The Register of Members' Financial Interests Contents


ABBOTT - AUSTIN

ABBOTT, Diane (Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
May 2008, fees as a presenter on BBC One's 'This Week' programme, ongoing. (Actual £2,457). (Registered 25 June 2008)
October 2008, fees for three Arcadia Lectures for the School of Oriental and Asian Studies, London. (Actual £900) (Up to £5,000) (Registered 4 November 2008)
October 2008, fees as a presenter on BBC One's 'This Week' programme, ongoing. (Actual £5,733) (£5,001-£10,000) (Registered 4 November 2008)
October 2008, fees for articles for Sugar Media. (Actual £800) (Up to £5,000) (Registered 4 November 2008)
October 2008, fees for articles in the Guardian and the Observer, ongoing. (Actual £1,510) (Up to £5,000) (Registered 4 November 2008)
November 2008, fees as a presenter on BBC One's 'This Week' programme, ongoing. (Actual £4,457) (Up to £5,000) (Registered 12 January 2009)
December 2008, fees as a presenter on BBC One's 'This Week' programme, ongoing. (Actual £4,095) (Up to £5,000) (Registered 12 January 2009)
January 2009, fees as a presenter for BBC One's 'This Week' programme, ongoing. (Actual £2,517) (Up to £5,000) (Registered 16 February 2009)
February 2009, fees as a presenter for BBC One's 'This Week' programme, ongoing. (Actual £3,356) (Up to £5,000) (Registered 23 March 2009)
March 2009, fees for articles in the Guardian and the Observer, ongoing. (Actual £1,250) (Up to £5,000) (Registered 24 March 2009)
  
  
9.Registrable shareholdings
(a)Smithville Associates; training consultancy.
  
  
ADAMS, Gerry (Belfast West)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Author.
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Writer for Belfast Media Group, Teach Basil, 2 Hannaghstown Hill, Belfast, BT17 0LT. Write a weekly column for Andersontown News; a weekly blog; and, a monthly column for Irish Echo in New York.
July 2009, received payment of £800. Payment relates to work carried out in June 2009. Hours: 18hrs. (Registered 31 July 2009) .
26 August 2009, received payment of £800. Payment relates to work carried out in July 2009. Hours: 18hrs. (Registered 23 September 2009)
  
  
8.Land and Property
Residential property, jointly owned with my wife, in South of Ireland.
  
  
AFRIYIE, Adam (Windsor)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
£750 donation to charity made by Deloitte MCS Ltd, for speech by me to a staff meeting at the company. Company address: Hill House, 1 Little New Street, London, EC4A 3TR. Hours: 1 hr 30mins. (Registered 2 July 2009)
  
  
8.Land and Property
Flat in London.
  
  
9.Registrable shareholdings
(a)Adfero Ltd; news and information services company.
Connect Support Services Ltd; IT services company.
Brafton Incorporated; news and information services company.
  
  
AINGER, Nick (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
7-12 September 2008, to Israel and Palestine with Labour Friends of Israel (LFI). Travel and hospitality within Israel and Palestine paid for by LFI. Accommodation paid for by LFI at a rate discounted through the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Some hospitality provided by the Palestinian Legislative Council, Palestinian Authority and the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (Registered 22 September 2008)
  
  
AINSWORTH, Bob (Coventry North East)
Nil.
  
  
AINSWORTH, Peter (East Surrey)
Nil.
  
  
ALEXANDER, Danny (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey)
Nil.
  
  
ALEXANDER, Douglas (Paisley and Renfrewshire South)
Nil.
  
  
ALLEN, Graham (Nottingham North)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
I was until 1 April 2009 the Chair of One Nottingham, which is Nottingham's regeneration board. (Up to £5,000)
  
  
AMESS, David (Southend West)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Parliamentary Adviser to the Caravan Club. (£5,001-£10,000)
  
  
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)
15-20 February 2009, to Israel on a parliamentary delegation, paid for by Conservative Friends of Israel and the Government of Israel. (Registered 27 April 2009)
 
Name of donor: Maldives Government
Address of donor: Maldives Government Offices, Maldives
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): less than £5,000
Destination of visit: Maldives
Date of visit: 24 August-2 September 2008
Purpose of visit: to meet parliamentarians and advise on good practice in election procedures, as a member of the All-Party British-Maldives Parliamentary Group.
(Registered 15 September 2009)
  
  
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Trustee of the Industry and Parliament Trust.
Chairman of the Industry and Parliament Fellowship Committee.
  
  
ANCRAM, Rt. Hon. Michael (Devizes)
  
  
4.Sponsorships
A business lunch in my constituency under my name which raised money for constituency funds from numerous small donations. (Registered 6 July 2009)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
30 October-1 November 2008, to Oman, with a cross-party parliamentary delegation. My flights from London to Oman, Oman to Beirut (non-registrable visit) and accommodation in Oman paid for by the State Council of the Sultanate of Oman. (Registered 6 November 2008)
  
  
8.Land and Property
Tenanted farm in Roxburghshire, Scotland, from which rental income is received.
  
  
11.Miscellaneous
Non-active partner in Nisbet Mill Farm partnership from which no payment has been received in the last year and none in the current farming year which starts June 2009.
  
  
ANDERSON, David (Blaydon)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
28 August-1 September 2008, to Nairobi, Kenya, to attend a conference organised by the Universal Peace Federation, paid for by the UPF. (Registered 25 September 2008)
29 January-1 February 2009, to New York, USA, to attend Global Peace Conference. The costs of my flights, food and accommodation were met by Universal Peace Federation. (Registered 2 March 2009)
  
  
ANDERSON, Janet (Rossendale and Darwen)
Nil.
  
  
ARBUTHNOT, Rt. Hon. James (North East Hampshire)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Non-practising barrister.
Member of Lloyd's (resigned as from 31 December 2002).
Categories of business underwritten until resignation - CBS Private Capital Ltd.: All categories.
Received flowers (value £40) for giving an after-dinner speech on 21 October 2009. Hours: 2.25 hrs. Address of payer: ICAP Securities Limited, 2 Broadgate, London EC2M 7UR. (Registered 2 November 2009)
  
  
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
My wife and I attended the Conservative Summer Party at the Roundhouse Theatre on 30 June 2008, as guests of Mr Michael Hintze. (Registered 1 July 2008)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
15-19 September 2008, to Israel, to meet politicians, industrialists and academics. The visit was funded by the Conservative Friends of Israel who paid for my flights and other transport, accommodation and food. (Registered 25 September 2008)
 
Name of donor: Conservative Friends of Israel
Address of donor: 45B Westbourne Terrace, London W2 3UR
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £900
Destination of visit: Israel
Date of visit: 31 August to 3 September 2009
Purpose of visit: As Chairman of Conservative Friends of Israel, I went to Israel to meet politicians, industrialists and academics.
(Registered 7 October 2009)
  
  
8.Land and Property
Two flats in London, both providing rental income.
  
  
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Chairman of the Conservative Friends of Israel (unremunerated).
  
  
ARMSTRONG, Rt Hon Hilary (Durham, North West)
  
  
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Member of advisory board of GovNet Communications. (£5,001-£10,000)
Chair of Advisory Committee of Sita UK; recycling and resource management company. (£30,001-£35,000)
  
  
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
My constituency party received payment for sponsorship for a constituency dinner from HJ Banks Ltd. (Registered 5 January 2009)
My constituency party received payment for sponsorship for a constituency dinner from Third Eye Ltd. (Registered 5 January 2009)
  
  
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
I attended six matches at the Stadium of Light, three accompanied by my husband, as guest of the Chairman of Sunderland AFC, during the 2008-09 season. (Registered 17 June 2009)
  
  
6.Overseas visits
3-4 July 2008, to Sweden, to take part in a study tour with SITA UK, visiting various waste collection and recycling and waste management facilities. Flights and an overnight stay in Helsingborg were paid for by SITA UK. (Registered 8 July 2008)
4-20 September 2008, to Tanzania, on a placement for VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas), working with an educational network, TENMET. My standard class flights and accommodation in Dar es Salaam were paid for by VSO. (Registered 17 November 2008)
1-5 October 2008, to Chicago, USA, to give a lecture on Social Exclusion at the Adler School of Professional Psychology. My club class flights and accommodation in Chicago were paid for by the Adler School. (Registered 17 November 2008)
10-14 November 2008, to Nairobi for a board meeting for VSO. My standard class flights and accommodation in Nairobi were paid for by VSO. (Registered 17 November 2008)
  
  
ATKINS, Charlotte (Staffordshire Moorlands)
Nil.
  
  
ATKINSON, Peter (Hexham)
Nil.
  
  
AUSTIN, Ian (Dudley North)
Nil.
  
  
AUSTIN, John (Erith and Thamesmead)
  
  
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Director (unremunerated), Council for the Advancement of Arab British Understanding.
Director (unremunerated), British Syria Society.
  
  





 
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