The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1
As at 10th June 2013

MERCER, Patrick (Newark)

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

Fees for articles in:

Yorkshire Post (Up to £5,000). Address: Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd, PO Box 168, Wellington Street, Leeds LS1 1RF.

June 2012, £150 for commentary. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 6 July 2012)

September 2012, £150 for commentary. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 12 October 2012)

January 2013, £150 for commentary. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 11 February 2013)

February 2013, £150 for commentary. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 8 March 2013)

April 2013, £150 for commentary. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 17 May 2013)

Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror. Address: MGN Limited, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP. (Up to £5,000)

June 2012, £100 for commentary. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 6 July 2012)

July 2012, £300 for commentary in Sunday Mirror. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 1 August 2012)

August 2012, £350 for commentary. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 1 October 2012)

February 2013, £350 for commentary. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 8 March 2013)

Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. Address: Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street,

May 2012, received £250 for commentary in Mail on Sunday. Hours: 4 hrs.(Registered 8 June 2012)

September 2012, received £350 for commentary in Mail on Sunday. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 12 October 2012)

Payments from The People, Floor 21, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP, for articles:

October 2012, payment of £150 for commentary. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 13 November 2012)

Daily Express and Sunday Express, The Northern & Shell Building, 10 Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6EN.

November 2012, £150 paid for commentary. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 3 December 2012)

January 2013, £300 paid for commentary. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 11 February 2013)

April 2013, £300 paid for commentary (Daily Express). Hours: 2.5 hrs. (Registered 17 May 2013)

April 2013, £150 paid for commentary (Sunday Express). Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 17 May 2013)

The Oldie, 65 Newman Street, London  W1T 3EG

November 2012, £150 paid for commentary. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 3 December 2012)

March 2013, £175 paid for commentary. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 5 April 2013)

May 2013, £200 paid for book review. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 5 June 2013)

Payment of £200 from Daily Star Sunday, for commentary. Address: The Star on Sunday, The Northern & Shell Building, 10 Lower Thames Street, London, EC3R 6EN. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 6 July 2012)

Daybreak TV (formerly GMTV) The London Television Centre, Upper Ground, London SE1 9TT,

March 2013, £150 for interview. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 5 April 2013)

Payments from Martin Randall, Martin Randall Travel Ltd, Voysey House, Barley Mow Passage, London W4 4GF:

October 2012, payment of £1,200 for lecturing. Hours: 6 days. (Registered 13 November 2012)

Payments from Global Energy Private Limited, 1 Queen Anne’s Gate, 2nd floor, Westminster, London SW1H 9BT:

May 2012, payment of £2,500 for consultancy. Hours: 1.5 days. (Registered 8 June 2012)

June 2012, payment of £2,500 for consultancy. Hours: 1.5 days. (Registered 6 July 2012)

May 2012, payment of £3,560 from A P Watt Literary Agents, 20 John Street, London WC1N 2DR, for writing book produced in paperback. Hours: 2 days. (Registered 8 June 2012)

May 2012, payment of £304.60 from Higham Hall, Cockermouth CA13 9SH, for lectures. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 8 June 2012)

July 2012, payment of £500 for interview from BBC Belfast Sunday Morning Live, Ulster Broadcasting House, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast BT2 8HQ. Hours: 24 hrs. (Registered 1 August 2012)

July 2012, payment of £110 as e-book royalties from Endeavour Press, Tattlebury House, Cranbrook Road, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 1BT. Hours: 48 hrs. (Registered 1 August 2012)

February 2013, payment of £1,500 from Parker Travel, Capetown, South Africa for lecturing. Hours: 3 days. (Registered 8 March 2013)

Payment of £2,000 from Alistair Andrews Communications, 16 Old Queen Street, London SW1, for consultancy. Hours: 2 days. (Registered 28 May 2013)

Payment of £2,000 from Tourist Company South, Simferopol, Ukraine, for lecturing for tour. Hours: 5 days. (Registered 5 June 2013)

7. Overseas benefits and gifts

See my entry in Category 2.