House of Commons
Session 2023-24
Publications on the internet
The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 4 March 2024
Truss, Elizabeth (South West Norfolk)
Truss, Elizabeth (South West Norfolk)
1. Employment and earnings
Royalty payments from Springer Nature Ltd, The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London N1 9XW, for a book written and published in 2012:
28 April 2023, received £1,853.80. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 05 May 2023)
Payments received via Chartwell Speakers, Colonnade Walk, 123 Buckingham Place Road, London SW1W 9SH:
28 February 2023, received £65,751.62 for a speaking engagement from Ananda Bazar Patrika (ABP) Network, 301, Boston House, 3rd Floor, Suren Road, Andheri - East, Mumbai- 400093. The payer also provided me and a staff member with accommodation valued at approximately £1,800, plus non-taxable expenses including flights. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 29 March 2023)
28 March 2023, received £6,443.60 for a speaking engagement from Tokyo University, 3 Chome-8-1 Komaba, Meguro City, Tokyo 153-004. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 30 March 2023)
30 May 2023, received £80,000 for a speaking engagement from Prospect Foundation, Tingzhou Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, 100048, Taiwan. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 20 June 2023)
16 June 2023, received £32,000 for a speaking engagement from Neue Zürcher Zeitung AG, Zweigniederlassung NZZ Connect, Viktoriastrasse 72 3013 Bern, Switzerland. The payer also provided me and a staff member with accommodation valued at approximately £910, and flights valued at £1,717. Chartwell Speakers paid for Zurich Airport VIP Service, value £612. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 20 June 2023)
24 July 2023, received £32,000 from News Agenda Ltd, 2nd Floor, 148 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3AT, for participating in a discussion at the News Xchange conference held in Dublin. The payer also provided me, my husband and a staff member with accommodation valued at approximately £720, and flights valued at £2,377. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 02 August 2023)
16 August 2023, received £32,000 for a speaking engagement from the Alliance for Public Awareness, 103 Friern Barnet Road, London N11 3EU. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 04 September 2023)
23 October 2023, received £16,172 from the Coronado Club, 919 Milam St #500, Houston, TX 77002, USA, for a speaking engagement. Accommodation for me and a staff member valued at approximately £1,348 was provided by The Kevin and Lesley Lilly Foundation, 3424 Robinhood Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 25 October 2023)
23 October 2023, received £15,834 from the Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002-4999, USA, for a speaking engagement at the Cybersecurity and Defense Cooperation Conference held at Pepperdine University, Vevey, Switzerland. The payer also provided me and a staff member with accommodation (approx. £728), car transport (£1,558) and flights (£1,608), total value £3,894. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 25 October 2023)
14 December 2023, received £30,000 from 1LoD, 30 Churchill Place, London E14 5RE, for a speaking engagement including a Q and A at XLod Global conference. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 08 January 2024)
5 October 2023, received £6,161.40 from Javelin Literary Agency, 203 South Union Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, USA, via Regnery Publishing Inc, 122 C Street NW, Washington DC 20001, as an initial advance on a book. Hours: approx. 90 hrs between December 2022 and September 2023. (Registered 30 October 2023)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: Johan Eliasch
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,500 for staff and office costs to support me with policy
Date received: 21 March 2023
Date accepted: 21 March 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 21 March 2023)
Name of donor: Jeremy Hosking
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £50,000 for staff and office costs to support me with policy
Date received: 6 April 2023
Date accepted: 6 April 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 25 April 2023)
Name of donor: Shirley Conran OBE
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 to support activity in my constituency
Date received: 29 August 2023
Date accepted: 29 August 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 04 September 2023)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 15 February 2023
Date accepted: 15 February 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05757208
(Registered 14 March 2023)
Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 22 February 2023
Date accepted: 22 February 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05757208
(Registered 14 March 2023)
Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 24 February 2023
Date accepted: 24 February 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05757208
(Registered 14 March 2023)
Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Ltd
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of Windsor Suite for me and a member of staff at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 11 April 2023
Date accepted: 11 April 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05757208
(Registered 25 April 2023)
Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 12 May 2023
Date accepted: 12 May 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05757208
(Registered 25 May 2023)
Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Ltd
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 14 May 2023
Date accepted: 14 May 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05757208
(Registered 07 June 2023)
Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 15 May 2023
Date accepted: 15 May 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05757208
(Registered 07 June 2023)
Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 20 May 2023
Date accepted: 20 May 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05757208
(Registered 07 June 2023)
Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport; value £1,800
Date received: 7 June 2023
Date accepted: 7 June 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05757208
(Registered 20 June 2023)
Name of donor: UK Music
Address of donor: 33 Foley Street, London W1W 7TL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to the BST Hyde Park Bruce Springsteen concert with hospitality, value £549.92
Date received: 8 July 2023
Date accepted: 8 July 2023
Donor status: company, registration 03245288
(Registered 17 July 2023)
Name of donor: Gatwick Airport Limited
Address of donor: Destinations Place, Gatwick Airport RH6 0NP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Sussex Suite at Gatwick Airport; value £1,380
Date received: 2 July 2023
Date accepted: 2 July 2023
Donor status: company, registration 01991018
(Registered 19 July 2023)
Name of donor: Gatwick Airport Limited
Address of donor: Destinations Place, Gatwick Airport RH6 0NP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Sussex Suite at Gatwick Airport; value £1,380
Date received: 31 July 2023
Date accepted: 31 July 2023
Donor status: company, registration 01991018
(Registered 15 August 2023)
Name of donor: Gatwick Airport Limited
Address of donor: Destinations Place, Gatwick Airport RH6 0NP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Sussex Suite at Gatwick Airport; value £1,380
Date received: 14 August 2023
Date accepted: 14 August 2023
Donor status: company, registration 01991018
(Registered 15 August 2023)
Name of donor: Gatwick Airport Limited
Address of donor: Destinations Place, Gatwick Airport RH6 0NP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Sussex Suite at Gatwick Airport; value £1,380
Date received: 24 September 2023
Date accepted: 24 September 2023
Donor status: company, registration 01991018
(Registered 17 October 2023)
Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport; value £1,800
Date received: 9 October 2023
Date accepted: 9 October 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05757208
(Registered 17 October 2023)
Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport; value £1,800
Date received: 14 October 2023
Date accepted: 14 October 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05757208
(Registered 17 October 2023)
Name of donor: Gatwick Airport Limited
Address of donor: Destinations Place, Gatwick Airport RH6 0NP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Sussex Suite at Gatwick Airport, value £2,450
Date received: 1 January 2024
Date accepted: 1 January 2024
Donor status: company, registration 01991018
(Registered 15 January 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: IPAC Global Ltd
Address of donor: 27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AX
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£6,800) and hotel accommodation (£1,800) for me and a member of staff for three nights, total value £8,600
Destination of visit: Tokyo
Dates of visit: 16-19 February 2023
Purpose of visit: Attendance at a Symposium in Tokyo, hosted by IPAC.
(Registered 14 March 2023)
Name of donor: Heritage Foundation
Address of donor: 214 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington D.C. 20002-4999, USA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights for me and a member of staff, (£4,800) and provision of accommodation for me, my husband, two children and one member of staff for five nights (estimated value £2,800), total estimated value £7,600
Destination of visit: Washington DC
Dates of visit: 11-16 April 2023
Purpose of visit: To deliver the Margaret Thatcher Freedom lecture.
(Registered 02 May 2023)
Name of donor: Pacific Forum International
Address of donor: 1003 Bishop Street, Pauahi Tower, Suite 1150, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£15,520) and hotel accommodation (£2,392) for me and my husband for four nights, total value £17,912
Destination of visit: Honolulu
Dates of visit: 7-12 May 2023
Purpose of visit: Attendance at a Pacific Forum meeting on freedom and democracy.
(Registered 25 May 2023)
Name of donor: Alliance of Democracies Foundation
Address of donor: Bredgade 71, 1. th. 1260 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£757) and hotel accommodation (£584) for me and one member of staff for one night, total value £1,341
Destination of visit: Copenhagen
Dates of visit: 14-15 May 2023
Purpose of visit: Participation at Copenhagen Democracy Summit on the subject of Economic NATO.
(Registered 07 June 2023)
Name of donor: Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Address of donor: No. 2, Ketagalan Blvd, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan 100
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£7,670) and provision of hospitality (£264) and accommodation for four nights (estimated value £2,907) for me and one member of staff, total estimated value £10,841
Destination of visit: Taiwan
Dates of visit: 15-20 May 2023
Purpose of visit: For meetings with Taiwanese ministers and President to support the free democracy of Taiwan.
(Registered 07 June 2023)
Name of donor: E2 Summit
Address of donor: 137 Newbury Street, 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02116, USA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Transatlantic flights (approx. £12,666) and accommodation (approx. £1,546), total approx. value £14,212
Destination of visit: Utah, USA
Dates of visit: 9-14 October 2023
Purpose of visit: To deliver a speech at Stein Eriksen Lodge.
(Registered 30 October 2023)
Name of donor: (1) Conservative Friends of Ukraine (2) Heritage Foundation
Address of donor: (1) One Bartholomew Close, London EC1A 7BL (2) 214 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002-4999, USA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Flights (approx. £14,714) and accommodation (approx. £2,116) for me and a staff member, total approx. value £16,830 (2) Accommodation for me and a staff member, approx. value £387
Destination of visit: USA
Dates of visit: 27 November - 6 December 2023
Purpose of visit: (1) To attend a variety of political meetings and events. (2) To attend International Democracy Union Forum.
(Registered 18 December 2023)
Name of donor: (1) Davos Klosters Bergbahnen AG (2) the Landschaft Davos (3) Skigruppe der Bundesversammlung
Address of donor: (1) Brämabüelstrasse 11, 7270 Davos, Switzerland
(2) Gadenstatt 2, 7277 Davos Glaris, Switzerland (3) private
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) One ski pass and 50% of one discounted ski pass, value £310 (2) Reception for four people, value £91 (3) Ski guides, plus one ski pass and 50% of one discounted ski pass, and hospitality for four people, value £1,719. I paid all other costs.
Destination of visit: Switzerland
Dates of visit: 2-6 January 2024
Purpose of visit: 68th Annual British-Swiss Parliamentary ski week with the APPG for Switzerland, including political meetings with Swiss Parliamentarians and diplomats.
(Registered 24 January 2024; updated 02 February 2024 and 09 February 2024)
Name of donor: Green Dragon Coalition
Address of donor: 502 6th Street, Hudson, WI 54016, USA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (approx. £14,871) and accommodation (approx. £4,670) for me and a staff member, total approx. value £19,541
Destination of visit: USA
Dates of visit: 1-5 February 2024
Purpose of visit: To attend a political conference.
(Registered 20 February 2024)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
From 17 January 2023, The Office of Liz Truss Limited, which provides support for my ongoing public activities. (Registered 21 February 2023)