The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1
As at 28th July 2014

LUCAS, Ian (Wrexham)

6. Overseas visits

Name of donor: Kurdistan Regional Government, UK Representation

Address of donor: 4th Floor, 23 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6LB

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, accommodation etc for myself and my researcher, with a total value of £4,000

Destination of visit: Kurdistan region in Iraq

Date of visit: 7-12 June 2013

Purpose of visit: Fact-finding trip to the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, to meet senior officials, civic groups, genocide survivors and relatives and to visit the Syrian refugee camp at Domiz, in my capacity Shadow Middle East Minister.

(Registered 2 July 2013)

Name of donor: UAE Government

Address of donor: PO Box 31966, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Amount of donation: £3,500

Destination of visit: Dubai and Abu Dhabi

Date of visit: 16-19 November 2013

Purpose of visit: As Shadow Middle East Minister, to meet with UAE Government ministers, Members of the Federal National Council, Emirates Association for Human Rights, and senior business figures, together with UK Diplomats (Registered 25 November 2013)

Name of donor: Information International

Address of donor: Al-Borj (An-Nahar) Bldg, 4th Floor, Martyrs Square, Beirut, Zip Code: 11-4353, Lebanon

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): travel costs, accommodation and subsistence with a value of £1,700

Destination of visit: Lebanon

Date of visit: 26-29 January 2014

Purpose of visit: Fact-finding delegation organised by the Council for Arab British Understanding, in my capacity as Shadow Middle East Minister

(Registered 17 February 2014)

Name of donor: British University in Egypt

Address of donor: El Sherouk City, Suez Desert Road, Cairo 11837; P.O. Box 43

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,300

Destination of visit: Cairo, Egypt

Date of visit: 13-16 June 2014

Purpose of visit: to meet the new President, meet government ministers, religious leaders, British Council, IPU and representatives of civil society in Egypt and discuss developments taking place in the run up to parliamentary elections, in my capacity of Shadow Minister for Africa and Middle East

(Registered 4 July 2014)

11. Miscellaneous

Solicitor (non-practising). (Registered 6 November 2009)