House of Commons
Session 2012-13
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The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1
As at 1st October 2012
HALFON, Robert (Harlow)
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Strategic advice to Pepper Media Ltd; strategic consultants, 25 Burnaby St, London SW10 0PR. (£10,001–£15,000)
15 April 2011, received payment of £12,000 for advice to client (see category 3 below). Hours: approximately 96 hours per year.
This arrangement ended on 21 October 2011. (Updated 4 November 2011)
Payments from AMG Production Ltd, 3rd Floor, Kings House, 12-42 Wood Street, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 1TG, for whom I work 25 hours per month , providing management and strategic consultancy advice:
14 September 2011, £15,000 paid to Eucalyptus Leaves Ltd for work done for 3 months from end August 2011. (Registered 21 September 2011)
Payments from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for taking part in opinion surveys:
Payment of £75 in December 2011. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 9 December 2011)
Payment of £75 for January 2012 survey. Payment made to Eucalyptus Leaves Ltd. (Registered 29 February 2012)
Payment of £150 made on 6 June 2012 by Leftfield, 51 Clink Street Studios, Clink Street, London, SE1 9DG, for taking part in opinion survey. Hours: 40 mins. Payment made direct to charity. (Registered 6 June 2012)
Payments Ipsos Mori, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY for taking part in telephone surveys:
£30 received for survey completed on 8 June 2012. Hours: 40 mins. Payment made direct to local charity. (Registered 8 June 2012)
£150 received for survey completed on 16 July 2012. Hours: 1 hr. Payment made direct to local charity. (Registered 20 July 2012)
Payment of £100 made on 20 June 2012 by Dods Parliamentary Communications, 21 Dartmouth Street, London SW1H 9BP for taking part in January-February 2012 opinion survey. Hours: under 30 mins. Payment made direct to charity. (Registered 5 July 2012)
4. Sponsorships
(a) Donations to my constituency party or association, which have been or will be reported by my party to the Electoral Commission:
Name of donor: Scythian Ltd
Address of donor: Ternion Court, 264-268 Upper Fourth St, Central Milton Keynes, Bucks MK9 1DP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: company
(Registered 15 December 2011)
Name of donor: Mr Elias S Fattal
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500
Donor status: individual
(Registered 31 January 2012)
Name of donor: Lord Kalms
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 23 May 2012)
Name of donor: Mr David R Meller
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 24 July 2012)
Name of donor: Scythian Ltd
Address of donor: Ternion court, 264-268 Upper fourth St, Central Milton Keynes MK9 1DS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Donor status: company
(Registered5 September 2012)
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
Name of donor: Barclay Bros CS Ltd
Address of donor: 206 Nags Head Road, Enfield, Essex EN3 7AS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: half of the salary of an apprentice working in my office from October 2011-July 2012; value £4,499. The money is paid direct to Harlow College.
Date of receipt: February 2012
Date of acceptance: February 2012
Donor status: company, registration 05979693
(Registered 12 January 2012)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: Conservative Friends of Israel
Address of donor : 45B Westbourne Terrace, London W2 3UR
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: 4 nights hotel accommodation in Manchester during the Conservative Party Conference; value £1,100
Date of receipt of donation: 1 October 2011
Date of acceptance of donation: 1 October 2011
Donor status: members’ association
(Registered 31 October 2011)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor:
3. All Party Parliamentary China Group, sponsored by GKN plc, City of London, London Export Corporation (LEC), John Swire & Sons, GlaxoSmithKline, Astra Zeneca, Arup, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, HSBC.
4. Virgin Atlantic
Address of donor:
3. c/o Great Britain China Centre, 15 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PS
4. Customer Relations, PO Box 747, Dunstable LU6 9AH
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
3. £2,654.48, return flights to China, internal travel in China, accommodation and meals. I also received some meals and hospitality provided locally.
4. £1,500, upgrade
Destination of visit: China
Date of visit: 16-23 December 2011
Purpose of visit: to maintain and strengthen relations between Parliament and the National People’s Congress of China; to learn about and support British businesses operating in China; and to deepen the knowledge and understanding of parliamentarians of China.
(Registered 12 January 2012)
Name of donor: Council of Ministers in Erbil
Address of donor: Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,300
Destination of visit: Kurdistan
Date of visit: 12-16 February 2012
Purpose of visit: to visit the region in my capacity as an officer of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Kurdistan Region in Iraq
(Registered 8 March 2012)
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): costs of visit; £1,700
Destination of visit: Israel and the West Bank
Date of visit: 27-31 May 2012
Purpose of visit: fact-finding political delegation
(Registered 12 June 2012)
9. Shareholdings
100% shareholding in Eucalyptus Leaves Ltd , company engaged in business management and consultancy. Address: 2nd floor, Saxon House, Heritage Gate, Friary St, Derby, DE1 1NL. (Registered 25 July 2011)
11. Miscellaneous
Director of Eucalyptus Leaves Ltd. (Registered 25 July 2011)