Register of Members' Interests Contents


SMITH - SYMS

SMITH, Rt. Hon. Andrew (Oxford East)
Nil.
 
SMITH, Angela (Basildon)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Occasional journalism and media appearance.
Member of Political Opinion Panel of BPRI (Business Planning and Research International). (£1-£1,000)
Member of Opinion Leader Research Panel. (£1-£1,000)
Member of MORI Opinion Panel. (£1-£1,000)
Member of Harris Research Panel.
All opinion poll fees are paid direct to charities.
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
I received training and provision of RACMSA Competition Licence, and entry in the House of Commons versus the House of Lords Motor Race at Donington Park in May 1998 provided by Jim Russell Racing Drivers' school and Motorsport Industry Association. (Registered 16 June 1998)
 
SMITH, Rt. Hon. Chris (Islington South and Finsbury)
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
In my capacity as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, I receive frequent invitations to attend arts, cultural and sporting events; and the value of the hospitality extended to me on some of these occasions is probably greater than £215.
 
SMITH, Geraldine (Morecombe and Lunesdale)
Nil.
 
SMITH, Jacqui (Redditch)
1.Remunerated directorships
Redditch and Bromsgrove Business Link. This is a company limited by guarantee which runs the local Business Link; business support services.
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Occasional articles and lectures.
 
SMITH, John (Vale of Glamorgan)
Nil.
 
SMITH, Llewellyn (Blaenau Gwent)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession, etc.
Occasional radio/television interview - fees donated to local Labour Party.
 
SMITH, Sir Robert (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Local Government Councillor, Aberdeenshire Council, until 18 July 1997.
Occasional broadcasting and speaking engagements.
8.Land and Property
Farm and cottages in Aberdeenshire.
 
SMYTH, Rev. Martin (Belfast South)
6.Overseas visits
1-9 January 1998, to Sudan, to meet a cross section of government, local politicians, church leaders and others, as a guest of the National Assembly. (Registered 22 January 1998)
 
SNAPE, Peter (West Bromwich East)
1.Remunerated directorships
Chairman of Travel West Midlands (a wholly owned subsidiary of National Express Group PLC); coaching, private hire and stage carriage services.
Guildfare; wholly owned subsidiary of the Guild of Business Travel Agents. (£1,001-£5,000)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Parliamentary Consultant to the Guild of Business Travel Agents. (£1,001-£5,000)
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
A contribution of more than 25% of my election expenses at the 1997 General Election was made by the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union.
9.Registrable shareholdings
(b)National Express PLC; bus, rail, coaching and airport operator.
 
SOAMES, Hon. Nicholas (Mid Sussex)
1.Remunerated directorships
Sedgwick Group Development (non-executive); insurance brokers.
Network Technology PLC (non-executive); manufacturer of firmware, hardware, etc., for the computer industry.
Chairman (non-executive) of the Property Merchant Group; a property investment and management company.
Wiltons Restaurant (St. James's).
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Adviser on business development to:
Tamaris PLC; healthcare company.
Investcorp; fund management company.
Cumulus Systems; software company.
A.D.I.; employment services company.
Adviser on community affairs to Welcome Break; operator of motorway service stations.
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Trustee, The Amber Foundation.
Trustee, The Game Conservancy.
Vice-President, St. Catherine's Hospice.
Vice-President, The Sussex Cattle Society.
President, Staplefield Cricket Club.
President, Tyburn Angling Society.
 
SOLEY, Clive (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush)
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
I received a case of champagne after speaking at a meeting organised by Beeson Gregory. (Registered 20 May 1998)
 
SOUTHWORTH, Helen (Warrington South)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Occasional fees for completing opinion polls, all of which are donated to charity.
 
SPELLAR, John (Warley)
Nil.
 
SPELMAN, Caroline (Meriden)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Member of Food From Britain Council.
6.Overseas visits
28 September-1 October 1997, to Germany, as the guest of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. (Registered 2 February 1998)
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Unremunerated director of Spelman, Cormack and Associates; family business specialising in food and biotechnology.
 
SPICER, Sir Michael (West Worcestershire)
1.Remunerated directorships
Non-executive President of the Association of Electricity Producers.
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession, etc.
Income from occasional writing and broadcasting.
6.Overseas visits
16-18 October 1997, to Copenhagen, Denmark, sponsored by the European Research Group. (Registered 17 November 1997)
27-30 August 1998, to New York, sponsored by The Mail on Sunday. (Registered 31 August 1998)
8.Land and Property
Small rental income received from a house in the United States.
 
SPRING, Richard (West Suffolk)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession, etc.
Consultant on international economic trends to Malabar Capital Limited and Malabar Unit Trusts.
Occasional lecturing and journalism.
Member of Harris Parliamentary Panel.
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Director (unremunerated) of the Small Business Bureau Limited.
 
SQUIRE, Rachel (Dunfermline West)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Honorarium of £200 for lecture at Royal College of Defence Studies on 23 March 1998, used to pay travelling expenses of speakers invited to address Parliamentary Labour Party Backbench Defence Committee.
 
STANLEY, Rt. Hon. Sir John (Tonbridge and Malling)
1.Remunerated directorships
Henderson High Income Trust PLC; investment trust.
Fidelity Japanese Values PLC; investment trust.
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession, etc.
Consultant on financial services to Fidelity Investment Management Ltd.
Occasional lecturing.
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Occasional visits abroad on behalf of ActionAid, the overseas development charity, of which I am an unremunerated trustee.
 
 
STARKEY, Dr. Phyllis (Milton Keynes South West)
6.Overseas visits
5-6 November 1998, to Lausanne, Switzerland, for two-day seminar on latest developments in nutrition at Nestle R & D Centre. Travel and accommodation paid for by Nestle PLC. (Registered 10 November 1998)
8.Land and Property
Previous family home in Oxford, now let to tenants.
Flat in Kennington.
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Member of Parliamentary Panel of Royal College of Nurses (unpaid).
Honorary adviser to Local Government Information Unit (unpaid).
Member of the Audit Committee to the Board of Governors of Milton Keynes College (unremunerated).
 
STEEN, Anthony (Totnes)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession, etc.
Public affairs, parliamentary and legal adviser to the Board of Airlines of Great Britain (involves regular travel on a number of airlines in connection with airline work in UK and Europe; occasional free air travel for immediate family in UK and Europe). Fees for parliamentary advice, (£10,001-£15,000) as part of a wider agreement.
Barrister at Law (practising).
Underwriting Member of Lloyd's.
I write lines in the marine, non-marine, aviation and motor markets.
6.Overseas visits
24-28 May 1998, to Italy accompanied by my wife, as guests of La Meridiana (Relais Chateaux), Garlenda, near Albenga. (Registered 20 October 1998)
7.Overseas benefits and gifts
Gifts including a wrist watch and a carriage clock received from the Massachusetts House of Representatives, USA, in recognition of the promotion of an exchange of culture, economic and governmental ideas between the towns of Dartmouth, England and Dartmouth, Massachusetts. (Registered 20 October 1998)
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Unpaid adviser to the English Vineyards Association.
 
STEINBERG, Gerry (City of Durham)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Member of Harris Parliamentary Panel. (£1-£1,000)
Member of Political Opinion Panel of BPRI (Business Planning and Research International). (£1-£1,000)
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
Durham City Council provide me with office accommodation at a reduced rent.
 
STEVENSON, George (Stoke-on-Trent South)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Member of Harris Parliamentary Panel. (£1-£1,000)
Member of Political Opinion Panel of BPRI (Business Planning and Research International). (£1-£1,000)
6.Overseas visits
August 1998, to India as Chair of Parliamentary All Party Group for Tibet. Accommodation in Dharamsala provided by Tibetan Government in exile. (Registered 15 October 1998)
 
STEWART, David (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber)
Nil.
 
STEWART, Ian (Eccles)
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
I have been given loan of a laptop computer as part of my participation in the GEMISIS (Government, Medical, Industrial and Social Information Superhighway) Project via Salford University.
6.Overseas visits
22-31 March 1998, to China and Hong as a member of a delegation from the All-Party China Group. The China section of the visit was sponsored by the People's Institute for Foreign Affairs and the Hong Kong section was sponsored by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. (Registered 28 April 1998)
28-29 April 1998, to Paris, as a member of the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee's study visit to France Telecoms and the Assemblée Nationale. The travel was funded by PITCOM and Bull Information Systems provided the hospitality. (Registered 14 May 1998)
13-18 October 1998, study visit to Canada, organised by the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee, who funded the travel costs with local hospitality provided by Nortel Networks. (Registered 26 October 1998)
 
STINCHCOMBE, Paul (Wellingborough)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Practising barrister.
Four-weekly column in Planning Magazine. (£1-£1,000)
8.Land and Property
Residential two-bedroomed flat, one bedroom of which is used as my London home, the other of which is occasionally rented out, in London NW1.
 
STOATE, Dr. Howard (Dartford)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
General practitioner.
General practice tutor in South Thames Region.
Member of Dartford Borough Council.
Occasional income from journalism, lecturing and broadcasting.
8.Land and Property
Share in freehold of surgery premises in Bexleyheath.
 
STOTT, Roger (Wigan)
6.Overseas visits
22-24 November 1997, to Dublin, as a guest of the Irish Government. (Registered 13 January 1998)
13-17 April 1998, to Northern Cyprus as a guest of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. (Registered 13 August 1998)
 
STRANG, Rt. Hon. Dr. Gavin (Edinburgh East and Musselburgh)
Nil.
 
STRAW, Rt. Hon. Jack (Blackburn)
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
Until 30 April 1997 I received:
Material assistance with office and other equipment from Mr. P. Carter.
Grant from the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd. for employment of research assistance from 1 May 1995. (£10,001-£15,000)
Grant from the Labour Front Bench Research Fund, also for the employment of research assistance and associated office costs.
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
30 May 1998, two tickets to Glyndebourne for my wife and myself, courtesy of Marks and Spencer. (Registered 22 October 1998)
8.Land and Property
Rent income from offices in Blackburn.
 
STREETER, Gary (South West Devon)
1.Remunerated directorships
United Phosphorus Limited; international agrochemical company.
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession, etc.
Consultant to Foot and Bowden, Solicitors in Plymouth and Exeter.
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
Contribution of more than 25% of my election expenses at the 1997 General Election was made by United Phosphorus Limited.
From 1 October 1998 funding for a researcher/adviser has been made available by a number of small Christian charitable trusts and from 19 October 1998 I have the benefit of a research assistant provided by CARE (Christian Action Research Education).
 
STRINGER, Graham (Manchester Blackley)
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Director of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (unpaid).
Director of Campus Ventures PLC (unpaid).
Trustee of National Museum of Labour History (unpaid).
 
STUART, Gisela (Birmingham, Edgbaston)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Occasional fees from freelance writing.
Occasional fees for participating in MORI polls. Fees are donated to Birmingham Edgbaston Labour Party.
 
STUNELL, Andrew (Hazel Grove)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Elected member of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.
6.Overseas visits
13-18 September 1998, to Kazakhstan with the Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies to see Karachaganak gas field, the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister, sponsored by British Gas PLC. (Registered 28 October 1998)
 
SUTCLIFFE, Gerry (Bradford South)
Nil.
 
SWAYNE, Desmond (New Forest West)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Serving Territorial Army Officer.
6.Overseas visits
16-18 October 1997, to Copenhagen to attend conference involving various European political parties, travel and accommodation paid for by the European Research Group. (Registered 27 January 1998)
8.Land and Property
My wife has a residential property in London from which she derives rental income, and she also obtains rental income from our own dwelling in London.
 
 
SWINNEY, John (North Tayside)
Nil.
 
SYMS, Robert (Poole)
1.Remunerated Directorships
Family businesses:
Marden Holdings Ltd.; property company.
Marden Investments Ltd.; property company.
C. Syms & Sons Ltd.; building company.
Saltersford Plant Ltd.; plant hire company.
Syms Builders (Calne) Ltd.; building company.
9.Registrable shareholdings
(a)Marden Holdings Ltd.
Marden Investments Ltd.
C. Syms & Sons. Ltd.
Saltersford Plant Ltd.
Syms Builders (Calne) Ltd.


 
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