The Register of Members' Financial Interests Contents


BINLEY - BYRNE

BINLEY, Brian (Northampton South)
  
  
1.Remunerated directorships
Chairman (non-executive), BCC Marketing Services Ltd, Belgrade Business Centre, Denington Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire NN8 2QH; a company which I founded in 1989. I receive a payment of £8,000 per annum, paid monthly. I chair a monthly board meeting and have regular telephone contact with the managing director. Hours worked, approximately 5 hours per month.
  
  
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)
 
Name of donor: Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Address of donor: Bogota, Colombia
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,000-£4,000
Destination of visit: Colombia
Date of visit: 16-22 August 2009
Purpose of visit: to discuss and examine counter-terrorism, counter-narcotics, foreign and security policies.
(Registered 15 September 2009)
  
  
9.Registrable shareholdings
(a)BCC.Marketing Services Ltd.
  
  
BLACKMAN, Liz (Erewash)
Nil.
  
  
BLACKMAN-WOODS, Dr Roberta (City of Durham)
Nil.
  
  
BLEARS, Hazel (Salford)
Nil.
  
  
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) (published in September 2008), including facilitation of visit to the United States for myself and a member of my staff.
Adviser on business development to A4e Ltd; global public service reform. (£25,001-£30,000 per financial year) 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) (transferred to non-executive directorship as per the entry below).
I have not yet drawn down any income from the above directorship.
Tribune Business Systems Ltd, London. (non-executive) (from January 2009).
UC Group Ltd, The Mansion House, Plaistow Lane, Bromley, Kent BR1 3TP (non-executive) (from March 2009) as previously registered. This involves some travel.
Payment of £5,000 received on 28 August 2009. Hours worked: 10 hours including travel and telephone calls. (Registered 14 September 2009)
Payment of £10,000 received on 8 October 2009. Hours: 45 hrs. (Registered 8 October 2009)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Contract for articles for The Sun newspaper, 1 Virginia Street, London E98 1SN. (£45,001-£50,000 per financial year)
Payment of £4,166.67 received on 27 July 2009 as previously registered. Hours worked: 2-3 hours. (Registered 5 August 2009)
Payment of £4,166.6 received on 24 August 2009 as previously registered. Hours worked: 2-3 hours. (Registered 1 September 2009)
Payment of £4,166.63 received on 21 September 2009 as previously registered. Hours worked: 2-3 hours. (Registered 1 October 2009)
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)
Occasional advice column for Times Newspaper, 1 Virginia Street, London E98 1XY. (Up to £5,000 per financial year)
Payment of £300 from Times Newspaper, received on 27 July 2009 for occasional advice column as previously registered. Hours worked: the time required reflects forty years experience of holding advice surgeries, and varies between 45 minutes and 1.5 hours. (Registered 5 August 2009)
Payment of £600 from Times Newspaper, received on 1 September 2009. Hours worked: the time required reflects forty years experience of holding advice surgeries, and varies between 1.5 and 3 hours. (Registered 14 September 2009)
Payment of £300 from Times Newspaper, received on 21 September 2009 for occasional advice column as previously registered. Hours worked: the time required reflects forty years experience of holding advice surgeries, and varies between 45 minutes and 1.5 hours. (Registered 1 October 2009)
Payment of £250 from Times Newspaper, 1 Virginia Street, London E98 1XY, received on 10 August 2009 for a contribution to a supplement on walking. Hours worked: 1.5 hours (notincluding walking). (Registered 1 September 2009)
May 2009, speaking engagement to the National Information Security Conference. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 9 June 2009)
June 2009, speaking engagement for The London Speaker Bureau. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 9 June 2009)
28 June 2009, article for Sunday Times. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 30 June 2009)
4 July 2009, I received a bottle of whisky following speaking at a fund raising dinner for the Sheffield Cathedral Archer Homeless Project, Church Street, Sheffield, S1 1HA. Hours: 4 hours (including travel and delivery). Estimated value: £15; whisky donated to charity. (Registered 10 July 2009)
15 July 2009, I received two mugs and a pen following hosting a fundraising lunch for the Alzheimer's Society, Devon House, 58 St Katharine's Way, London, E1W 1JX, for Vice-Presidents, Ambassadors and Patrons. Hours: 1hr 45mins. Estimated value £10.00. (Registered 16 July 2009)
16 July 2009, I received a Braille note pad following giving a closing speech at Action for Blind People's summer conference. Their address is 14-16 Verney Road, London, SE16 3DZ. Hours: 1 hr 30mins. Estimated Value: £10. (Registered 16 July 2009)
17 July 2009, I received a bottle of champagne and a box of chocolates following an 'In conversation…' event at Buxton Literary Festival. Festival office address: 3 The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6AZ. Hours: 2hrs 30mins. Estimated value: £20. (Registered 17 July 2009)
22 July 2009, I received two mugs for judging a braille competition for prison arts charity, the Koestler Trust, Koestler Arts Centre, 168a Du Cane Road, London, W12 0TX. Hours: 1 hr 30 mins. Estimated value: £5. (Registered 22 July 2009)
28 July 2009, £2,000 outstanding payment received from JLA for previously agreed work. Hours: Nil. (Registered 5 August 2009)
3 September 2009, I received £150 from Westminster Explained, 4 Grosvenor Place, London SW1X 7DL, for giving a seminar for civil servants. I donated the payment to charity. Hours: 3 including preparation. (Registered 3 September 2009)
23 August 20009, I received £500 for an article written for the Sunday Times, 1 Pennington Street, London E1 9XN (received 7 September 2009). Hours worked: 3 hours. (Registered 14 September 2009)
21 September 2009, I received a book and bottle of wine from the University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, and the Sheffield College, PO Box 345, Sheffield S2 2YY, for addressing an A-Level geography conference. Hours worked: 2 hrs 30 mins. Estimated value: approximately £20. (Registered 1 October2009)
  
  
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
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, 14-15 Lower Grosvenor Place; an executive search company. I have an annual commitment of 96 hours work for the company, averaging 8 hours or one working day a month.
31 July 2009, received payment of £1,000 gross (£590 net) in respect of my duties as non-executive director. (Registered 24 August 2009)
Received payment of £1,000 gross (£600 net) for August 2009. (Registered 30 September 2009)
  
  
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)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Received £150 for completing a survey for Ipsos MORI, Kings House, Kymberley Road, Harrow, HA1 1PT. Hours: 1hr. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 25 August 2009)
Received £75 for completing a survey for ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA. Hours: 30mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 25 August 2009)
Received £50 for completing a survey for Populus Ltd, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London, EC1V 0AT. Hours: 15mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 7 September 2009)
  
  
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
Partner in family farming business EN and TE Boswell at Lower Aynho Grounds, Banbury.
(see item 8). I have the use of business-owned cars.
Withdrew £200 from the trading account. Hours: 20 hrs. (Registered 24 July 2009)
Withdrew £200 from the trading account. Hours: 22.5hrs. (Registered 28 August 2009)
Withdrew £200 from the trading account. Hours: 22.5hrs. (Registered 9 October 2009)
Received a bottle of claret (value TBC) for giving a speech to a Conservative Club. Address TBC. Hours: TBC. (Registered 13 October 2009)
  
  
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
21 June 2009, two tickets and hospitality at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone provided by the Motor Sports Association. (Registered 25 June 2009)
  
  
8.Land and Property
Lower Aynho Grounds Farm (as at item 2), Northants/Oxon, from which rental income is alsoreceived.
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.
  
  
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)
Fee of £500 received from City and Financial Ltd, 8 Westminster Court, Hipley Street, Old Woking, Surrey, GU22 9LG on 1st July, for speaking at a conference. Hours: 3hrs. (Registered 30th July 2009).
Fee of £500 received from Spectator Events, 22 Old Queen Street, London, SW1H 9HP, on 13th July 2009 for speaking in a debate. Hours: 3hrs. (Registered 12th August 2009)
Fee of £150 received from International Enrichment Inc., I.C. Union, Beit Quad, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BB, on 17th July for lecture to US students on British Government and Politics. Hours: 2hrs. (Registered 17 August 2009)
Fee of £450 received from the American Institute of Foreign Study (UK) Limited, Dilke House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7JN, on 1st August for lecture to US students on British Government and Politics. Hours: 3hrs. (Registered 29 August 2009)
Fee of £75 from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for responding to opinion research. Hours: 30 minutes. (Registered 18 September 2009)
Fee of £150 from Ipsos Mori, 70-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY, for responding to opinion research. Hours: 1 hour. (Registered 25 September 2009)
Fee of £75 from BPRI Group, 24-28 Bloomsbury Way, London, WC1A 2PX, for completing a survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 1 October 2009)
Appearance fee of £100 from BSkyB Broadcasting, Great Way, Islewoth, Middlesex TW7 5QD. Hours: 15mins. (Registered 1 October 2009)
Received fee of £325 from the Foundation for International Education, Foundation House, 114 Cromwell Road, London, SW7 4ES, for lecturing students from the US on British Government politics. Hours: 2hrs. (Registered 1 October 2009)
23 July 2009, received fee of £50 from Populus Limited, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London, EC1V 0AT, for completing survey. Hours: 15mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 1 October 2009)
26 August 2009, received fee of £50 from Populus Limited, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London, EC1V 0AT, for completing survey. Hours: 15mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 1 October 2009)
  
  
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)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
10 July 2009, received payment of £75 for completing survey for Populus, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London. EC1V 0AT. Hours: 20mins. Fee donated to my local party. (Registered 4 August 2009)
Received payment of £150 for giving a speech at Dods, Westminster Tower, 3 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7SP. Hours: 1hr. Fee donated to my local constituency Party. (Registered 24 September 2009)
Received payment of £150 for giving a speech at Dods, Westminster Tower, 3 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7SP. Hours: 1hr. Fee donated to my local constituency Party. (Registered 24 September 2009)
  
  
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)
Received payment of £75 from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA for completing survey. Hours: 30mins. (Registered 17 August 2009)
Received payment of £150 from MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London, SE1 1FY for completing survey. Hours: 1hr. (Registered 17 August 2009)
  
  
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 Interim Orders Panel. Address: General Medical Council, Regent's Place, 350 Euston Road, London NW1 3JN. I receive expenses relating to meetings and work undertaken in that role. (Upto £5,000)
Received £310 on 31 July 2009. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 3 September 2009)
Received £310 on 4 August 2009. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 3 September 2009)
Received £310 on 21 August 2009. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 3 September 2009)
Received £310 on 1 September 2009. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 3 September 2009)
Received £310 on 4 September 2009. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 4 September 2009)
Received £310 on 24 September 2009. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 13 October 2009)
Received £310 on 12 October 2009. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 13 October 2009)
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)
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)
22-24 May my family and I were provided with hospitality and accommodation at the Hay Festival weekend, as guests of Sky Arts. (Registered 18 June 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, a small retail and wholesale business dealing in rocks, minerals and gemstones. Address: Broadstone Minerals, 3 Grand Parade, High Street, Poole BH15 1AD. Received £100 as my share of the profits. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 8 October 2009)
Received payment of £40 from Colehill Women's Institute for giving a speech. Address: Colehill Women's Institute, Cannon Hill Road, Colehill, Dorset BH21 2LR. Hours: 2hrs. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 15 September 2009)
Received payment of £30 for giving a speech at Poole Yacht Club, The Yacht Haven, New Harbour Road West, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset BH15 4AQ. Fee donated to charity. Hours: 90 mins. (Registered 8 October 2009)
  
  
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. I received a complimentary upgrade from World Traveller to World Traveller Plus by British Airways on return flight from New York. (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
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)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
15-18 April 2009, to Rome, to attend and speak at a conference on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, at the invitation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Nuclear Security Project and the World Political Forum, who jointly ran the conference. My return flights and accommodation in Rome were paid for by the Nuclear Threat Initiative. (Registered 7 May 2009)
 
Name of donor: British American Security Council
Address of donor: The Grayston Centre, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): The total cost was £745 (£560 for 3 nights accommodation and £185 for travel within Washington)
Destination of visit: Washington DC, US
Date of visit: 8-13 September 2009
Purpose of visit: As part of a British Parliamentary delegation to meet with the US Administration and Senators and their staff to discuss nuclear proliferation and multi-lateral disarmament.
(Registered 30 September 2009)
  
  
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)
  
  
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)
Fundraising dinner held by the Rhondda Labour Party in Tonypandy on 16 April 2009. (Registered 7 May 2009)
  
  
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Food and wine provided for a reception held on 20 April 2009 in support of my London Marathon run in aid of the Army Benevolent Fund provided by the Cinnamon Club and Marks and Spencer. (Registered 7 May 2009)
  
  
BUCK, Karen (Regent's Park and Kensington North)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Weekly article for 'Regeneration and Renewal' magazine. Address: Haymarket Publishing Services Limited, Teddington Studios, Broom Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW119BE. (Up to £5,000)
6 July 2009 received payment of £260 for two articles. Hours: 4hrs. (Registered 17 July 2009).
27 July 2009 received payment of £390 for three articles. Hours: 6hrs. (Registered 14 August 2009)
19 August 2009 received payment of £520 for four articles. Hours: 8hrs. (Registered 9 September 2009)
23 September 2009 received payment of £520 for four articles. Hours: 8hrs. (Registered 1 October 2009)
  
  
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)
20-21 June 2009, passes for myself and guests to British Grand Prix at Silverstone provided by the Motor Sports Association and Brawn GP. (Registered 22 June 2009)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
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)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
29 April-6 May 2009, to Cuba with the construction workers' union UCATT, to meet with Cuban trade unionists, government representatives and representatives of civil society, and to visit education and health projects. The visit was paid for by trade union solicitors OH Parsons and Partners. (Registered 29 May 2009)
  
  
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)
  
  
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)
2-6 May 2009, to Qatar to attend the 9th Conference of Democracy and Security. Flights and accommodation paid for by the Government of Qatar. (Registered 7 May 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) (August 2008-June 2009).
  
  
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)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payment of £50 received from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA for completing Parliamentary Panel Survey in early July. Completion time - approx 25 mins. Fee was waived, however ex-gratia payment will be made to third party. (Registered 8 July 2009)
15 July 2009 visited Cheam Park Farm Infants School, Molesey Drive, North Cheam, Sutton, Surrey, SM3 9UU and received a cloth bag. Approximate value £2. Hours: 1.5hrs. (Registered 18 July 2009)
20th July received bottle of wine from Diabetes UK (Sutton Branch) following talk and question and answer session attended on 10th July. Diabetes UK Central Office address: Macleod House, 10 Parkway, London, NW1 7AA. Hours: 1.5 hrs. Estimated value: £5. (Registered 23 July 2009).
Received mug from Churches Conservation Trust, 1 West Smithfield, London, EC1A 9EE, following visit to Lumley Chapel, Cheam. Value: £17. Hours: 40mins. (Registered 15 September 2009)
  
  
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
Since September 2004 I have been provided with an intern sponsored by CARE (Christian Action, Research and Education).
  
  
BURT, Alistair (North East Bedfordshire)
  
  
4.Sponsorships
Name of donor: CARE (Christian Action Research and Education)
Address of donor: 53 Romney Street, London SW1P 3RF.
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: intern provided from September 2009 to July 2010
Date of receipt: TBC
Date of acceptance: TBC
Donor status: company, registration number 03481417
(Registered 28 September 2009)
  
  
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).
Completed ComRes Parliamentary Panel Survey. ComRes address: 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA. Payment of £50 made to Butterfill Associates. Hours: 15mins. (Registered 21 July 2009)
Completed ComRes Parliamentary Panel Survey. ComRes address: 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA. Payment of £75 made to Butterfill Associates. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 24 August 2009)
Research interview with Opinion Leader Research. Donation of £30 given to charity. Hours: 10 mins. (Registered 13 October 2009)
Research interview with Populus Ltd. Donation of £50 given to charity. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 13 October 2009)
Research interview with BPRI Political Opinion Panel. Payment of £75 made to Butterfill Associates. (Registered 13 October 2009)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
Name of donor: Faroese Government
Address of donor: Faroese Government
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £900
Destination of visit: Faroe Islands
Date of visit:17 - 20 August 2009
Purpose of visit: TBC
(Registered 14 September 2009)
  
  
11.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Director and shareholder of Gold Ísland Ltd which holds minerals exploration licences inIceland (currently unremunerated).
Consultant to Curchod and Co. (Chartered Surveyors) (currently unremunerated) (non-parliamentary).
  
  
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 ContractorsInternational Co., an international construction company founded in Lebanon with its head office now in Athens.
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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