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SMITH - SYMS

SMITH, Rt. Hon. Andrew (Oxford East)
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Advice on constituency website provided by CSW Informatics and Public Impact. (Registered 23 June 2000)
6.Overseas visits
4-7 March 2000, to Bonn as Lord Mayor's Escort; flight paid for by City of Oxford; accommodation paid for by City of Bonn. (Registered 25 March 2000)
 
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 Harris Research Panel.
All opinion poll fees are paid direct to charities.
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
9-22 October 1999, loan for two weeks of a Ford Focus car, running on liquid petroleum gas, to assess performance of alternative fuel from Ford UK Ltd. All fuel paid by myself.
6.Overseas visits
3-8 October 1999, to Israel and the Palestinian Authority with the Labour Friends of Israel to meet senior Israeli and Palestinian leaders in the Middle East Peace Process. Flight and accommodation paid for by Labour Friends of Israel. (Registered 20 October 1999)
 
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 £235.
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects (unremunerated).
 
SMITH, Geraldine (Morecombe and Lunesdale)
6.Overseas visits
8-12 September 1999, to Gibraltar on All-Party Study Visit at the invitation of the Government of Gibraltar. Accommodation and travel paid by Government of Gibraltar. (Registered 10 January 2000)
 
SMITH, Jacqui (Redditch)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Occasional articles and lectures.
Occasional fees for opinion polls.
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
9 July 1999, to British Grand Prix at Silverstone, courtesy of the Motorsport Industry Association Ltd. and the Royal Automobile Club Motor Sport Association Ltd. (Registered 10 July 1999)
 
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
Occasional broadcasting and speaking engagements.
8.Land and Property
Farm and cottages in Aberdeenshire.
 
SMYTH, Rev. Martin (Belfast South)
6.Overseas visits
6-9 September 1999 to Switzerland and Northern Italy, with the All-Party Parliamentary Rail Freight Group, to enable parliamentarians to study rail freight services across the Alps and to the UK. Accommodation and travel costs were met by the Rail Freight Group. (Registered 8 October 1999)
10-12 April 2000, to Brazil with British-Brazilian Parliamentary Group, to promote British investments and study developments, paid for by British Gas. (Registered 20 April 2000)
18-23 May 2000, to Taipei, Taiwan, to attend the inauguration of the President, as the guest of the Government of Taiwan. (Registered 12 July 2000)
 
SNAPE, Peter (West Bromwich East)
1.Remunerated directorships
Chairman, Travel West Midlands (part of the National Express Group).
Director of the following National Express Group subsidiaries:
Smiths Coaches (Shenington) Ltd.
Travel London Ltd.
Travel Merry Hill.
West Midlands Card Systems Ltd.
West Midlands Holidays Ltd.
West Midlands Property Developments Ltd.
West Midlands Property Holdings.
West Midlands Ventures Ltd.
Director of Guildfare; a 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)
6.Overseas visits
11-12 February 1999, to Turin and Milan as part of a West Coast Main Line All Party Group delegation to receive briefing on high speed train technology and to travel on the 'pendolino', as a guest of Fiat UK Ltd. (Registered 12 February 1999)
9.Registrable shareholdings
(b)National Express PLC; bus, rail, coaching and airport operator.
 
SOAMES, Hon. Nicholas (Mid Sussex)
1.Remunerated directorships
Chairman, The Framlington Second Dual Trust PLC; investment trust.
Chairman of the Property Merchant Group; a property investment and management company.
Director, Wiltons Restaurant (St. James's).
Asprey and Garrard (non-executive).
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Senior Vice-President, MMC Group; insurance brokers.
Adviser on business development to:
Investcorp; fund management company.
Cumulus Systems; software company.
A.D.I.; employment services company.
Welcome Break; operator of motorway service stations.
Wine correspondent on The Spectator magazine.
6.Overseas visits
25-27 April 1999, to United Arab Emirates to attend a conference on Gulf Security as a guest of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. (Registered 28 May 1999)
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.
President of the South of England Hound Show.
President of the East Grinstead Target Shooting Club.
 
SOLEY, Clive (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush)
Nil.
 
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)
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
A portion of the salary of my Research Assistant is met by Christian Action, Research and Education (CARE).
1 June-28 July 2000, a full-time researcher has been provided to me by the BBC as part of an assignment to learn about the political process and the work of Westminster.
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. (£10,001-£15,000)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession, etc.
Income from occasional writing and broadcasting.
 
SPRING, Richard (West Suffolk)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession, etc.
Occasional lecturing and journalism.
Member of Harris Parliamentary Panel.
Occasional opinion polls for MORI.
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
The Small Business Bureau have supplied my office with communications equipment and a service contract.
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
As a Member of Parliament for Newmarket, I receive a number of invitations from either racecourse directors or racing sponsors to attend race meetings.
6.Overseas visits
2-12 September 1999, to China, sponsored by the Chinese Association for International Understanding (CAFIU) and the Britain Club. (Registered 28 October 1999)
16-19 September 2000, to Qatar, as a guest of the Qatari Government. (Registered 20 September 2000)
6-8 October 2000, to the State of Kuwait, as a guest of the Kuwaiti Government. (Registered 9 October 2000)
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 participation in a seminar at Royal College of Defence Studies on 18 March 1999. The sum was passed on to a departing colleague.
Honorarium of £200 from the Royal College of Defence Studies for conducting a seminar on 9 March 2000. Money donated to Dunfermline West Constituency Labour Party.
6.Overseas visits
25-26 March 1999, to Rome with the British-Italian Parliamentary Group, travel sponsored by GKN and Alitalia, and accommodation provided by the Italian Parliament. (Registered 26 April 1999)
6-8 April 2000, to Berlin to attend an international conference; meals and accommodation paid for by the Friedrich Egbert Stiftung. (Registered 4 May 2000)
18-20 May 2000, to Apeldoorn, in The Netherlands, to attend the Apeldoorn Conference, organised by The Netherlands Atlantic Association. My flight costs, meals and accommodation were paid for by the conference sponsors who included Shell, Unilever and the Dutch Foreign Office. (Registered 23 May 2000)
16-22 September 2000, to the Republic of Korea. Air travel and hotel costs were met by the Korean Government. (Registered 12 October 2000)
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Honorary Vice President of the Dunfermline Branch of The Royal British Legion Scotland (unpaid)
Vice President of the Relatives Association Scotland (unpaid).
Vice President Maritime Volunteer Service (unpaid).
Patron Home Start (Dunfermline) (unpaid).
 
STANLEY, Rt. Hon. Sir John (Tonbridge and Malling)
1.Remunerated directorships
Henderson High Income Trust PLC; investment trust.
Henderson High income Trust Securities PLC; investment trust.
Fidelity Japanese Values PLC; investment trust.
Gartmore Split Capital Opportunities Trust PLC; investment trust.
GSCOT Securities PLC; investment trust.
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession, etc.
Consultant on financial services to Fidelity Investment Management Ltd.
Occasional lecturing.
6.Overseas visits
17-23 April 1999, to the Republic of Korea for the annual meeting of the Britain-Korea Forum for the Future. My air travel and hotel costs were met by the UK-Korea Forum. (Registered 27 April 1999)
16-22 September 2000, to the Republic of Korea. Air travel and hotel costs were met by the Korean Government. (Registered 26 September 2000)
 
 
STARKEY, Dr. Phyllis (Milton Keynes South West)
6.Overseas visits
24-25 February 1999, to Bonn, Germany, financed by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, who paid for return flight to Cologne and overnight stay at the Holiday Inn, Bonn. (Registered 3 March 1999)
5-9 March 1999, to Doha, Qatar, to observe the first democratic elections by universal adult suffrage, at the invitation of the Institute for Futuristic Studies, Qatar who met my travel and accommodation costs. (Registered 10 March 1999)
2-9 April 1999, study tour to Egypt with spouse at the invitation and expense of the Egyptian Government. (Registered 21 April 1999)
26-29 April 1999, study visit to the United Arab Emirates at the invitation of the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research. The Centre met all expenses of the visit. (Registered 29 April 1999)
7-17 September 1999, to Syria, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and the Occupied West Bank, hospitality provided by the Syrian People's Assembly and the Jordanian Parliament, and travel and accommodation costs by the Council of Arab Ambassadors. (Registered 15 October 1999)
7-9 December 1999, to Germany, to attend Fifth Kronberg talks "Europe and the Middle East and North Africa - steps towards comprehensive stability" at the invitation of the Bertelsmann Foundation who met all travel and accommodation costs. (Registered 13 December 1999)
1-3 April 2000, return flight from London to Jerusalem for visit to Al Quds Medical School, funded by the Welfare Association of Jerusalem. (Registered 16 April 2000)
5-7 June 2000, to Jerusalem to attend conference on "Culture and Community in Jerusalem". Air travel and all accommodation costs in Jerusalem funded by the Law Society, Jerusalem. (Registered 12 June 2000)
6-22 September 2000, to United States of America (Washington; Lincoln, Nebraska; Houston and Atlanta) to study aspects of the US electoral system and Presidential Campaign, travel and accommodation funded by the US State Department as part of their International Visitor Programme. (Registered 26 October 2000)
7.Overseas benefits and gifts
Gift of small rug from Oriental Carpet Company, 10th Ramadan City, Egypt. (Registered 21 April 1999)
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, and funding of part-time research help.
Barrister at Law.
Underwriting Member of Lloyd's (resigned 31 December 1998).
I write lines in the marine, non-marine, aviation and motor markets.
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
A small van load of still and carbonated spring water, collected from the lower slopes of Dartmoor, South Devon, from the Minton Spring Water Company Limited. (Registered 24 May 1999)
6.Overseas visits
7-13 November 1999, to Hong Kong for a programme of visits with politicians, financiers, civil servants, police, Customs and Excise and immigration officials, as a guest of the Chinese Government. (Registered 25 November 1999)
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
6-12 April 1999, to Pakistan and Kashmir, as part of a parliamentary delegation from the UK and Norway, at the invitation of the Government of Azad Kashmir who provided accommodation and flights. (Registered 23 June 1999)
 
STEWART, David (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber)
Nil.
 
STEWART, Ian (Eccles)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Occasional fees for opinion polls.
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
Access to various ICT facilities as part of the GEMISIS (Government, Medical, Industrial and Social Information Superhighway) Project based at Salford University.
6.Overseas visits
28-31 January 1999, to Estonia, with representatives of Salford College, Brackenhurst and Carlisle Colleges as part of the British Training and Development Network. Travel, accommodation and local hospitality was funded by Salford College. (Registered 24 February 1999)
24 May-1 June 1999, study visit to Japan with the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee. Travel funded by the Committee with accommodation and hospitality partly provided by PITCOM corporate members ICL/Fujitsu and Toshiba. (Registered 9 June 1999)
2-4 August 2000, to Prague, Czech Republic, with the Parliamentary Football Team. Flights and accommodation were paid for by the following sponsors; Anglian Water, Zepter-International, Hotel-intercontinental CSA-Czech Airlines. (Registered 4 September 2000)
 
STINCHCOMBE, Paul (Wellingborough)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Practising barrister.
Column in Planning Magazine. (£1-£1,000)
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Gift of three children's coats from Gloverall. (Registered 25 March 1999)
8.Land and Property
Residential two-bedroomed flat, one bedroom of which is used as my London home, the other of which is rented out, in London E14.
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Member of the Council of Justice (unpaid).
Member of the Board of the Prison Reform Trust (unpaid).
 
STOATE, Dr. Howard (Dartford)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
General practitioner.
General practice tutor in South Thames Region.
Regular articles for GP newspaper. (£1,001-£5,000)
Occasional income from journalism, lecturing and broadcasting.
6.Overseas visits
21-25 January 1999, to New York, to deliver a lecture to GPs on NHS funding policy. Fare and accommodation paid for by Conference Plus. (Registered 8 February 1999)
8.Land and Property
Share in freehold of surgery premises in Bexleyheath.
 
STRANG, Rt. Hon. Dr. Gavin (Edinburgh East and Musselburgh)
8.Land and Property
Rental income from holiday apartment in Spain.
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Chairman of the Craigmillar Social Inclusion Partnership - September 1999.
Trustee of Portobello British Legion Social Club - September 1970.
 
STRAW, Rt. Hon. Jack (Blackburn)
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
31 December 1999, five tickets to the Millennium Dome provided by the New Millennium Experience Company. (Registered 9 March 2000)
23 February 2000, two tickets to attend the England v Argentina international football match provided by the Football Association. (Registered 9 March 2000)
8.Land and Property
Rent income from offices in Blackburn.
 
STREETER, Gary (South West Devon)
1.Remunerated directorships
Triage PLC (non-executive); a recruitment agency within the telecommunications industry based in Bromley.
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Occasional fees from journalism and speaking engagements.
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
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).
6.Overseas visits
27 June-4 July 2000, to Colombia as part of a cross-party delegation paid for by Christian Aid. (Registered 21 July 2000)
 
STRINGER, Graham (Manchester Blackley)
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
22 December 1999, gift of Christmas hamper from John Whittaker. (Registered 4 January 2000)
1 April 2000, guest of Atlantic Telecom at Alex Ferguson Testimonial. (Registered 7 April 2000)
6.Overseas visits
21-26 February 1999, to Israel with the Labour Friends of Israel to meet senior Israeli and Palestinian personnel in the Middle East Peace Process. Flight and accommodation paid for by Labour Friends of Israel. (Registered 9 March 1999)
10.Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Member of MSF trade union.
 
STUART, Gisela (Birmingham, Edgbaston)
6.Overseas visits
18-20 March 1999, to Germany, to attend Koenigswinter Conference. Flight and accommodation paid for by Anglo-German Foundation. (Registered 22 March 1999)
22-25 September 1999, to Germany, to attend a Deutsch-Englische Gesellschaft Lecture Tour. (Registered 26 September 1999)
21-22 October 1999, return flight London to Berlin to attend the Steering Committee meeting of the Koenigswinter Conference paid for by the organisers. (Registered 25 October 1999)
 
STUNELL, Andrew (Hazel Grove)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Elected member of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
23-24 September 1999, all-party visit to Gannet Field in the North Sea with the Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies, as guests of Shell. (Registered 17 March 2000)
 
SUTCLIFFE, Gerry (Bradford South)
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
September 1999, during the visit of the Hungarian Parliamentary Football Team to the United Kingdom, I received hospitality sponsored by Powergen Ltd., Provident Finance and West Ham FC. (Registered 26 November 1999)
6.Overseas visits
10 September 1999, to Portugal with the Parliamentary Football Team, travel costs met by National Express Ltd., cost of football kit met by Spall Sports. (Registered 26 November 1999)
2-4 August 2000, to Prague, Czech Republic, with the Parliamentary Football Team. Flights and accommodation paid for by the following sponsors; Anglian Water, Zepter-International, Hotel-intercontinental CSA-Czech Airlines. (Registered 31 August 2000)
 
SWAYNE, Desmond (New Forest West)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Serving Territorial Army Officer.
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
23 November 1998, I visited the Britannia oil rig courtesy of Britannia, who paid for the cost of the visit, equipment and hospitality. (Registered 24 February 1999)
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)
2.Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Member of the Scottish Parliament. No salary drawn from that post.
Occasional fees from broadcasting and newspaper articles.
Fee for participating in a seminar from a post graduate group of General Practitioners in the East Perthshire area of my constituency, which I donated to the Lippen Care Charity of which I am a Vice-Patron.
4.Sponsorship or financial or material support
I received the following donations towards my SNP leadership election campaign:
Donation in kind of leaflets, value £1000 from Craig & Stewart Printers
Financial contributions of less than £1000 from:
Margaret Ewing MP MSP
Stewart Ewing
Colin Campbell MSP
Eddie and Pam Wilson
 
 
SYMS, Robert (Poole)
1.Remunerated directorships
Marden Holdings Ltd.; family business with interests in property, building and road haulage.
5.Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
22 May 1999, I attended a concert at the Royal Festival Hall as a guest of Zurich Financial Services. (Registered 2 June 1999)
Honorary membership, Parkstone Yacht Club.
6.Overseas visits
7-10 February 1999, to the Federal Republic of Germany, to study the German constitution and federal system of government, at the expense of the German Government. (Registered 17 February 1999)
9.Registrable shareholdings
(a)Marden Holdings Ltd.



 
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