Stephen (Bristol West)
Nil.
  
  
WILLIS, Phil (Harrogate and Knaresborough)
Nil.
  
  
WILLOTT, Jenny (Cardiff Central)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Associate Editor of The House Magazine. (Up to £5,000)
  
  
WILLS, Michael (North Swindon)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Book contract with Hodder Headline for two works of fiction.
  
  
8.Land and Property
Commercial premises in London from which rental income is received.
  
  
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
My financial interests and those of my wife are in a blind trust, the details of which have been laid in the House.
  
  
WILSHIRE, David (Spelthorne)
Nil.
  
  
WILSON, Phil (Sedgefield)
Nil.
  
  
WILSON, Rob (Reading East)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Business consultant to WIN plc; a telecommunications company which bought Pocket Group Ltd, a company which I previously owned.
  
  
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Twelve tickets from McDonalds Corporation for the FA Community Shield at Wembley on 10 August 2008. (Registered 11 September 2008)
  
  
8.Land and Property
A flat in Reading.
  
  
9.Registrable shareholdings
(a)Revolution Ventures Ltd
(b)Vital Imaging (Europe) Ltd; health screening
  
  
WILSON, Sammy (East Antrim)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Member of Belfast City Council.
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Member of Northern Ireland Council for Curriculum Examination and Assessments.
  
  
WINNICK, David (Walsall North)
Nil.
  
  
WINTERTON, Ann (Congleton)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
18-24 May 2008, to Taiwan with the All-Party Parliamentary British-Taiwan Group, to attend the inauguration of the President. All expenses including travel, hotel accommodation, transport and meals were paid for by the Government of Taiwan. (Registered 5 June 2008)
  
  
WINTERTON, Sir Nicholas (Macclesfield)
  
  
1.Remunerated directorships
Emerson International Inc. (overseas commercial and residential development) (non-executive).
  
  
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
Donations to my constituency party received from:
The Emerson Group Ltd
Macclesfield Conservative and Unionist Patrons' Club
John A Downs, Sutton, Nr Macclesfield (personal donation)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
18-24 May 2008, to Taiwan as Co-Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary British-Taiwan Group, to attend the inauguration of the President. All expenses including travel, hotel accommodation, transport and meals were paid for by the Government of Taiwan. (Registered 4 June 2008)
  
  
WINTERTON, Rosie (Doncaster Central)
Nil.
  
  
WISHART, Peter (Perth and North Perthshire)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
I receive royalty payments from EMI/Ridge Records for my recorded works with Runrig, with whom I serve as an unremunerated director.
I receive payments for my published works from the Performing Rights Society.
  
  
WOOD, Mike (Batley and Spen)
  
  
8.Land and Property
Terraced property in Oldham, Greater Manchester, let prior to sale.
  
  
WOODWARD, Rt Shaun (St. Helens South)
  
  
8.Land and Property
I own properties in France, New York State and the West Indies from which rental income is received.
  
  
9.Registrable shareholdings
(b)J. Sainsbury PLC.
  
  
WOOLAS, Phil (Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Nil.
  
  
WRIGHT, Anthony (Great Yarmouth)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
7-12 February 2008, to Ghana, to play a football match against the Ghanaian Parliament at their invitation to celebrate their 50th anniversary of independence, to visit an SOS Villages project and a refugee camp at the invitation of PLAY Ghana, and to attend the African Nations Cup Final, with accommodation, food and local transport provided by the Parliament of Ghana and a contribution towards the air fare provide by our club sponsors National Grid, who also helped provide a charitable donation to SOS Villages. (Registered 12 June 2008)
30 November-6 December 2008, to Lagos, Kaduna and Abuja, Nigeria, on All-Party Parliamentary Group fact-finding visit, paid for by Virgin Nigeria and Shell International B.V. (Registered 14 January 2009)
  
  
WRIGHT, David (Telford)
Nil.
  
  
WRIGHT, Iain (Hartlepool)
  
  
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
3 May 2008, two tickets to Middlesbrough Football Club as guest of Tyne Tees Television. (Registered 9 May 2008)
Free pass from Grand Central Trains for use by me on their services, 6 October 2008-31 March 2009. (Registered 29 October 2008)
  
  
WRIGHT, Jeremy (Rugby and Kenilworth)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Barrister, specialising in criminal law, member of No. 5 Chambers, Birmingham. Not currently practising, but receiving some fees for past work.
  
  
WRIGHT, Dr. Tony (Cannock Chase)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession, etc.
Joint Editor of Political Quarterly (honorarium only).
Visiting professor, University of Westminster (honorarium only).
  
  
WYATT, Derek (Sittingbourne and Sheppey)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Business consultancy work for KIT-digital; software company.
  
  
6.Overseas visits
9-13 April 2008, to Seoul, as co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Communications to see next generation technologies across computing, cameras and television. Costs of visit paid for by Samsung. (Registered 22 April 2008)
14-16 April 2008, to Qatar, to attend the 8th Doha Forum on Democracy, Development and Free Trade. Travel and accommodation paid for by the Government of Qatar. (Registered 22 April 2008)
  
  
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Member of International Advisory Committee of Whistling Woods International, Mumbai; a film and television institute. No fees attached.
  
  





 
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