Register of Members' Interests Contents


BINLEY - BYRNE

BINLEY, Brian (Northampton South)
  
  
1.Remunerated directorships
Chairman (non-executive), B.C.C. Marketing Services Ltd; a company which I founded in 1989.
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Member of Northamptonshire County Council.
  
  
6.Overseas visits
24 August-2 September 2008, to the Maldives, to meet parliamentarians and advise on good practice in election procedures, as a member of the All-Party British-Maldives Parliamentary Group. Flights and accommodation were paid for by the Maldives Government. (Registered 13 October 2008)
18-25 February 2009, to the Falkland Islands, on familiarisation visit, paid for by the Falkland Islands Government. (Registered 14 April 2009)
  
  
9.Registrable shareholdings
(a)B.C.C. Marketing Services Ltd.
  
  
BLACKMAN, Liz (Erewash)
Nil.
  
  
BLACKMAN-WOODS, Dr Roberta (City of Durham)
Nil.
  
  
BLEARS, Hazel (Salford)
  
  
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
19 April 2008, hospitality for myself and my husband at the fundraising charity event at Tatton Park Hall in Knutsford, Cheshire, as guests of Brian Scrowcroft of Kingsmoor Park Properties Ltd, Carlisle. (Registered 8 May 2008)
  
  
BLIZZARD, Bob (Waveney)
  
  
8.Land and Property
Flat in London, from which rental income is received.
  
  
BLUNKETT, Rt. Hon. David (Sheffield, Brightside)
  
  
1.Remunerated directorships
HADAW Productions and Investments Ltd, to which is payable income from:
Chair of Commission on School Transport - First Group Ltd (phased payments £20,001-£25,000), including facilitation of visit to the United States for myself and a member of my staff.
Chair of Advisory Board which will recommend the distribution of funds to charities involved in protecting children (primarily in relation to the internet), funded by Crisp Thinking Ltd, an internet software security provider. Advice also provided to Crisp Thinking on extending protection for children (January-October 2008). (£25,001-£30,000)
Adviser on business development to A4e Ltd; global public service reform. (£25,001-£30,000) I occasionally travel overseas on behalf of the company.
Adviser on business development and trade relations to UC Group Ltd, Bromley, Kent (July-December 2008); global e-solutions company. (£45.001-£50,000)
I have not yet drawn down any income from the above directorship.
Tribune Business Systems Ltd, London. (non-executive)
UC Group Ltd, Bromley, Kent (non-executive)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Annual contract for twelve feature articles for The Sun newspaper. (£45,001-£50,000)
3 June 2008, Channel 4 'The F Word' appearance. (Up to £5,000) Fee donated to charity. (Registered 5 June 2008)
25 June 2008, panellist for Insurance Times 'Question Time' - Flooding event. (Up to £5,000) Fee donated to charity. (Registered 25 June 2008)
6 October 2008, article for News of the World Sport. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 3 November 2008)
16 October 2008, speaking engagement to UK Oracle User Group. (£5,001-£10,000) (Registered 3 November 2008)
5 November 2008, speaking engagement for Essex Independent Care Association. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 1 December 2008)
Times Newspaper occasional advice column. (Up to £5,000)
  
  
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
I received an upgrade from Club Class to First Class from BA on a flight from Cape Town to Heathrow on 27 April 2008. (Registered 29 April 2008)
I received an upgrade from Premium Economy to First Class from BA on a flight from Johannesburg to Heathrow on 1 October 2008. (Registered 8 October 2008)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
15-23 November 2008, to Kenya and Tanzania with Sightsavers International. International and domestic travel for myself and one other was provided by Barclays Bank, with charity cost adjustment by British Airways. I was also accompanied by my researcher whose international and domestic travel was provided by Sightsavers International. I received a fee, donated to Sightsavers International, from the Sunday Times for an article relating to this visit. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 12 December 2008)
  
  
8.Land and Property
Second home in London, from which I temporarily receive rental income.
  
  
9.Registrable shareholdings
(a)HADAW Productions and Investments Ltd.
  
  
BLUNT, Crispin (Reigate)
  
  
1.Remunerated directorships
Connaught Search Solutions Ltd; an executive search company.
  
  
6.Overseas visits
9-18 September 2008, to Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Lebanon, to engage in dialogue with Israeli and Lebanese Parliamentarians and others on the situation in the region. Flights to and from London, accommodation and travel funded by the Conservative Middle East Council. (Registered 22 October 2008)
  
  
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Director of CAABU (The Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding Ltd.) (appointed 25 November 2004).
  
  
BONE, Peter (Wellingborough)
  
  
9.Registrable shareholdings
(a)AJWB Travel Ltd; travel company
  
  
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Director of AJWB Travel Ltd; non-remunerated at present.
Owner of P W Bone Chartered Accountants; non-remunerated at present.
  
  
BORROW, David (South Ribble)
  
  
8.Land and Property
Flat in London from which rental income is received.
  
  
BOSWELL, Tim (Daventry)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Self­employed partner in family farming business at Lower Aynho Grounds (see item 8).
  
  
8.Land and Property
Lower Aynho Grounds Farm (as at item 2), Northants/Oxon, from which rental income is also received.
Land at Great Leighs, Essex (with family interests), from which rental income is received.
  
  
9.Registrable shareholdings
(b)Barclays PLC; banking.
Glaxo Smith Kline PLC; pharmaceuticals.
Reckitt Benckiser PLC; household products.
Tesco PLC; food retailing.
Target Corporation Inc.; US retailer.
BASF; German, chemicals
  
  
BOTTOMLEY, Peter (Worthing West)
  
  
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
I am president of the Westminster Circle, a business group that gives surplus funds to good causes and used to support Conservative associations, including Worthing West.
  
  
9.Registrable shareholdings
(b)Amano Café
  
  
BRADSHAW, Ben (Exeter)
Nil.
  
  
BRADY, Graham (Altrincham and Sale West)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Fees for occasional lectures to groups of students from the United States on behalf of the American Institute for Foreign Study and International Enrichment. (Up to £5,000)
  
  
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
24 November 2008, helicopter from London to Manchester to Denham, provided by Henfield Lodge Aviation, London. (Registered 10 December 2008)
  
  
BRAKE, Tom (Carshalton and Wallington)
Nil.
  
  
BRAZIER, Julian (Canterbury)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Member of parliamentary panel at Arcadia University, providing courses for visiting American students. (Up to £5,000)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
September 2008, to USA, for lecture tour of universities. Fees received from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia and Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. The costs of the tour were met from the fees I received. (Registered 23 October 2008)
10-12 October 2008, to Alicante, Spain, for start of Volvo Round the World race. Flights and accommodation paid for by Inmarsat (UK maritime communication services suppliers). (Registered 23 October 2008)
  
  
BREED, Colin (Cornwall South East)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Lay Associate Member of General Medical Council. I receive expenses relating to meetings and work undertaken in that role. (Up to £5,000)
Work with Global Partners in respect of their Foreign Office contract to provide mentoring and support services to Parliamentarians and their staff in the Iraqi Parliament. (£25,001-£30,000)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
9-11 October 2008, to Gibraltar with the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Gibraltar, to attend the National Day celebrations, accompanied by my spouse, at the expense of the Gibraltar Government. (Registered 1October 2008)
  
  
BRENNAN, Kevin (Cardiff West)
  
  
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
17 May 2008, I attended the Cardiff City v Portsmouth FA Cup Final at Wembley with a guest, as guests of the FA. (Registered 29 May 2008)
23 May 2008, my family and I were provided with hospitality and accommodation at the Hay Festival weekend, as guests of Sky Arts. (Registered 29 May 2008)
14 February 2009, I attended the Wales v England Six Nations rugby match at the Millennium Stadium with a guest, as guests of BBC Wales. (Registered 19 February 2009)
18 February 2009, I attended the Brit Awards 2009 as a guest of the BPI (British Phonographic Industry). (Registered 19 February 2009)
I am a member of MP4, the Parliamentary rock group. The group has received sponsorship towards the launch of an album for charity in the form of financial assistance towards the recording costs from Ladbrokes plc and Research in Motion UK Limited. (Registered 26 March 2009)
  
  
BROKENSHIRE, James (Hornchurch)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Solicitor (non-practising).
  
  
BROOKE, Annette (Mid-Dorset and North Poole)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Joint owner with my husband of Broadstone Minerals; small retail and wholesale business dealing in rocks, minerals and gemstones.
  
  
6.Overseas visits
25-29 May 2008, to Bangladesh, to visit TB, microfinance and education programmes with the charity Results UK, who met the costs of travel, hotel and food. (Registered 13 June 2008)
  
  
8.Land and Property
Business premises (retail shop and store) in Poole.
  
  
BROWN, Rt. Hon. Gordon (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Nil.
  
  
BROWN, Lyn (West Ham)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
29 March-4 April 2009, to New York, USA, to attend the 42nd Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development, as part of a delegation from the European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development. Travel, overnight accommodation and subsistence was provided by the European Parliamentary Forum. (Registered 7 April 2009)
  
  
8.Land and Property
One quarter share in a holiday cottage in Ambleside, Cumbria.
  
  
BROWN, Rt Hon Nicholas (Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend)
Nil.
  
  
BROWN, Russell (Dumfries and Galloway)
  
  
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)
15-16 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)
13-20 February 2009, to Northern Iraq, to investigate the situation, including dispersal, of Christians in Iraq, as a guest of the Assyrian Democratic Movement, who covered all expenses. (Registered 26 February 2009)
  
  
BROWNE, Des (Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
  
  
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Non-practising Member of Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh.
  
  
BROWNE, Jeremy (Taunton)
Nil.
  
  
BROWNING, Angela (Tiverton and Honiton)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Fees for lectures to Civil Service College, which are paid direct to charities. (Up to £5,000)
  
  
8.Land and Property
Half share in a domestic property in Bournemouth, from which rental income is received.
  
  
BRUCE, Malcolm (Gordon)
Nil.
  
  
BRYANT, Chris (Rhondda)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
21 April 2008, fee for appearance on ITV 1's The Alan Titchmarsh Show. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 7 May 2008)
  
  
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
At a dinner which I hosted in London for the Rhondda Labour Party donations to the Rhondda Labour Party were made by the following:
Daniel Lawrence, from Birmingham (personal donation)
Henry Badenhorst, from London (personal donation)
Craig Fraser, from London (personal donation)
May Fair Hotel (donation of services for auction)
(Registered 18 March 2009)
  
  
BUCK, Karen (Regent's Park and Kensington North)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Weekly article for 'Regeneration and Renewal' magazine. (Up to £5,000)
  
  
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
The Rayne Foundation pays the full salary of a part-time member of staff in my office who assists with administrative duties. (Registered 29 April 2008)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
4-11 September 2007, to Palestine and Israel, to find out more about the issues faced by Palestinians and Israelis in the current political climate. Accommodation, food and travel funded by the Welfare Association UK. (Registered 14 May 2008)
  
  
BURDEN, Richard (Birmingham, Northfield)
  
  
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
5-6 July 2008, passes for myself and guests to British Grand Prix at Silverstone provided by the Motor Sports Association. (Registered 9 July 2008)
6-7 December 2008, two passes and one night's accommodation at Wales Rally GB provided by the Motor Sports Association. (Registered 8 December 2008)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
24-28 May 2008, to Oman, at the invitation of the Majlis A'Shura to discuss mechanisms for Parliamentary representation, trade issues and other aspects of relations between the UK and Oman. All costs including flights and accommodation for myself and my spouse were paid for by the Majlis A'Shura. (Registered 9 June 2008)
14-15 June 2008, to Le Mans. Two passes for Le Mans 24 Hours motor race from Aston Martin Racing who hosted us at the circuit and provided overnight accommodation during the race. Accommodation in France before and after the race was at my own expense as was the cost of travel between the UK and Le Mans town. (Registered 16 June 2008)
14-20 February 2009, to Gaza, the West Bank and Israel, on fact-finding visit. Accommodation and travel funded by the Welfare Association UK. (Registered 23 February 2009)
  
  
BURGON, Colin (Elmet)
Nil.
  
  
BURNHAM, Andy (Leigh)
  
  
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
Office rent abatement by Wigan Council to reflect public services offered from the offices, and benefits to the community and the Council from the use of the premises.
  
  
BURNS, Simon (West Chelmsford)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Lectures to civil servants on the workings of Parliament. (Up to £5,000)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
4-11 April 2009 to China as a guest of the Chinese Association of Friendship and Understanding. Accommodation and food paid for by the Association and flight sponsored by Mr Maurice Bennett; businessman, London. (Registered 13 April 2009)
  
  
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Honorary Parliamentary Member of the Advisory Group on the World of Possibilities campaign; a joint initiative of Benjamin Franklin House and the Benjamin Franklin House Foundation (unremunerated).
  
  
BURROWES, David (Enfield, Southgate)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Consultant to Shepherd Harris and Co, Enfield, as a solicitor specialising in criminal law.
  
  
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
Intern provided by Christian charity, CARE.
  
  
BURSTOW, Paul (Sutton and Cheam)
  
  
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
Donation to my constituency party received from:
Mr Brian S Burstow (father)
Mr and Mrs Campbell (private donation from constituents)
Since September 2004 I have been provided with an intern sponsored by CARE (Christian Action, Research and Education).
  
  
BURT, Alistair (North East Bedfordshire)
Nil.
  
  
BURT, Lorely (Solihull)
Nil.
  
  
BUTLER, Dawn (Brent South)
  
  
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
GMB paid for a mailing to a group of constituents about an event which I held. (Registered 10 March 2009)
  
  
BUTTERFILL, Sir John (Bournemouth West)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Partner, Butterfill Associates (financial, corporate and real estate consultants).
Consultant to Curchod and Co. (Chartered Surveyors) (non-parliamentary).
  
  
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Director and shareholder of Gold Ísland Ltd which holds minerals exploration licences in Iceland (currently unremunerated).
  
  
BYERS, Rt Hon Stephen (North Tyneside)
  
  
1.Remunerated directorships
Chairman (non-executive) of ACWA Services Ltd; a water treatment company based in Skipton, North Yorkshire.
Chairman (non-executive) of the Yalta European Strategy Ltd; a company established to promote closer links between the Ukraine and the European Union.
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Consultant in relation to the non-UK commercial activities of Consolidated Contractors International Co., an international construction company founded in Lebanon with its head office now in Athens.
Fee for article in Sunday Times. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 4 June 2008)
Fee for speaking at the Ukrainian Investment Summit on 10 March 2009. Conference organised by ASI Conferences. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 26 March 2009)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
27-29 June 2008, to Tokyo, Japan, to attend the GLOBE G8+5 legislators' forum to discuss climate change and sustainability. The cost of travel and accommodation paid by the promoters of GLOBE. (Registered 2 July 2008)
10-13 July 2008, to Yalta, Ukraine, to attend the annual conference of the Yalta European Strategy. Travel and hotel costs paid by Yalta European Strategy Ltd. (Registered 2 August 2008)
16-20 February 2009, to Washington for meetings with the Administration, House of Representatives and Senate to discuss climate change. The cost of travel and accommodation paid by the promoters of GLOBE. (Registered 26 March 2009)
  
  
8.Land and Property
Property in Forest Hall, Newcastle, from which some rental income is received.
  
  
9.Registrable shareholdings
(a)Piscari EcoBuild Ltd (of which I am unremunerated chairman); construction of sustainable buildings.
  
  
BYRNE, Liam (Birmingham Hodge Hill)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
9-11 September 2008, to Beijing, China, to attend the second UK-China Leadership of the Future Forum. The visit was arranged and paid for by the UK-China Forum with sponsorship from Barclays Capital, BP and Rolls-Royce, and the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party. (Registered 6 October 2008)
  
  
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Interest free loan from NM Rothchilds to help finance my business school education, issued in 1999 and predating my election to the House.
  
  





 
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