House of Commons
Session 2022-23
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The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 30 May 2022
Cairns, Alun (Vale of Glamorgan)
Cairns, Alun (Vale of Glamorgan)
1. Employment and earnings
Payments from YouGov plc, 50 Featherstone St, London EC1Y 8RT, for surveys:
9 February 2021, received £100. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 04 June 2021)
9 February 2021, received £40. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 04 June 2021)
16 April 2021, received £60. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 04 June 2021)
30 April 2021, received £140. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 04 June 2021)
30 April 2021, received £100. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 04 June 2021)
11 November 2021, received £120. Hours: 75 mins. (Registered 29 November 2021)
11 November 2021, received £170. Hours: 75 mins. (Registered 29 November 2021)
19 November 2021, received £100. Hours: 75 mins. (Registered 29 November 2021)
9 December 2021, received £150. Hours: 75 mins. (Registered 20 December 2021)
From 1 July 2020 until 31 January 2022, Senior Adviser to BBI Group (global life science and diagnostic company), Parkway, Pen y Fan Industrial Estate, Crumlin NP11 3EF. I received £15,000 a year, paid monthly, for providing strategic advice to the Board. Hours: up to 70 hrs a year. I consulted ACoBA about this appointment. (Registered 14 July 2020; updated 11 February 2022)
From 1 September 2020, Senior Adviser to Veezu Holdings Ltd (private hire transport and technology platform), Raleigh House, Langstone Business Village, Newport NP18 2LH. Until further notice I receive £15,000 a year, paid monthly, for providing strategic advice. Hours: up to 70 hrs a year. I consulted ACoBA about this appointment. (Registered 28 September 2020)
From 1 June 2021, Adviser to Elite Partners Capital Pte Ltd (global property investment firm), 8 Temasek Boulevard, Suntec Tower 3 #37-02, Singapore S038988. Until further notice I receive £30,000 per year, paid monthly, for providing strategic advice to the Board. Hours: up to 84 hrs a year. I consulted ACoBA about this appointment. (Registered 11 June 2021)
Payments from Savanta ComRes, 4 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for surveys:
4 March 2021, received £75. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 03 August 2021)
30 March 2021, received £75. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 03 August 2021)
14 May 2021, received £75. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 03 August 2021)
25 June 2021, received £75. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 03 August 2021)
30 July 2021, received £100. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 03 August 2021)
1 November 2021, received £75. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 29 November 2021)
6 December 2021, received £75. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 20 December 2021)
20 January 2022, received £225 from Ipsos MORI, 3 Thomas More Square, London E1W 1YW, for a survey. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 28 January 2022)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar
Address of donor: Qatar Embassy, 1 South Audley St, London W1K 1NB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, meals and miscellaneous costs, total value £3,865
Destination of visit: Qatar
Dates of visit: 10-15 February 2022
Purpose of visit: Qatar APPG visit to meet ministers and officials to discuss Qatar's humanitarian and political response to the Afghanistan crisis, preparations for the World Cup, workers' rights reform, bilateral relations and broader regional issues.
(Registered 07 March 2022)
Name of donor: Somaliland Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture
Address of donor: Hargeisa, Somaliland
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, meals and miscellaneous costs, total value £4,620.78
Destination of visit: Somaliland
Dates of visit: 16-21 February 2022
Purpose of visit: Trade and political visit, including meetings with the Somaliland President and other ministers and a visit to Berbera port.
(Registered 07 March 2022)
Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar
Address of donor: Almirqab Tower, West Bay, Doha, Qatar
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (including an upgrade), accommodation, internal travel and meals with a value of £5,458
Destination of visit: Qatar
Dates of visit: 25-28 March 2022
Purpose of visit: Participation at the Doha Forum 2022.
(Registered 21 April 2022)
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
Residential property in Cardiff: (i) and (ii).
On 26 August 2021, my family home in the Vale of Glamorgan, which I co-own with my wife, was used as a backdrop for a photo-shoot: (i) and, on 26 August 2021, (ii). The one-off fee was paid to my wife’s business on 2 September 2021. (Registered 14 September 2021)