House of Commons

The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1
As at 26th August 2014

ARBUTHNOT, Rt Hon James (North East Hampshire)

5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)

Name of donor: British-Turkish Tatlidil

Address of donor: 48 Desning Hall Cottages, Higham, Suffolk IP28 6PB

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: for two people, hotel accommodation in Edinburgh with a value of £500; travel with a value of £385.60 and food with a value of £728; total value of £1,613

Date of receipt of donation: 1-3 November 2013

Date of acceptance of donation: 1-3 November 2013

Donor status: unincorporated association.

(Registered 11 December 2013)

Name of donor: Tertulias

Address of donor: 48 Desning Hall Cottages, Higham, Suffolk IP28 6PB

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: for two people, hotel accommodation in Oxford with a value of £480; travel with a value of £85.14 and food with a value of £514; total value of £1,079.14

Date of receipt of donation: 22-24 November 2013

Date of acceptance of donation: 22-24 November 2013

Donor status: unincorporated association.

(Registered 11 December 2013)

Name of donor: Bechtel Management Company Ltd

Address of donor: 245 Hammersmith Road, London W6 8DP

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: tickets for me and my wife to the opening night of the Chelsea Flower Show, to a total value of £1,250

Date of receipt of donation: 29 April 2014

Date of acceptance of donation: 19 May 2014

Donor status: company, registration 4252526

(Registered 28 May 2014)

6. Overseas visits

Name of donor: Conservative Friends of Israel

Address of donor: 45B Westbourne Terrace, London W2 3UR

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Flights, accommodation, internal transport, and meals with a total value of £2,528

Destination of visit: Israel

Date of visit: 3 to 7 July 2014

Purpose of visit: fact-finding political, industrial, and education discussions in Israel

(Registered 9 July 2014)

Name of donor: The Taipei Representative Office in the UK (TRO)

Address of donor: 50 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0EB

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): the approximate amount includes accommodation £600, food £300 and return flights £2,400; total £3,300

Destination of visit: Taiwan

Date of visit: 26 July-2 August 2014

Purpose of visit: As part of the British-Taiwanese APPG, to promote the understanding of Taiwan and strengthen UK-Taiwan relations.

(Registered 5 August 2014)

11. Miscellaneous

Non-practising barrister.

Chairman of the Conservative Friends of Israel (unremunerated); until June 2013. (Updated 12 June 2013)

Member of the Advisory Board of the Electric Infrastructure Security Council (EICC), and Co-Chair of the EICC’s May 2013 Summit. These are unremunerated positions. (Registered 5 April 2013)

British Chairman of the British-Spanish Tertulias (unremunerated) (Registered 9 April 2013)

Prepared 28th August 2014