The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1
As at 6th January 2014

PAISLEY, Ian (North Antrim)

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

Payment of £600 from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for 9 opinion surveys. Hours: 10 mins each; 1.5 hrs in total. (Registered 18 April 2013)

Payments from News International, 1 Virginia Street, London E98 1HR, for columns for the Sun:

Received £300 on 29 March 2013. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 9 May 2013)

Received £300 on 7 May 2013. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 13 May 2013)

Received £380 on 24 June 2013. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 28 June 2013)

Received £200 on 5 July 2013. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 5 July 2013)

Received £200 on 4 October 2013. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 4 October 2013)

Received £400 on 14 October 2013. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 17 October 2013)

Received £200 on 4 November 2013. Hours: 40 mins. (Registered 8 November 2013)

Received £400 for two articles, on 2 and 16 December 2013. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 17 December 2013)

Adviser to EBI S.A. a French financial institution, providing periodic advice for economic reports and analysis on global politics. Address: EBI S.A., 76 route de la Demi-Lune, P.O. Box 92057, Paris, France.

Received £7,500 on 15 July for work carried out between 1 June and 31 July 2013. Hours: 21 hrs. (Registered 19 July 2013)

As part of this work I undertook a 2 day visit to Uganda from 27 to 29 August, the costs of which (£5,000) were met by EBI. (Registered 2 September 2013)

6. Overseas visits

Name of donor: Family Life

Address of donor: 50 Bedford St, Belfast BT2 7FW

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): travel and accommodation with a total  value of £3,000 approx

Destination of visit: New York

Date of visit: 14-16 March 2013

Purpose of visit: to meet with representatives of US Senate and House of Representatives as well as other experts, and to share expertise around maternal care and a variety of issues concerning unborn human life and the welfare of pregnant women.
(Registered 11 April 2013)

Name of donor: High Commission of Maldives

Address of donor: 22 Nottingham Place, London WIU 5NJ

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights and hotel accommodation with a value of £2,400

Destination of visit: Maldives

Date of visit: 29-31 May 2013

Purpose of visit: To meet President and Vice President of the Maldives to discuss human rights; to meet local MPs to discuss presidential election and electoral reform

(Registered 6 June 2013)

Name of donor: Sri Lanka High Commission

Address of donor: 13 Hyde Park Gardens, London, W2 2LU

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Flights with a value of £2,812 and accommodation with a value of £600

Destination of visit: Sri Lanka

Date of visit: 11-15 November 2013

Purpose of visit: to speak at the Commonwealth Business Forum

(Registered 18 November 2013)

9. Shareholdings

I have a 25% shareholding and am one of four unremunerated directors of QUBRIC Ltd, a private company limited by shares, whose purpose is to promote and share the experience of peace-building in Northern Ireland and conflict resolution. (Registered 21 August 2012)