House of Commons

The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1
As at 24th March 2014

VARA, Shailesh (North West Cambridgeshire)

6. Overseas visits

Name of donor: Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India

Address of donor: c/o High Commission of India, India House, Aldwych, London WC2B 4NA.

Amount of donation: Approximately £2,160, which included travel to and from India,

transportation within New Delhi, accommodation and some meals.

Destination: New Delhi, India.

Date of visit: 6-10 January 2014

Purpose of visit: To receive the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (an award conferred by the Government of India on persons of Indian origin living overseas) from the President of India.

(Registered 28 January 2014)

8. Land and Property

Flat in London from which rental income is received.

Joint owner of farmland in Gujarat, India. No rent or other income received.

9. Shareholdings

(a) Crofton (MH) Ltd; a property investment company. (Registered 14 January 2013)

11. Miscellaneous

Non-practising solicitor.

I have shares in Nation1 Group UK Ltd, a digital communications company (which are not registrable under Category 9), some of which were in consideration for consulting work done for Futurecomm International Ltd, trading as Nation1, a digital communications company.

Prepared 25th March 2014