The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1
As at 28th October 2013

MURPHY, Jim (East Renfrewshire)

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

Payments from Comres, 4 Millbank London SW1P 3SE, for completing opinion surveys:

£75 for completing a survey in January 2012. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 28 March 2013)

£75 for completing a survey in November 2012. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 28 March 2013)

£75 for completing a survey. Fee donated to charity. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 25 March 2013)

Payments from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY for opinion surveys:

£150 for completing a survey in July 2012. Hours: 30 mins. Fee donated to Eastwood Labour Party. (Registered 28 March 2013)

£150 for completing an opinion survey. Hours: 1 hr (Registered 14 June 2013)

4. Sponsorships

(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:

Name of donor: Fundraising dinner organised by the office of the Shadow Defence Secretary

Address of donor: 1 Spiersbridge Way, Thornliebank, Glasgow, G46 8NG

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,396.05 raised at a fundraising dinner held on 10 July 2013 in London to support my work as Shadow Defence Secretary. No individual registrable donations were received.

Date of receipt:10 July 2013

Date of acceptance: 31 July 2013

Donor status: n/a

(Registered 6 August 2013)  

6. Overseas visits

Name of donor: International Institute of Counter Terrorism

Address of donor: P O Box 167, Herzliya 46150, Israel

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, accommodation and some meals, with an estimated value of £1,570

Destination of visit: Herzliya,  Israel

Date of visit: 10 to 13 September 2012

Purpose of visit: To visit and deliver a keynote speech at the Herzliya, 12th Annual World Summit on Counter-Terrorism Conference. (Registered 4 October 2012; updated 5 June 2013)

Name of donor: Falcon Communications

Address of donor: Suite 26, Basepoint Business Centre, 1 Winnall Valley Rd, Winchester, Hants SO23 0LD

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): International economy flights to USA, internal flights within the USA, and hotel accommodation with a total estimated value of £2,152

Destination of visit: Norfolk, Virginia

Date of visit: 30 October 2012–2 November 2012

Purpose of visit: To visit and deliver a keynote speech at the CBRNeWorld 2012 conference

(Registered 21 November 2012)

Name of donor: Labour Friends of Israel

Address of donor: BM LFI, London W1N 3XX

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Benefits with a total value of £3,600, including flights and other transport with a total value of £1,220,  and accommodation, food and drink with a value of £2,380. Some hospitality was also provided by the Israeli Government, Palestinian Authority, the British Embassy and the IDC Herzliya.

Destination of visit: Israel and the Palestinian territories

Date of visit: 29 September – 4 October 2013

Purpose of visit: Fact-finding visit, for myself and a staff member, to Israel and the Palestinian territories with defence and security focus. (Registered 25 October 2013)

8. Land and Property

Flat in London, from which rental income is received.