The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 4 March 2024

Robertson, Mr Laurence (Tewkesbury)

Robertson, Mr Laurence (Tewkesbury)

1. Employment and earnings

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

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 received £2,000 per month. Hours: 10 hrs per month. (Registered 26 October 2020; updated 06 October 2021, 25 October 2022, 04 April 2023 and 14 June 2023)

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 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: 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)

Name of donor: Ascot Racecourse
Address of donor: Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7JX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality to Royal Ascot, value £550
Date received: 22 June 2023
Date accepted: 22 June 2023
Donor status: company, registration 04320977
(Registered 17 July 2023)

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: Two tickets with hospitality to Royal Ascot, value £500
Date received: 23 June 2023
Date accepted: 23 June 2023
Donor status: company, registration 4243307
(Registered 17 July 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, approx. total value £250
Date received: 18 November 2023
Date accepted: 18 November 2023
Donor status: company, registration 2909409
(Registered 30 November 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: a pass entitling the bearer to admittance to certain horse racing meetings in the UK during 2024. 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 2024 - 31 December 2024
Date accepted: 1 January 2024
Donor status: company, registration 93447
(Registered 25 January 2024)

4. Visits outside the UK

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)

Name of donor: Korab Toplica
Address of donor: private
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): For me and my wife, who is also my office manager, flights and hotels, value £7,827.30
Destination of visit: Harare, Zimbabwe
Dates of visit: 22-24 January 2024
Purpose of visit: To join a delegation for the promotion of trade between Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom.
(Registered 15 February 2024)

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.