The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 26 June 2023

Robertson, Mr Laurence (Tewkesbury)

Robertson, Mr Laurence (Tewkesbury)

1. Employment and earnings

Payments from Savanta ComRes, 54 Bermondsey St, Bermondsey, London SE1 3UD, for completing surveys:

24 January 2022, received £75. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 13 June 2022)

17 February 2022, received £50. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 13 June 2022)

30 March 2022, received £100. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 13 June 2022)

23 May 2022, received £100. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 13 June 2022)

22 August 2022, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 06 September 2022)

30 September 2022, received £75. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 25 October 2022)

Payments from YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT, for completing surveys:

20 May 2022, received £130. Hours: 40 mins. (Registered 13 June 2022)

24 August 2022, received £100. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 06 September 2022)

24 August 2022, received £70. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 06 September 2022)

30 August 2022, received £90. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 06 September 2022)

30 August 2022, received £100. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 06 September 2022)

13 October 2022, received £80. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 25 October 2022)

25 November 2022, received £100. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 06 December 2022)

25 November 2022, received another £100. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 06 December 2022)

13 February 2023, received £110. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 07 March 2023)

From 1 October 2020 until 30 June 2023, Adviser on Safer Gambling and Sport to the Betting and Gaming Council, 1 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4BU. I receive £2,000 per month. Hours: expected to be 10 hrs per month. (Registered 26 October 2020; updated 06 October 2021, 25 October 2022, 04 April 2023 and 14 June 2023)

Payments from Yonder, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT, for completing surveys:

28 January 2022, received £65. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 08 September 2022)

4 April, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 08 September 2022)

25 July 2022, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 08 September 2022)

4 August 2022, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 08 September 2022)

24 August 2022, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 08 September 2022)

2 December 2022, received £75. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 06 December 2022)

Payment from Ipsos MORI UK Ltd, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY, for completing surveys:

15 August 2022, received £225. Hours: 40 mins. (Registered 06 September 2022)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Racecourse Association Ltd
Address of donor: Winkfield Road, Ascot SL5 7HX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: a metal badge entitling the bearer to admittance to certain horse racing meetings in the UK during 2020. The badge is not available for purchase, but its estimated value is between £0 and £1,000 a year, depending on usage. On 23 November 2021, because new badges have not been issued due to the pandemic, I was notified that the current badge can be used throughout 2021 and 2022.
Date received: 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2022
Date accepted: 1 January 2020
Donor status: company, registration 93447
(Registered 06 January 2020; updated 30 November 2021)

Name of donor: Ascot Racecourse
Address of donor: Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7JX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality for my wife and me, estimated total value of £500
Date received: 16 June 2022
Date accepted: 16 June 2022
Donor status: company, registration 04320977
(Registered 28 June 2022)

Name of donor: Sports Information Services Limited
Address of donor: Whitehall Avenue, Kingston, Milton Keynes MK10 0AX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality at Ascot Racecourse for my wife and me and a friend, total estimated value £750
Date received: 17 June 2022
Date accepted: 17 June 2022
Donor status: company, registration 4243307
(Registered 28 June 2022)

Name of donor: Racecourse Association Ltd
Address of donor: Winkfield Road, Ascot SL5 7HX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: a pass entitling the bearer to admittance to certain horse racing meetings in the UK during 2023. The pass is not available for purchase, but its estimated value is between £0 and £1,000 a year, depending on usage.
Date received: 1 January 2023 - 31 December 2023
Date accepted: 1 January 2023
Donor status: company, registration 93447
(Registered 23 January 2023)

Name of donor: The Jockey Club
Address of donor: 75 High Holborn, London WC1V 6LS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality at Cheltenham Racecourse for my wife and me, and a friend, approx. total value £750
Date received: 14-16 March 2023
Date accepted: 14 March 2023
Donor status: company, registration 2909409
(Registered 12 April 2023)

Name of donor: Hestview Limited
Address of donor: 4 Wellington Place, Leeds LS1 4AP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality at Cheltenham racecourse for my wife and me, approx. total value £700
Date received: 15 March 2023
Date accepted: 15 March 2023
Donor status: company, registration 01100741
(Registered 12 April 2023)

Name of donor: Betting & Gaming Council
Address of donor: 1st Floor, 90 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1EU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality at Cheltenham Racecourse for my wife and me, approx. total value £1,950
Date received: 17 March 2023
Date accepted: 17 March 2023
Donor status: company, registration 12213577
(Registered 12 April 2023)

Name of donor: Racecourse Association Ltd
Address of donor: Winkfield Road, Ascot SL5 7HX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: an entrance pass entitling the bearer to admittance to certain horse racing meetings in the UK during 2023. The pass is not available for purchase, but its estimated value is between £0 and £1,000 a year, depending on usage.
Date received: 1 January 2023 - 31 December 2023
Date accepted: 1 January 2023
Donor status: company, registration 93447
(Registered 13 April 2023)

Name of donor: The Betting and Gaming Council
Address of donor: First Floor, 90 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1EU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: A reception to mark my birthday at the Rialto, London, value £2,301.13
Date received: 29 March 2023
Date accepted: 29 March 2023
Donor status: company, registration 12213577
(Registered 26 April 2023)

Name of donor: The Jockey Club
Address of donor: 75 High Holborn, London WC1V 6LS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality at Aintree Racecourse for my wife and me, approximate total value £1,678
Date received: 15 April 2023
Date accepted: 15 April 2023
Donor status: company, registration 2909409
(Registered 03 May 2023)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Africa House London Ltd
Address of donor: 11 Chilworth Place, Barking, Essex IG11 0FL
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, hotel and in country transport costs for me and my wife, total value £3,892
Destination of visit: Rwanda
Dates of visit: 28 August 2022 - 1 September 2022.
Purpose of visit: Trade Mission to explore opportunities for trade and business for British companies including meetings with Ministers, Government Officials and others.
(Registered 16 September 2022)

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, accommodation, food and other hospitality, visas and parking, value £4,608.80
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 03 May 2023)

5. Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK

Name of donor: Flutter UK & Ireland (subsidiaries owned by Flutter Entertainment plc include Sky Betting & Gaming, Paddy Power and Betfair)
Address of donor: Belfield Office Park, Beech Hill Road, Clonskeagh, Dublin 4
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality at Cheltenham Racecourse from for my wife and me, approx. total value £500
Date received: 11 November 2022
Date accepted: 11 November 2022
Donor status: company, registration 16956
(Registered 06 December 2022)

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

Flat in London: (i) and (ii). (Registered 24 February 2014; updated 08 June 2015)

8. Miscellaneous

Chair of the Westminster Africa Business Group, which promotes trade and good politics between the UK and Africa. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 21 March 2022)

9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

I employ my wife, Anne Marie Robertson, as Office Manager.