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

Chishti, Rehman (Gillingham and Rainham)

Chishti, Rehman (Gillingham and Rainham)

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: UK Visiting Parliamentary Fellow
From: 25 September 2023.
Payer: University of Oklahoma School of Arts & Sciences, Ellison Hall, 633 Elm Ave, Norman, OK 73019, USA

(Registered 3 November 2023; updated 13 November 2023)

Payment: £12,276.81 for giving three key lectures and engaging with students between 25 September and 6 October 2023. Comprised of the payment (£8,206.42) and accommodation from 23 September to 7 October 2023 with hospitality and meals (total approx. value £4,070.39).
Received on: 16 October 2023. Hours: 60 hrs approx.

(Registered 3 November 2023)

Role, work or services: Guest speaker at the International Military Chiefs of Chaplains Conference in Stuttgart on 8 February 2024.
Payer: The Religious Freedom Institute (RFI USA), 316 Pennsylvania Ave, STE 501, Washington DC 20003, United States

Payment: £1,530.40
Received on: 5 March 2024. Hours: no additional hours to those listed above.
Ultimate payer: US European Command, Arkansasstraße 2381, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany

(Registered 15 March 2024)

Payment: £1,162.60 comprised of the speaker's fee (£382.60) and flights, internal travel and accommodation (total approx. value £780).
Received on: 5 March 2024. Hours: 5 hrs including preparation.

(Registered 15 March 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: Bestway
Address of donor: 2 Abbey Road, Park Royal, London NW10 7BW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 to Gillingham & Rainham Conservative Association
Donor status: company, registration 02596168

(Registered 19 April 2024)

Name of donor: The Kent Knee Unit
Address of donor: c/o Aggarwal & Co, 3-5 London Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7RG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 to Gillingham & Rainham Conservative Association
Donor status: company, registration 06664270

(Registered 19 April 2024)

Name of donor: MEMS Power Generation
Address of donor: Eastcourt Works, Beechings Way Industrial Estate, Beechings Way, Gillingham ME8 6PS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000 to Gillingham & Rainham Conservative Association
Donor status: company, registration 02028345

(Registered 19 April 2024)

Name of donor: Beams International
Address of donor: 4A Bloors Lane, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7EG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 to Gillingham & Rainham Conservative Association
Donor status: company, registration 03737151

(Registered 19 April 2024)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Muslim World League
Address of donor: PO Box, 537, Mecca 21955, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, internal travel and meals, value £12,280
Destination of visit: United States (New York City)
Dates of visit: 13 June 2023 to 18 June 2023
Purpose of visit: Invited to speak at an event at the UN, at a Conference hosted by the Muslim World League with faith leaders, Representatives from the UN, Academia, USA Government, NGOS, Civil Society.

(Registered 10 July 2023)

Name of donor: Saud Al-Nasser Al-Sabah Diplomatic Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait
Address of donor: PO Box 3 Safat, Kuwait City, 13001, Kuwait
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, internal travel and meals, value £6,800
Destination of visit: Kuwait (Kuwait City)
Dates of visit: 10 October 2023 to 14 October 2023
Purpose of visit: As Chair of the APPG for Kuwait, to meet with Parliamentarians, Ministers, Diplomats and other key stakeholders from business and industry, civil society and faith leaders; give a lecture at the Saud Al-Nasser Al-Sabah Diplomatic Institute; and meet the UK Ambassador and UK Mission to Kuwait team.

(Registered 31 October 2023)

Name of donor: Muslim World League
Address of donor: PO Box, 537, Mecca 21955, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, internal travel, and meals (value is approximate), value £6,338
Destination of visit: Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca)
Dates of visit: 7 November 2023 to 11 November 2023
Purpose of visit: Invited to visit the Muslim World League to give a Lecture on International Religious Freedom, to have a meeting with their Secretary General, and meet their secretariat.

(Registered 5 December 2023)

8. Miscellaneous

Non-practising barrister.

Member of the Faculty Industrial Advisory Board at the University of Greenwich Faculty of Engineering and Science (Medway). This is an unpaid role
Date interest arose: 10 November 2022

(Registered 1 December 2022)

9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

Name: Nusrat Ahmed
Relationship: Sister
Role: Office Manager
Working pattern: Full time
End date: 29 September 2023

(Updated 25 October 2023)