The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 29 April 2024

Buckland, Sir Robert (South Swindon)

Buckland, Sir Robert (South Swindon)

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Member of the Independent Advisory Board
From: 1 April 2023.
Payer: BSV Claims Ltd, Second Floor, 168 Shoreditch High St, London E1 6RA
ACOBA consulted: Yes
Additional information: From 26 May 2022 until 7 July 2022, I was a Director of BSV Claims Ltd.

(Registered 5 August 2022; updated 15 March 2023 and 18 April 2023)

Remuneration: £5,000 a quarter
From: 1 April 2023.
Hours: 6 hrs a month

(Registered 18 April 2023)

Role, work or services: Tenant
From: 1 December 2022.
Payer: Foundry Chambers (Barristers' Chambers), Ground Floor, 5-9 Quality Court, London WC2A 1HP
Additional information: Fees for legal services I provide will be listed below.

(Registered 1 December 2022; updated 24 April 2024)

Role, work or services: Senior Counsel
From: 1 March 2023.
Payer: Payne Hicks Beach Solicitors, 10 New Square, Lincoln's Inn, London WC2A 3QG
ACOBA consulted: Yes
Additional information: This is a part-time role.

Remuneration: £4,000 a month
From: 1 March 2023.
Hours: 32 hrs a month

(Registered 8 March 2023)

Role, work or services: Chairing meetings and conferences
Payer: Chamber U.K. Services, 34 Smith Square, London SW1P 3HL

Payment: £250 for chairing a roundtable meeting on 22 February 2023.
Received on: 8 March 2023. Hours: 3 hrs.

(Registered 23 June 2023)

Payment expected: £250 for chairing the launch of my book on 19 June 2023. I will not receive a writing fee for this book or any royalties from its publication.
Completed or provided on: 19 June 2023. Hours: 3 hrs.

(Registered 23 June 2023)

Payment: £250 chairing a roundtable meeting on 15 May 2023.
Received on: 19 May 2023. Hours: 3 hrs.

(Registered 23 June 2023)

Payment expected: £500 for speaking at a conference in Birmingham on 9 November 2023.
Completed or provided on: 9 November 2023. Hours: 2 hrs.

(Registered 29 November 2023)

Role, work or services: Legal briefing
Payer: Norton Rose Fulbright Solicitors, 3 More London Place, London SE1 2AQ

Payment expected: £2,500 for a briefing I conducted on 12 July 2023.
Completed or provided on: 12 July 2023. Hours: 3 hrs (including preparation).

(Registered 17 August 2023)

Role, work or services: Giving a talk
Payer: Oxford Institute, 103-105 The Covered Market, Oxford OX1 8DY

Payment: £500 for a talk and Q&A session I conducted on 4 August 2023 at Saint Anne's College as part of the Oxford Institute Executive Leadership Programme 2023.
Received on: 9 August 2023. Hours: 2 hrs.

(Registered 18 August 2023)

Role, work or services: Writing articles
Payer: The Telegraph, 111 Buckingham Palace Rd, London SW1W 0DT

Payment: £150 for an article published on 18 August 2023.
Received on: 19 September 2023. Hours: 1 hr.

(Registered 22 September 2023)

Payment expected: £100 an article written on 15 November 2023.
Completed or provided on: 15 November 2023. Hours: 1.5 hrs.

(Registered 21 November 2023)

Role, work or services: Writing an article
Payer: The Daily Express, 1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AB

Payment expected: £400 for an article written on 21 August 2023.
Completed or provided on: 21 August 2023. Hours: 4 hrs.

(Registered 19 September 2023)

Role, work or services: Attending a discussion event
Payer: DAC Beachcroft LLP, 25 Walbrook, London EC4N 8AF

Payment expected: £2,500 for attending a discussion event on 14 September 2023.
Completed or provided on: 14 September 2023. Hours: 3 hrs.

(Registered 29 September 2023)

Role, work or services: Member of the Policy Unit
From: 22 January 2024.
Payer: DAC Beachcroft LLP (Solicitors' firm), 25 Walbrook, London EC4N 8AF
ACOBA consulted: Yes

Remuneration: £4,166.67 a month
From: 22 January 2024.
Hours: 12 hrs a month

(Registered 1 February 2024)

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: Lord Michael Hintze
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 to Swindon Conservative Federation
Donor status: individual

(Registered 30 October 2023)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Art of Living Foundation
Address of donor: 90 Eastleigh Road, Cheadle SK8 3EJ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights and accommodation (value is estimated), value £1,334
Destination of visit: United States (Washington DC)
Dates of visit: 29 September 2023 to 2 October 2023
Purpose of visit: To attend the World Cultural Festival.

(Registered 16 October 2023)

Name of donor: Conservative Environment Network
Address of donor: 9 Byford Court, Crockatt Road, Hadleigh, Ipswich IP7 6RD
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, hotel accommodation, road transport and meals, value £1,190
Destination of visit: Spain (Madrid and Andalucia)
Dates of visit: 8 October 2023 to 12 October 2023
Purpose of visit: To undertake site visits to regenerative agriculture projects and to meet politicians and research groups in Spain to discuss environmental issues.

(Registered 2 November 2023)

Name of donor: Oxford Centre for Leadership
Address of donor: 103-105 The Covered Market, Oxford OX1 8DY
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights to and from Dubai and hotel accommodation, value £1,500
Destination of visit: United Arab Emirates (Dubai)
Dates of visit: 11 April 2024 to 15 April 2024
Purpose of visit: To attend and speak at a Conference.

(Registered 24 April 2024)

8. Miscellaneous

Member of Swindon Towns Fund Board. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 6 January 2020

(Registered 22 January 2020)

King’s Counsel. No fee-paying work between June 2010 and 30 November 2022.

(Registered 5 May 2021; updated 1 December 2022)

Member of the Advisory Council of JUSTICE, a legal charity. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 25 January 2023
Additional information: I previously held this position from 1 February 2022 until 7 September 2022.

(Registered 2 February 2022; updated 30 September 2022 and 3 February 2023)

A Director of the Conservative Friends of America. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 23 May 2023

(Registered 20 June 2022)

A Senior Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at Harvard Kennedy School. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 25 January 2023

(Registered 3 February 2023)

I led an independent review for the Government into autism and employment. This was an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 2 April 2023
Date interest ended: 28 February 2024

(Registered 5 April 2023; updated 18 March 2024)

A Member of the Swindon Futures Commission, which is a group examining future inward investment opportunities for Swindon. I consulted ACoBA about this unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 1 October 2023

(Registered 12 October 2023)

Chair the Regulatory Reform Group, a group of Conservative MPs which looks at regulators and their accountability and produces reports on the issue. I consulted ACoBA about this unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 1 December 2023

(Registered 20 December 2023)

An Honorary Lay Canon of the Diocese of Bristol. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 3 March 2024

(Registered 18 March 2024)

9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

Name: Sian Buckland
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Caseworker
Working pattern: Part time

(Registered 13 July 2016)