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BLACKMAN - BYERS

BLACKMAN, Elizabeth (Erewash)
	Nil.

BLAIR, Rt. Hon. Tony (Sedgefield)
4.	Sponsorship or financial or material support
		Secondment of part-time assistant to my Sedgefield constituency office by Freedom Group of Companies PLC.
5.	Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
		31 December 1999, tickets for four adults and five children for the Millennium Dome's New Year celebration provided by New Millennium Experience Company. (Registered 9 May 2000)
		December 2000, Rugby Union Football tickets and hospitality for the England v South Africa match. (Registered 3 April 2001)
6.	Overseas visits
		August 2000, accompanied by my family, I spent two days as a guest of Signor Claudio Martini, the President of the Tuscan Regional Government, and made a donation to a local charity. (Registered 8 September 2000)

BLEARS, Hazel (Salford)
5.	Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
		1-3 December 2000, accommodation costs provided by the Co-operative Commission for my husband and myself to attend a weekend meeting of the Commission in Cheltenham. (Registered 4 December 2000)
		March 2001, I received a gift of a 'Bikebubble' from Carcoon Storage Systems Ltd, Salford, a company in my constituency. (Registered 25 April 2001)
10.	Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
		Trustee of Working Class Movement Library (voluntary - no remuneration).
		Trustee of the National Museum of Labour History, Manchester (unremunerated).
		Trustee of The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (unremunerated).
		Member of the Co-operative Commission, which is examining the future of the Co-operative Movement, from 1 March 2000-summer 2001.
		Vice-President of the Local Government Association from 1 July 2000.

BLIZZARD, Bob (Waveney)
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		Member of Political Opinion Panel of BPRI (Business Planning and Research International). (£1-£1,000)
		Member of Harris Research Panel. (£1-£1,000)
			Fees from both panels are paid to local charities.
6.	Overseas visits
		9-14 April 2000, to Brazil with the British-Brazilian All-Party Group, paid for by BG International. (Registered 15 May 2000)

BLUNKETT, Rt. Hon. David (Sheffield, Brightside)
4.	Sponsorship or financial or material support
		Provision of office space by Sheffield City Council. This facility is provided for all Sheffield MPs. All office expenses are paid for by me and rent is being paid to the City Council.
8.	Land and Property
		Short-term lease for six months on house in Southfields, London; rent income to begin December 2000.

BLUNT, Crispin (Reigate)
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		Occasional fees from polling organisations, media and academic institutions, for articles and appearances.
6.	Overseas visits
		17 September-1 October 2000, to the United States under the auspices of the International Visitor exchange programme arranged by the U.S. Embassy. (Registered 12 October 2000)

BOATENG, Paul (Brent South)
5.	Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
		31 December 1999, I attended the opening ceremony at the Millennium Dome with my wife and five children, as guests of the New Millennium Experience Company. (Registered 16 February 2000)

BODY, Sir Richard (Boston and Skegness)
10.	Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
		Unremunerated director of the following companies which are associated with various trusts and charities, etc.:
			New European Publications Ltd.
			RTY Ltd.
			Jewell's Farm Ltd.

BORROW, David (South Ribble)
4.	Sponsorship or financial or material support
		Contribution from BT towards the purchase of video-conferencing facilities, for the use of constituents between the constituency and Westminster.

BOSWELL, Tim (Daventry)
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		Selfemployed partner in family farming business.
		Receipt of fees for occasional articles and media appearances.
5.	Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
		23 April 2000, two tickets and hospitality at the British Grand Prix provided by Silverstone Circuits Limited (as constituency Member). (Registered 3 May 2000)
		16 December 2000, one day's shooting in Herefordshire as guest of Gryphon Corporate Strategy. (Registered 20 December 2000)
8.	Land and Property
		Lower Aynho Grounds Farm (as at item 2), Northants/Oxon.
		Owns (with family interests) small quantity of let land in Essex.

BOTTOMLEY, Peter (Worthing West)
1.	Remunerated directorships
		Director (formerly Chairman) of Appian Technologies Ltd.; supply of car park information and signs.
		Director of the following companies in the Appian Group:
			Appian Traffic Technologies PLC.
			Carnay Limited.
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
		Income from speaking, reading, and writing.
		Economist.
		Advice and deposition on casualty reduction and vehicle risks (including evidence in litigation relating to Suzuki; and to Consumers Union) to Roth, Edwards & Smith, Attorneys in Florida, and to other lawyers.
4.	Sponsorship or financial or material support
		Donation of £1000 to the West Worthing Conservative Fighting Fund from the Westminster Circle, a group of business people originally based in the Carshalton and Wallington constituency for whom I sponsor lunch meetings. The Fighting Fund is not tied to my candidacy but is also used for borough, district and county election expenses and helps other constituencies when possible.
		Donation of £2500 to the West Worthing Conservative Association from the Westminster Circle.
5.	Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
		Many media, sporting, musical, dramatic and other cultural invitations as an MP and a spouse.
		Infrequent payments by media of damages and/or legal costs as the result of writs after actionable defamation.
8.	Land and Property
		Income from house sharing in London and occasional holiday letting of properties in Isle of Wight and Surrey.
10.	Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
		Non-sponsored member of TGWU.
		Member of Drapers' Company Court and Chairman of Charities Committee.
		Member of NACRO Council.
		Frequently I give unpaid advice to charities and to campaigning groups.

BOTTOMLEY, Rt. Hon. Virginia (South West Surrey)
1.	Remunerated directorships
		Member of the Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel; Dutch multinational company.
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		Occasional fees for lectures, articles and broadcasting.
		Partner: Odgers Ray and Berndtson; search and selection consultants.
5.	Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
		Media, sporting, musical, dramatic and cultural invitations as MP, former Minister and occasionally as a wife.
8.	Land and Property
		Shared income from house sharing and occasional holiday letting.
10.	Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
		Vice-Chairman of the British Council (unpaid).
		Governor of the London School of Economics (unpaid).
		Governor of the Ditchley Foundation (unpaid).
		Patron, Cruse Bereavement Care (unpaid).
		Vice-Patron, Carers' National Association.
		Governor of the London Institute (unpaid).
		Shareholding of below registrable threshold in PatientView Ltd.; a patient publicity and market research firm.

BRADLEY, Rt. Hon. Keith (Manchester, Withington)
5.	Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
		I occasionally visit Old Trafford Football Ground and Old Trafford Cricket Ground during the season as a guest of Manchester Airport PLC. (Registered 14 June 1999)
10.	Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
		Unremunerated director of the Parrs Wood Rural Trust; a charitable company limited by guarantee.

BRADLEY, Peter (The Wrekin)
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		Occasional fees from journalism, media appearances, lectures and opinion surveys.
5.	Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
		Gift of a Heritage kit, a property marking system, from Smartwater Europe Limited, a company in my constituency. (Registered 7 February 2000)

BRADSHAW, Ben (Exeter)
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		I receive small fees (under £100) for occasional appearances on radio and television news and current affairs programmes. All such fees are paid to local constituency charities and organisations.
		Fee from Guardian Unlimited for daily conference diary. (Registered 12 March 2001)
4.	Sponsorship or financial or material support
		Provision of website designed and hosted by Website Ltd. of Exeter.
5.	Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
		I received two complimentary tickets for a performance at the Royal Opera House on 20 March 2001, provided by the Royal Opera House. (Registered 22 March 2001)
6.	Overseas visits
		15-21 May 2000, to Germany, with flights and accommodation courtesy of the Deutsch-Englische Gesellschaft. (Registered 28 June 2000)
		25-27 June 2000, to Germany, with flights and accommodation courtesy of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. (Registered 28 June 2000)
		27-29 November 2001, to Berlin, courtesy of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. (Registered 12 March 2001)
8.	Land and Property
		Mortgaged terrace house in Exeter, Devon - rental income.
		One-third share of terrace house in Salcombe, Devon - no income.

BRADY, Graham (Altrincham and Sale West)
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		Occasional lecturing and public speaking engagements.
		Member of Harris Parliamentary Panel. (£1-£1,000)
		Member of Opinion Leader Research Parliamentary Panel.
		Member of Political Opinion Panel of BPRI (Business Planning and Research International).
		June 1999, fee received from Underline Communications for hosting Pension Journalist of the Year Award in the House of Commons, sponsored by AON Consulting.
		6 June 2000, fee received from Underline Communications for hosting Pension Journalist of the Year Award.
		Two courses of lectures to students visiting from USA, Richmond College, between 19 June and 27 July 2000.
6.	Overseas visits
		3-5 November 2000, to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, to attend a conference organised by the British Tertulias. This trip was paid for jointly by our hosts, and by a grant from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. (Registered 23 November 2000)
		15 November 2000, one day visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau as a guest of the Holocaust Educational Trust, who paid for my air fare. (Registered 23 November 2000)
		22-25 January 2001, two-day visit to Germany at the invitation of the German Government to discuss employment matters and the Selective Schools System; relating to my responsibilities as Opposition Front Bench spokesman on Education and Employment. (Registered 18 January 2001)


BRAKE, Thomas (Carshalton and Wallington)
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		Member of Harris Parliamentary Panel.
		Occasional fees for opinion polls.
			All fees passed to local charities or my constituency party.
10.	Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
		Trustee of the Centre for Environmental Initiatives (non-remunerated).
		Governor of Carshalton High School for Girls.

BRAND, Dr. Peter (Isle of Wight)
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		Partner in NHS GP practice, Brading, Isle of Wight.
		Member of Political Opinion Panel of BPRI (Business Planning and Research International). (£1-£1,000)
		Occasional fees for speaking at various medical conferences in the UK. The fees are paid as a donation to my local constituency party.
5.	Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
		Honorary membership of Royal Solent Yacht Club.
		Honorary membership of Seaview Sailing Club.
		Honorary membership of Ryde Rowing Club.
		Honorary membership of Bembridge Sailing Club.
6.	Overseas visits
		15-17 March 2000, British-Netherlands All-Party Parliamentary Group visit to the Netherlands Second Chamber at the Hague. Travel paid by Group from funds donated by declared sponsors, namely Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever and Reid Elsevier. All other expenses met by the Second Chamber. (Registered 5 March 2000)
		16-17 October 2000, to Denmark with the Associate Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group (PRASEG) to witness the Danish Wind Farm Sector and meet with senior members of the Danish Government Energy Agency and the Danish Wind Industry. Flight and accommodation paid for by National Wind Power UK. (Registered 31 October 2000)
8.	Land and Property
		Beechgrove Surgery, Brading, Isle of Wight.
		Beechgrove Lake Surgery, Lake, Isle of Wight.
		Both properties owned jointly with my wife, Dr. Jane Brand, and partner, Dr. Richard Loach.
10.	Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
		Director (unremunerated) of the Isle of Wight Partnership, which is concerned with the economic and social regeneration of the Isle of Wight.

BRAZIER, Julian (Canterbury)
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
		Freelance journalism and lecturing: writes articles, broadcasts and gives lectures on a freelance basis only.
					Member of Harris Parliamentary Panel. (£1-£1,000). Proceeds paid to the Red Cross Landmines Appeal.
		Parliamentary adviser to the British Secondary Metals Association. (£1,001-£5,000)
6.	Overseas visits
		September 2000, lecture tour of three American states. Five lectures, on which honoraria paid by host universities; the fee from Centenary College, Louisiana, exceeded £500. (I gave several "pro-bono" lectures, including one at an English-speaking Union branch in addition to the five I received honoraria for.) I paid all my air tickets. The English-speaking Union paid part of my car hire costs. (Registered 5 October 2000)
10.	Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
		President of the Conservative Family Campaign.

BREED, Colin (Cornwall South East)
6.	Overseas visits
		5-7 June 2000, to Jerusalem to attend conference on "Culture and Community in Jerusalem". Air travel from London and all accommodation costs in Jerusalem funded by the Law Society, Jerusalem. (Registered 12 June 2000)
10.	Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
		Lay member, General Medical Council.

BRINTON, Helen (Peterborough)
	Nil.

BROOKE, Rt. Hon. Peter (Cities of London and Westminster)
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		Occasional journalism and speeches.
		Chairman of the Building Societies Ombudsman Council.
		Member of Lloyd's (resigned).
		MAPA: All categories of business underwritten except Life (in run-off).
5.	Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
		2 September 2000, guest of PricewaterhouseCooper at the Oval for final test England v West Indies. (Registered 13 December 2000)
9.	Registrable shareholdings
		(a)	Ecole St. Georges S.A.
10.	Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
		Member of Council, University of London.
		Senior Fellow, Royal College of Art.
		Presentation Fellow, King's College, London.
		Honorary Fellow, Queen Mary and Westfield College.
		Hon. D. Litt., University of Westminster.
		President of the British Antique Dealers' Association (honorary, though in receipt of an uncovenanted case of wine at Christmas).
		President of the British Art Market Federation.
		Trustee, Institute of Contemporary British History.
		Trustee, Marlburian Club.
		Trustee, Wordsworth Trust.
		Patron, The Kennet and Avon Canal Partnership Project.
		Patron, The Stained Glass Museum 25th Anniversary Appeal.
		Liveryman of the Drapers' Company (unremunerated).

BROWN, Rt. Hon. Gordon (Dunfermline East)
4.	Sponsorship or financial or material support
		Help from the Labour Party for research.

BROWN, Rt. Hon. Nicholas (Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend)
	Nil.

BROWN, Russell (Dumfries)
	Nil.

BROWNE, Desmond (Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		Parliamentary and Public Affairs Consultant to the William Hill Organisation. (£10,001-£15,000)
4.	Sponsorship or financial or material support
		Scottish Power are meeting the costs of video conference equipment installed in my constituency office. British Telecom meet the cost of the rental of ISDN line. I pay for maintenance of the ISDN line and the call charges.
6.	Overseas visits
		23 July-1 August 2000, to Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi to meet representatives of NGOs, Churchmen, local politicians and government Ministers, as a guest of Christian Aid. (Registered 12 October 2000)
10.	Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
		Non-remunerated director of East Ayrshire Employment Initiative (since 1 May 1998).
		Non-practising Member of Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh (since 15 May 1999).

BROWNING, Angela (Tiverton and Honiton)
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		Occasional income from television, radio, journalism.
5.	Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
		22 May 2000, guest, with spouse, of Arthur Andersen at the Chelsea Flower Show Preview Gala. (Registered 29 May 2000)
		15 July 2000, I was the guest of Exeter International Airport on a flight on Concorde from Heathrow to Exeter International Airport. (Registered 3 August 2000)
6.	Overseas visits
		19 February 2000, I received a return air ticket from London to Copenhagen to speak at a conference organised by the "Euro Nej" campaign. (Registered 14 March 2000)

BRUCE, Ian (South Dorset)
1.	Remunerated directorships
		Chairman of Ian Bruce Associates Ltd., a recruitment, management and parliamentary consultancy firm and who own residential letting properties in Dorset, subsuming interests listed below.
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		Parliamentary Adviser to Communications Management Association (formerly Telecommunications Managers Association). (£5,001-£10,000)
		Parliamentary Adviser to Trevor Gilbert & Associates, Personal Injury and Employment Advisers, and TGA Ltd, Telecommunications Recruitment Specialists. (£5,001-£10,000)
		Opinion poll questionnaires completed on an ad hoc basis for various organisations; fees paid either directly or indirectly to charitable and other good causes.
		Occasional articles for trade journals.
6.	Overseas visits
		21-29 May 2000, study tour to San Francisco and Silicon Valley, California, organised by the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee. Air fares and part hotel costs paid by the Committee. Other accommodation, meals and local travel provided by Nortel Networks, Text 100 and Lucent Technologies. (Registered 9 June 2000)
		2-9 November 2000, to the Falkland Islands as a guest of the Falkland Islands Government. (Registered 30 November 2000)
8.	Land and Property
		Residential letting properties in Dorset.
		Ownership of a flat in London, occasionally loaned and let out for holiday purposes.
		Ownership of a house in Dorset, part used as a Parliamentary constituency office, part occasional residential lettings and occasional use as a venue for Conservative Party and other charitable events.
9.	Registrable shareholdings
		(a)		Ian Bruce Associates Ltd.
10.	Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
		Chairman and Director, EURIM Limited (unpaid), a non-profit company formed to monitor and collate information on the European information society as it affects EUand British legislation and to lobby the EU and British ministers and parliamentarians.

BRUCE, Malcolm (Gordon)
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		Occasional broadcasting and journalism fees.
5.	Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
		14 July 2000, attendance at the first night of the Proms accompanied by my wife as guests of the BBC. (Registered 25 July 2000)
		Two free Euro Traveller tickets received from British Airways for a promotion for travelling on two Business Class journeys in Europe in the first quarter of the year. (Registered 25 July 2000)
		22 July 2000, attendance at the Open Golf Championships accompanied by my wife as guests of Conoco. (Registered 25 July 2000)
7.	Overseas benefits and gifts
		January 2001, I received an unsolicited personal cheque for £320.33 for a charity of my choice from Uncharted Outposts of Atlanta for whom I acted as host for a lunch in the House of Commons last year. I sent the cheque to the National Deaf Children's Society. (Registered 26 February 2001)

BUCK, Karen (Regent's Park and Kensington North)
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		Occasional small fees from TV and other media appearances, and from participating in polling research, with the latter income being given directly to charity.
10.	Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
		Governor, Wilberforce School (unremunerated).
		Member, Fund-raising Committee (unremunerated), Kensington Housing Trust.
		Board member, 'New Life for Paddington' single Regeneration Budget Board.
		Board member, 'Golborne United' single Regeneration Budget Board.
		Trustee, Westminster Drugs Project.

BURDEN, Richard (Birmingham, Northfield)
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		Occasional broadcasting fees.
		Occasional fees for opinion polls, paid to my constituency party.
5.	Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
		22-23 April 2000, passes for British Grand Prix at Silverstone provided by F1A. Transport to circuit arranged by Sir Frank Williams. (Registered 17 May 2000)
6.	Overseas visits
		5-8 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)
		19-23 January 2001, to Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, as part of a fact-finding delegation, to assess the impact of occupation on poverty amongst the Palestinian people. Visit organised and funded by War on Want. (Registered 29 January 2001)


BURGON, Colin (Elmet)
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		Occasional fees for opinion polls for Harris and MORI.

BURNETT, John (Torridge and West Devon)
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		Senior partner of Burd Pearse, Solicitors of Okehampton and Great Torrington.
		Partner of A. Craig-Mooney, Solicitors of Tavistock.
		Farmer.
8.	Land and Property
		Farm and farm cottages in Devon.

BURNS, Simon (West Chelmsford)
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		Fee for delivering a speech on 14 July 2000 as part of the Oxford Academic Summer School for American High School Students programme.
5.	Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
		March and July 2000, two cases of wine from The House Magazine for a speech given at a seminar. (Registered 11 July 2000)

BURSTOW, Paul (Sutton and Cheam)
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		Elected member of London Borough of Sutton Council.
		Occasional payment received for magazine articles and radio appearances.
		Member of MORI research panel.
		Member of Gallup research panel.
4.	Sponsorship or financial or material support
		Provision of a website by Mr Jeffrey Richards, Managing Director of ABS Training, Sutton, Surrey.
		Two desktop computers and one printer for use in my Westminster and constituency offices provided by Mr D Ellison, a local party member.
6.	Overseas visits
		22-24 June 2000, to Stockholm to attend and speak at a conference organised by the ZEUS (Zero Emissions in Urban Society) partnership, who paid for my return flight and accommodation. (Registered 24 January 2001)
10.	Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
		Governor of Westbourne Primary School, Sutton.
		Hon. President of Sutton Branch of MS Society.

BUTLER, Christine (Castle Point))
	Nil.

BUTTERFILL, John (Bournemouth West)
1.	Remunerated directorships
		Conservation Investments Ltd. (property investment company).
		Conservation Properties Ltd. (property development company).
2.	Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
		Parliamentary adviser to British Venture Capital Association (BVCA). (£10,001-£15,000)
		Partner, Butterfill Associates (financial, corporate and real estate consultants).
		Consultant to Curchod and Co. (Chartered Surveyors) (non-parliamentary).
		Occasional fees for radio, television, lectures and journalism.
		Member of Harris Parliamentary Panel. (£1-£1,000).
		Member of Political Opinion Panel of BPRI (Business Planning and Research International). (£1-£1,000)
5.	Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
		4 March 2000, ticket and hospitality at England v Wales rugby match at Twickenham, as guest of the Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Group. (Registered 15 March 2000)
		7-9 June 2000, British-Spanish All-Party Parliamentary Group meeting with Spanish counterparts in Edinburgh. Travel paid for by British Airways and other expenses met from Group funds provided by our declared sponsors, British Gas plc and the Norwich Union plc. Travel within Edinburgh and other hospitality was provided and paid for by the Scottish Executive. (Registered 27 June 2000)
		29 June 2000, tickets and hospitality at the All England Tennis Club, Wimbledon, for self and wife as guests of the Provident Financial Group. (Registered 6 July 2000)
6.	Overseas visits
		31 January-2 February 2001, to Seville, Spain, for meeting with Spanish colleagues from the Congress of Deputies. Travel paid for out of Group funds provided by declared sponsors, British Gas plc and Norwich Union plc. All other expenses met by our hosts, the Spanish Congress of Deputies. (Registered 14 February 2001)
9.	Registrable shareholdings
		(a)	Conservation Investments and subsidiary companies.
10.	Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
		Honorary President, European Property Associates (international property consultancy grouping).
		Member of the Council of Management of the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals.

BYERS, Stephen (North Tyneside)
8.	Land and Property
		Rental income received in respect of office accommodation in Forest Hall, Newcastle.



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