The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 2 May 2023

Byrne, Liam (Birmingham, Hodge Hill)

Byrne, Liam (Birmingham, Hodge Hill)

1. Employment and earnings

31 August 2022, received £2,500 from Head of Zeus – UK, 5-8 Hardwick Street, London EC1R 4RG, as an advance for a book. Hours: estimated at 250 hrs. (Registered 26 September 2022)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Swiss Foreign Ministry
Address of donor: Presence Switzerland PRS, Bundesgasse 32, 3003 Bern, Switzerland
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Flights, accommodation, hospitality and local travel pass, total approx. value £2,300
Destination of visit: Switzerland (Bern, Zurich, Zug)
Date of visit: 10-14 April 2022
Purpose of visit: Participation in a parliamentary study trip to Switzerland (Swiss-UK relations, finance and trade, science and innovation)
(Registered 23 May 2022)

Name of donor: Ditchley Foundation
Address of donor: Ditchley Park, Enstone, Chipping Norton OX7 4ER
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation and hospitality, total approx. value £1,800
Destination of visit: New York, USA
Dates of visit: 22-24 April 2022
Purpose of visit: Participation in conference on Geofinance: the impact of China, cyber security and other strategic issues on the global financial system.
(Registered 24 May 2022)

Name of donor: Yalta European Strategy Ltd
Address of donor: Third Floor, 95 The Promenade, Cheltenham GL50 1HH
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights and travel £1,262.66; accommodation £314.12; dinners/hospitality £450.06; total value £2,026.84
Destination of visit: Kyiv, Ukraine
Dates of visit: 8-12 September 2022
Purpose of visit: Attending the Yalta European Strategy Conference, meetings with Ukrainian officials and members of civil society.
(Registered 27 September 2022)

Name of donor: The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & International Monetary Fund
Address of donor: 66 avenue d'Iéna, 75116 Paris, France
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights £ 2,635.00; accommodation £400; total value £3,035
Destination of visit: Tanzania
Dates of visit: 19-24 September 2022
Purpose of visit: In my capacity as Chair of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and international Monetary Fund, to launch its Tanzanian Chapter.
(Registered 10 October 2022)

Name of donor: The Eleanor Cook Foundation
Address of donor: Suite 1110, 150 Fayetteville Street Raleigh, NC 27601 USA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Transport (£2,586.91), hotel (£580) and food and subsistence (£400), total value £3,566.91
Destination of visit: Kenya
Dates of visit: 13-17 February 2023
Purpose of visit: To demonstrate the impact UK Aid has in communities in Kenya.
(Registered 27 February 2023)

Name of donor: UK Committee for UNICEF
Address of donor: 1 Westfield Avenue, Stratford, London E20 1HZ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights £1,580.52, accommodation £320, food and other hospitality £300; total value £2,200.52
Destination of visit: Addis Ababa, Arba Mintch, Yabello and Dubluk, Ethiopia
Dates of visit: 3-6 April 2023
Purpose of visit: To join a parliamentary delegation observing the malnutrition crisis unfolding in the Horn of Africa and UNICEF’s programmatic work there.
(Registered 18 April 2023)

6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year

From August 2017 until 30 September 2022, rental income from my London home, which was paid to my wife and was below registrable level: (i). (Registered 04 June 2018; updated 01 March 2023)

8. Miscellaneous

From 2 May 2019 until 4 January 2023, a Trustee (unpaid) of the Birmingham Museums and Arts Trust. (Registered 07 August 2019; updated 03 March 2023)