House of Commons
Session 2013-14
Publications on the internet
The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1
As at 6th January 2014
STRAW, Rt. Hon. Jack (Blackburn)
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payments from News International Supply Co Ltd. Address: Cygnet Park, 200 Serpentine Way, Peterborough PE7 8FD:
24 December 2012, payment of £500 for article in The Times (5 December 2012). Hours: approx 4 hrs. (Registered 3 January 2013)
2 April 2013, received £360 for article in The Times on 20 March 2013. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 5 April 2013)
24 June 2013, received £500 for article in The Times on 10 June 2013. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 25 June 2013).
11 October 2012, received payment of £75 from The Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU for blog article on 25 September 2012. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 16 October 2012)
Payments from Specialist Speakers, 18 Waxwell Lane, Harrow, London, HA5 3EN, UK
30 April 2013, received £3,000 for speaking on 5 December 2012 to the Performance and Reward Centre (PARC) at the Ivy Restaurant, Ivy St, London WC1. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 1 May 2013)
5 July 2013, received £3,000 for speech to to Annual Conference of the Information and Records Management Society (of Chester House, 68 Chestergate, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 6DY) held at the Metropole Hotel, Brighton, on 20 May 2013. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 19 July 2013)
28 November 2013 , received £4,000 for speech to Brokeability Ltd, of AGM House, 3 Barton Close, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester, LE19 1SJ at a conference held at the McDonald Alveston Manor Hotel, Clopton Bridge, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 7HP, on 15 October 2013. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 18 December 2013)
Consultant to ED & F MAN Holdings Ltd; commodity traders, advising the group and its senior executives on the international and national environment in which it operates and on other specific matters. Address: Cottons Centre, Hays Lane, London SE1 2QE (£55,001-£60,000) Payment received on a quarterly basis.
8 January 2013, Received £15,000 consultancy fee for quarter 1 October to 31 December 2012. Hours: approx 35 hrs.(Registered 19 February 2013)
8 April 2013, received £15,000 consultancy fee for quarter 1 January to 31 March 2013. Hours: approx 45 hrs. (Registered 15 April 2013)
2 July 2013, received £15,000 consultancy fee for the quarter 1 April to 30 June 2013. Hours: 7 days. (Registered 4 July 2013)
8 October 2013, received £15,000 consultancy fee for the quarter 1 July 2013 to 30 September 2013. Hours: 80 hrs. (Registered 8 October 2013)
Advances for the manuscript of a book from Macmillans Publishers, via Capel & Land Ltd, Literary Agents. Address of Macmillans: 20 New Wharf Road London N1 9RR:
30 April 2013, received £1,230 net of agent’s commission, in respect of the audio recording of my book. Hours: 60 hrs. (Registered 1 May 2013)
4 June 2013, received £29,473.80, net of agent’s commission, as final payment of advance on book. Hours between 10 October 2012 and 4 July 2013: at least 100 hrs (mainly at literary festivals). (Registered 4 July 2013)
Payments for articles from the Telegraph Media Group, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT:
8 March 2013, received £480 for Daily Telegraph article on 26 February 2013. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 5 April 2013)
28 June 2013, received £320 for Daily Telegraph article on 17 June 2013. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 4 July 2013)
12 July 2013, received £330 for article on 2 July 2013. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 19 July 2013)
30 September 2013, received £800 from Associated Newspapers Ltd of 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT for article in the Daily Mail on 17 September 2013. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 8 October 2013)
28 October 2013, received £150 from the Edinburgh International Book Festival, 5A Charlotte Square, Edinburgh EH2 4DR, for speaking at a Festival event on 14 August 2013, in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 18 November 2013)
27 November 2013, received £5,500 from the London Speakers' Bureau, of Elsinore House, 77 Fulham Palace Road, W6 8JA, in respect of a speech to a meeting organised by SCOR, 10 Lime Street, London, EC3M 7AA, at Trinity House, Tower Hill, London EC3N 4DH on 18 November 2013. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 18 December 2013)
Received 28 November 2013, £500 from Intelligence Squared, of 6th floor Newcombe House, 45 Notting Hill Gate, London, W11 3LQ, in respect of speech at Westminster Abbey on 22 October 2013. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 18 December 2013)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: British-Turkish Tatlidil
Address of donor: Green Man House, Cowlinge, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 9QA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: for two people, hotel accommodation with a value of £1,190.00; formal meals with a value of £728 and air fares and local transport with a value of £657.30; £2,575.30 in total.
Date of receipt of donation: 1-3 November 2013
Date of acceptance of donation: 1-3 November 2013
Donor status: unincorporated association.
(Registered 12 November 2013)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: ED & F MAN Holdings Ltd,
Address of donor: Cottons Centre, Hays Lane, London SE1 2QE
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Business Class flights (BA and Dragonair) London/Hong Kong/Beijing/London, 7 - 11 April 2013, with a value of £5,716.79, and of two nights in the China World Hotel Beijing (9/10 April) with a value of £773.02; total value £6,489.81
Destination of visit: Hong Kong and Beijing
Date of visit: 7-11 April 2013
Purpose of visit: to undertake consultancy; see my entry under Category 2 above.
(Registered 1 May 2013)
Name of donor: ED & F MAN Holdings Ltd,
Address of donor: Cottons Centre, Hays Lane, London SE1 2QE
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Return Eurostar ticket to Brussels costing £245, plus incidentals, giving a total of £275
Date of visit: 4 June 2013
Purpose of visit: to undertake consultancy; see my entry under Category 2 above.
(Registered 5 June 2013)
Name of donor: British-Turkish Tatlidil
Address of donor: Green Man House, Cowlinge, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 9QA
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights with a value of £1,283 and other incidental costs, giving a total of £1,470.90
Destination of visit: Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey
Date of visit: 13-15 May 2013
Purpose of visit: to participate in meetings in my capacity as British Co-Chair of the British Turkish Forum (the 'Tatlidil')
(Registered 5 June 2013)
Name of donor: (1 and 2) EU and Government of Turkey (Ministry for EU Affairs) , in a project co-financed by the EU under the IPA Programme in Turkey. (3) British Turkish Forum (the 'Tatlidil')
Address of donor: (1 and 2) CFCU - Eskisehir Yolu 4. Km 2. Cd (Halkbank Kampusu) No: 63 C-Blok 06520 Sogutozu, Ankara (3) Green Man House, Cowlinge, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 9QA
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): (1 and 2) : Flights with a value of £997.62 and accommodation with a cost of £256.29; (3) travel to and from Heathrow, at £83.50
Destination of visit: Istanbul
Date of visit: 6-7 June 2013
Purpose of visit: To speak at the conference on "Rethinking Global Challenges: Constructing a Common Future for Turkey and the EU"
(Registered 20 June 2013)
Name of donor: British Turkish Forum (the 'Tatlidil')
Address of donor: Green Man House, Cowlinge, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 9QA
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Return air fare (business class) costing £724.65, hotel accommodation in Istanbul costing £312.75 and taxis to and from Heathrow costing £148; £1,185.40 in total.
Destination of visit: Istanbul
Date of visit: 8-9 July 2013
Purpose of visit: To attend meetings relating to the organisation of the Tatlidil (Registered 30 July 2013 )
Name of donor: Anna Lindh Foundation,
Address of donor: Stiftelsen Anna Lindhs Minnesfond, Lilla Nygatan 14, Box 2170, 103 14 Stockholm
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Return flights (Business Class) between Heathrow and Stockholm 10 and 12 September 2013, value £761.50
Destination of visit: Stockholm
Date of visit: 10-12 September 2013
Purpose of visit: to attend the tenth anniversary commemoration for Anna Lindh, former Foreign Minister of Sweden, murdered on 11th September 2003.
(Registered 8 October 2013)
Name of donor: British-Turkish Tatlidil
Address of donor: Green Man House, Cowlinge, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 9QA
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights with a value of £1,182.95 plus taxis costing £89 and hotel accommodation costing £120.50; total £1,392.
Destination of visit: Istanbul, Turkey
Date of visit: 2-3 October 2013
Purpose of visit: to participate in a meeting in my capacity as British Co-Chair of the British Turkish Forum (the 'Tatlidil')
(Registered 31 October 2013)
Name of donor: Medical Aid for Palestinians
Address of donor: 33a Islington Park Street, London N1 1QB
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): travel costs, accommodation and subsistence with a value of £1,175
Destination of visit: West Bank and Israel
Date of visit: 9-13 December 2013
Purpose of visit: Fact-finding delegation organised by Council for Arab-British Understanding
(Registered 17 December 2013)