The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1
As at 14th July 2014

MENZIES, Mark (Fylde)

6. Overseas visits

Name of donor: European Azerbaijan Society

Address of donor: 2 Queen Anne’s Gate, SW1H 9AA

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights and accommodation with a value of £4,000

Destination of visit: Baku and Ganja, Azerbaijan

Date of visit: 30 May – 4 June 2013

Purpose of visit: As part of the APPG for Azerbaijan, to meet with political and parliamentary figures including the President of the Republic; local business people; representatives of international organizations and human rights groups and displaced people from the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

(Registered 9 July 2013)

Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saudi Arabia)

Address of donor: c/o Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, 30-32 Charles St, London W1J 5DZ

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £5,292

Destination of visit: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Date of visit: 16-20 February 2014

Purpose of visit: all party parliamentary delegation at the invitation of the Shura Council, to meet the Deputy Speaker, Foreign Affairs Committee, Second Deputy Premier, government ministers and Governor of the Saudi Arabia Monetary Authority. Also to visit King Saud University to discuss collaboration with UK universities on de-radicalisation.

(Registered 21 March 2014)