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Extract from the Third Report of the Select
Committee on Members' Interests 1989-90
APPENDICES TO THE REPORT
APPENDIX 1
Complaint by Mr Campbell-Savours MP against
Mr Michael Grylls MP
I wish to make a complaint concerning
the failure by Mr Michael Grylls to register an introductory payment
made to him by Mr Ian Greer of Ian Greer Associates and which
was not registered at the appropriate time.
We can deduce from the evidence given by Mr
David Burnside during the course of the enquiry into Parliamentary
Lobbying that Mr Grylls introduced British Airways to Ian Greer
Associates as early as 1985. See Appendix A. I understand the
payment was made in 1985 or 86. The date of registration of the
payment was early October 1989, see Appendix B. This registration
followed upon adverse publicity.
My complain is that Mr Grylls failed to register
a payment he received from Mr Ian Greer of Ian Greer Associates
at the appropriate time.
Dale Campbell-Savours.
22 May 1990
[Appendix
A was an extract from page 19 of the evidence published as HC
518-ii (1987-88). Appendix B was an extract from the Register
of Members' Interests. Neither are reproduced here.]
APPENDIX 2
Correpondence with Mr Michael Grylls MP
Letter from the Registrar of Members'
Interests to Mr Michael Grylls MP
I have received a complaint in respect
of alleged non-declaration of interest from Mr Dale Campbell-Savours.
Under the procedure agreed by the House I am required to notify
you of the terms of the complaint. I therefore enclose his letter.
The procedure is that:
(1) Any allegation by one Member against
another Member relating to the Register or to the disclosure
of interests, shall be in writing to the Registrar, who shall
refer the matter to the Select Committee and shall furnish to
the Member concerned details of the allegation.
(2) The Select Committee may hear both
Members, together with other evidence, as they think fit and
may then make a Report to the House together with a recommendation
as to what action should be taken. Before making any such Report
the Committee shall give the Member concerned the opportunity
to make written representations and of being heard with such witnesses
as he may desire to call.
I am sending the complaint to the Committee.
I will let you know of any decision they make in respect of further
proceeding.
Registrar of Members' Interests
23 May 1990
Letter from Mr Michael Grylls MP to the
Registrar
Thank you for sending me a copy of Mr Campbell-Savours'
letter. However, I was surprised to read his letter since I have,
to the best of my knowledge, always registered the appropriate
interests in accordance with the Resolutions of the House and
the specific requirements laid down by the Select Committee on
Members' Interests.
As far as Ian Greer Associates is concerned,
an interest has been registered in the relevant years, that is
1985-86, 1986-87 and 1989-90. I hope this will answer Mr Campbell-Savours'
complaint.
I enclose copies of the annual Registers
showing where Ian Greer's name has been added in the appropriate
year:
Published Register, 9 January 1985
GRYLLS, Michael (North West Surrey)
| 1. Directorships | Carbone Limited
Vosper
Limited |
| 2. Employment or Office | Consultant to the Sterling Winthrop Group
Consultant to Digital Equipment Company Limited
Leader of Parliamentary Panel for Institute of Directors
Consultant to Association of Authorised Public Accountants
Consultant to London Equitable Estates Co Ltd
Consultant to Grindlays Bank plc
*Adviser to the United States Unitary Tax Campaign |
Published Register, 13 January 1986 |
GRYLLS, Michael (North West Surrey)
|
| 1. Directorships
| Le Carbone Ltd
Vosper Limited |
| 2. Employment or Office
| Consultant to the Sterling Winthrop Group
Consultant
to Digital Equipment Company Limited
Honorary Leader of Parliamentary
Panel for Institute of Directors
Consultant to Association
of Authorised Public Accountants
Consultant to London Equitable
Estates Co Ltd
Consultant to Grindlays Bank plc
Consultant
to Biwater Group Ltd
*Adviser to the Unitary Tax Campaign
(I Greer Associates) |
Published Register, 27 January 1987 |
GRYLLS, Michael (North West Surrey)
|
| 1. Directorships | Le
Carbone Limited |
| 2. Employment or Office | Consultant to the
Sterling Winthrop Group
Consultant to Digital Equipment Company
Limited
Honorary Leader of Parliamentary Panel for Institute
of Directors
Consultant to Association of Authorised Public
Accountants
Consultant to London Equitable Estates Co Ltd
Consultant to Grindlays Bank plc
Consultant to Biwater
Group Ltd
*Adviser to the Unitary Tax Campaign
Consultant
to Humphreys and Glasgow Ltd
Adviser to Omec International |
| 6. Overseas Visits | February 1986, to Japan and Hong Kong
at the invitation of JETRO and the Government of Hong Kong |
Published Register, 8 December 1987 |
GRYLLS, Michael (North West Surrey)
|
| 1. Directorships | Le
Carbone Lorraine (GB) Limited
Sterling Winthrop Group Ltd |
| 2. Employment or Office | Consultant to Digital Equipment Company
Limited
Consultant to Association of Authorised Public Accountants
Consultant to Biwater Group Ltd
*Adviser to the Unitary
Tax Campaign
Consultant to Humphreys and Glasgow Ltd
Adviser
to Omec International
Consultant to Harlingspear Ltd |
Published Register, 10 January 1989 |
GRYLLS, Michael
(North West Surrey)
|
| 1. Directorships | Le Carbone Lorraine
(GB) Ltd
Sterling Winthrop Group Ltd
Chysauster Homes
Ltd (from 1 November 1988) |
| 2. Employment or Office | Consultant
to Digital Equipment Company Limited
Consultant to Association
of Authorised Public Accountants
Consultant to Biwater Group
Ltd
*Adviser to the Unitary Tax Campaign
Consultant
to Humphreys and Glasgow Ltd
Adviser to Omec International
Consultant to Harlingspear Ltd |
| Published Register, 8 January 1990 |
GRYLLS, Michael (North West Surrey)
|
| 1. Directorships | Le Carbone Lorraine
(GB) Ltd
Sterling Winthrop Group Ltd
Chysauster Homes Ltd (from 1 November 1988) |
| 2. Employment or Office | Consultant
to Digital Equipment Company Limited
Consultant to Association
of Authorised Public Accountants
Consultant to Biwater Group
Ltd
*Adviser to the Unitary Tax Campaign
Consultant
to Humphreys and Glasgow Ltd
Adviser to Omec International
(a member of the Porton International Group)
Consultant to
Harlingspear Ltd
Consultant to Pittard Garnar PLC
Consultant
to Doctus PLC
Consultant to Allied Partnership Group PLC |
| 4. Clients | *Ian Greer Associates |
6 June 1990
Letter from the Registrar to Mr Michael
Grylls MP
Select Committee on Members' Interests
The Committee considered your reply
of 6 June to Mr Campbell-Savours' complaint at yesterday's meeting.
They have directed me to ask you three questions
which they would be grateful if you would answer in writing.
1. In respect of what services were the payments
made?
2. What were the dates of the payments?
3. Were
the payments connected with the Unitary Tax Campaign?
Registrar
and Clerk of the Committee
7 June 1990
Letter from Mr Michael Grylls MP to the
Registrar
Thank you for your letter of 7 June.
In answer to your questions:
1. On three
occasions, friends of mine who were Chairmen of Companies, approached
me for help as they said they needed advice. Because I knew how
effective Ian Greer Associates (IGA) were with the Unitary Tax
Campaign (UTC), I suggested Mr Greer might be able to help them.
In each instance, they decided to retain the services of IGA
and I was subsequently offered and accepted a "one-off"
payment for these introductions by Mr Greer.
At no time did I have any responsibility whatsoever
for these people or their companies or to IGA either as an individual
or as a Member of Parliament.
2. The payments were made on the 1 November
1985, 14 May 1986, and 3 October 1989.
3. The payments were not connected with the
UTC although the name of IGA is beside that entry.
I am neither a Director nor Consultant to IGA
but I would like the Members of the Select Committee to know
that so far as I was concerned the name of IGA has been entered
in the Register from 1985. Therefore, it was there - on record
- for all to see, that I had a declared connection (through the
UTC) with Mr Greer. I have never sought to hide this connection.
I thought that was adequate declaration of interest for the years
1985 and 1986 to cover the "one-off" payments from
him.
I believe all my entries over the years, which
have included the mention of IGA, have been made in good faith
and in keeping with the Resolutions of the House as well as the
Rules laid down by the Select Committee, which I understand did
leave a degree of discretion to Members as to how they declared
their varying interests. (HC 1974-75, HC 102, paragraph 12).
The Select Committee has itself said in its
Report 1989-90 a "different Member may well, in good faith,
interpret the rules somewhat differently." For this reason,
I consulted the Registrar as to how best I should register IGA
in 1989 so there could be no area for doubt. It was decided that
as there was no specific category in the Register for "one-off"
payments, that category 4 (as opposed to category 2) appeared
to be the most appropriate place to register IGA. Although, if
one is being analytical, to describe IGA as a "Client"
is not an accurate description, as it implies a contractual arrangement.
Whereas that is not the basis of my connection (through the UTC)
with IGA. My "one-off" payments were unexpected and
spasmodic and may not necessarily happen again.
The Select Committee might care to consider
creating a new category of interests marked "one-off payments".
This would avoid any repetition of the misunderstanding, confusion
and doubt which, I gather, is shared by other colleagues; and
which must, I imagine, have been the reason for your circular
letter to Members on the subject of "one-off" payments
in December 1989.* I hope this clarifies my entries to the
Select Committee, and that this will be helpful in considering
Mr Campbell-Savours' letter.
14 June 1990
Enclosures Accompanying Mr Grylls's Letter
*REGISTER OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS: LETTER TO
MEMBERS FROM THE REGISTRAR
A further edition of the Register
of Members' Interests for the present Parliament, as it stands
at the end of the Christmas recess, will be published early next
year.
I attach a copy of your present entry: if you
wish to amend it I would be grateful if you would let me know.
Any overseas visits and single gifts contained
in your current entry which were published in the previous edition
of the Register (January 1989) will not appear in the new edition.
I attach a copy of the rules relating to registration.
I have received a number of inquiries recently
about commission payments. The rules do not differentiate between
single and continuing benefits. As a general rule single payments,
such as commissions received for introductions or other services,
should be registered (under the category most appropriate to the
circumstances) where such payments relate in any way to Membership
of the House. (Members are not required to declare the
amount of any remuneration). I will be very pleased to advise
Members in respect of any particular case.
*(Mr Greer) May I endeavour to answer
the points that you raise. First, you have said that I feel that
registration should have taken place. If I may with respect remind
you of the conversation that we had before Christmas, you said
to me that there was no need for a Member to register such a payment
and, indeed, you did not know what category such a payment would
be registered under.*
*This extract is part of an answer given
to Mr Campbell-Savours and appears as Question 1731 in Minutes
of Evidence given by Mr Ian Greer on 3 April 1990 (HC 389-i).
APPENDIX 3
Mr Grylls' entries in the Register from
1984 onwards relating to IGA and the Unitary Tax Campaign
Memorandum prepared by the Registrar
at the request of the Committee
All entries up to 1989
under "Employment or Office", at the end of a list of
consultancies.
Annual Register February 1984:
No reference to Ian Greer Associates.
Unpublished Registers:
April 1984: Registered as "Adviser to the
United States Unitary Tax Campaign".
Annual Register January 1985:
"Adviser to the United States Unitary Tax Campaign".
Unpublished Registers:
December 1985: (prior to the publication of
the Register) changed to: "Adviser to the United States
Unitary Tax Campaign (I Greer Associates)".
Annual Register January 1986:
"Adviser to the Unitary Tax Campaign (I Greer Associates)".
Unpublished Registers:
March 1986: changed to "Adviser to the
Unitary Tax Campaign and Ian Greer Associates".
December 1986: changed back to "Adviser
to the Unitary Tax Campaign (I Greer Associates)".
Annual Register January 1987:
"Adviser to the Unitary Tax Campaign (I Greer Associates)".
Published Register December 1987 (New Parliament):
"Adviser to the Unitary Tax Campaign (I Greer Associates)".
Unpublished Register:
December 1987: Mr Greer notifies the office
that "(I Greer Associates)" no longer applies.
Annual Register January 1989:
"Adviser to the Unitary Tax Campaign".
Unpublished Register 20 October 1989: Ian Greer added
as a client under Category 4.
Annual Register 1990:
Both entries appear.
ANNEX D
Item: 1
| ACCESSION
NUMBER | 1025114517 |
| GROUP | PQ |
| TYPE | WPQ |
| DISPLAY DATE | 24.07.87 |
| REFERENCE | 120 c549w; 120 c551w |
| SESSION | 1987-88 |
| CORPORATE AUTHOR | Dept of Trade and
Industry |
| MEMBER | Grylls/Michael; Clarke/Kenneth |
| DESCRIPTION
| What information has been received from British Caledonian
about alternative options for its future with particular reference
to a possible bid by a foreign airline - None |
| SUB INDEX
TERM | Takeovers/sc |
| ORGANISATIONS | British Caledonian
Airways
|
Item: 2
|
| ACCESSION NUMBER | 1025245618 |
|
GROUP | PQ |
| TYPE | PNQ |
| DISPLAY DATE | 16.07.87 |
| REFERENCE | 119 c1276-7; 119 c1280-1 |
| SESSION | 1987-88 |
|
CORPORATE AUTHOR | Dept of Trade and Industry |
| MEMBER | Grylls/Michael;
Clarke/Kenneth |
| DESCRIPTION | Supplementary on relevance
of size of airlines to case for merger between British Airways
and British Caledonian. |
ANNEX E
Extract from Hansard of House of Commons
of 16 July 1987
British Airways/British Caledonian (Merger)
Mr Michael Grylls (Surrey, North-West): If
the Government have to consider this case later on, will my right
hon. and learned Friend bear in mind that British Airways is
not all that large in international terms? It has to compete
with sizeable airlines overseas, many of which are much bigger
than British Airways. Although we want to see as much competition
as possible in Britain, probably on the domestic routes, an airline
must be large to compete overseas. Perhaps British Caledonian
is not big enough to compete on the international routes and
that may be a very good reason for allowing this merger to go
ahead. Presumably those factors will be taken into account.
Mr Clarke: My hon. Friend's arguments are extremely
relevant. It is obvious that there will be a variety of opinions
and submissions on this matter. Those opinions and submissions
are best made, at this stage, to the Director General of Fair
Trading. He will give his advice upon a bid by one private company
to suggest a merger with another private company. My right hon.
Friend the Secretary of State will take his decision about whether
to refer this proposed merger to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission
when he has had a chance to reflect upon the advice of the director
general, who will listen to all the competing arguments. That
is the only stage we have reached to date.
ANNEX F
Item: 53
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| ACCESSION NUMBER | 1019281497 |
|
GROUP | P |
| TYPE | CH |
| DISPLAY DATE | 14.07.88 |
|
REFERENCE | 137 c609; 137 c615 |
| SESSION | 87/88 |
| MEMBER | Grylls/
Michael |
|
DESCRIPTION | Statement on Rover Group, announcing British
Aerospace acceptance of EC terms governing state aid and other
conditions.
|
Item: 61
|
| ACCESSION
NUMBER | 1021034645 |
|
GROUP | P |
| TYPE | CH |
| DISPLAY DATE | 29.03.88 |
| SESSION | 87/88 |
| MEMBER | Grylls/
Michael |
|
DESCRIPTION | Statement on sale to British Aerospace of Govt
shareholding in Rover Group.
|
Item: 64
|
| ACCESSION
NUMBER | 1021493339 |
| GROUP | P |
| TYPE | CH |
| DISPLAY | 01.03.88 |
| REFERENCE | 128 c819; 128 c821 |
| SESSION | 87/88 |
| MEMBER | Grylls/
Michael | |
| DESCRIPTION | Statement on interest expressed by British Aerospace
in acquiring Government shareholding in Rover Group. |
ANNEX G
Register of Members' Interests on 14 January
1991
GRYLLS, Michael (North West Surrey).
1. Directorships Le Carbone Lorraine (GB) Ltd.
Sterling Winthrop Group Ltd.
Chysauster Homes Ltd (from 1 November 1988).
C T Oil and Gas PLC (from June 1990).
Small Business Bureau Ltd (non-remunerated)
(from June 1990).
Cape PLC.
2. Employment or Office
Consultant to Digital
Equipment Company Limited.
Consultant to Association of Authorised Public
Accountants.
Consultant to Biwater Group Ltd.
Adviser to the Unitary Tax Campaign.
Consultant to Humphreys and Glasgow Ltd.
Consultant to Harlingspear Ltd.
Consultant to Pittard Garnar PLC.
Consultant to Doctus PLC.
Consultant to Allied Partnership Group PLC.
Consultant to Freight Complex Development and
Management Ltd.
4. Clients
Ian Greer Associates.
Soil Structures International Ltd.
6. Overseas Visits
February/March 1990, to South
Africa as a guest of the Chamber of Mines.
Member of Parliamentary groups visits to Atlanta
and Rio de Janeiro and also to Japan with trade delegation for
smaller firms, 1988, as guest of British Airways.
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