Wednesday 19 November 2003
Members present:
Mr John Denham, in the Chair
| Janet Anderson
Mr James Clappison
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas
Mr Gwyn Prosser
| | Mr Marsha Singh
Mr John Taylor
Miss Ann Widdecombe
David Winnick
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The Committee deliberated.
Asylum Applications: Beverley Hughes a Member of
the House, Minister of State, Home Office, and Bill Jeffrey, Director
General, and Ken Sutton, Senior Director, Asylum Support, Casework
and Appeals, Immigration and Nationality Directorate, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 2 December at 9.30 am.
Annex
DECLARATION OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS
19 November 2002
Mr James Clappison made the following declaration
of interests:
1. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Member of Lloyd's. (Resigned 31 December 1994.)
Categories of business underwritten for open years:
All.
2. Land and Property
75 acres of farmland in Patrington, East Yorkshire,
from which rental income is received.
Fourteen rented houses in Patrington and in Withernsea,
North Humberside.
3. Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Barrister, not undertaking work.
Miss Ann Widdecombe made the following declaration
of interests:
1. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Contract with Weidenfeld and Nicolson (£100,000)
for publication of novels.
16 November 2001, fee of £568.00 received from
Women in Business for a speaking engagement. The cheque was made
out to ZOCS, a charity in Zambia which I support, and was deposited
with them. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 17 December
2001)
12 December 2001, fee of £566.00 received from
Beths Grammar School for a speaking engagement. The cheque was
made out to ZOCS, and was deposited with them. (Up to £5,000)
(Registered 17 December 2001)
Fee of £2,000 from W.H. Smith for judging a
category for the W.H. Smith Awards. At my request the cheque was
issued and sent to the Aylesford Friars for their Restoration
Appeal. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 29 January 2002)
Fee of £3,000 from Flame Television for appearance
in 'Crime Team'. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 26
February 2002)
Fee of £750 from BBC for appearance on 'Ready
Steady Cook'. (Registered 26 February 2002) (Up to £5,000)
Fee of £1,000 for article for the Daily Mail.
(£1-£5,000) (Registered 26 February 2002)
Fee of £600 for article for Good Housekeeping
magazine. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 26 February 2002)
Fee of £800 for an article commissioned by the
Mail on Sunday but not published. (Up to £5,000) (Registered
13 March 2002)
Advance of £100,000 plus performance bonuses
from Weidenfeld & Nicholson for third and fourth books. (Registered
28 March 2002)
Fee and use of fitness facilities from London Weekend
Television for appearance on Celebrity Fitness programmes, together
with a payment to charity. (Up to £5,000) (Registered
14 May 2002)
Fee of £1,000 for the companion book to Celebrity
Fitness programmes from Granada Media. (Up to £5,000)
(Registered 18 October 2002)
Series of lectures at theatres around the country,
booked through Clive Conway Associates. (Up to £5,000)
Fee of £1,000 for article in Good Housekeeping,
paid to Guide Dogs for the Blind. (Up to £5,000) (Registered
1 August 2002)
2. Sponsorship or financial or material support
Provision of a student for nine or ten months each
year to carry out research and provide general assistance by Hull
University Politics Course.
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Cheque for £721.48 from Women in Business to
ZOCS, a charity in Zambia which I support, in respect of a speaking
engagement on 12 November 2001 (see category 1 above). The money
was raised from an auction of a tea with me at the House of Commons.
(Registered 14 January 2002)
4. Non-remunerated position
Adviser to the Prison Fellowship.
15 July 2003
Mr John Denham made the following declaration of
interests:
1. Overseas visits
23 May-11 June 2003, to Syria. Travel paid for by
the British Syrian Society, hospitality provided by the Government
of Syria (Registered 4 June 2003)
2. £250 from The House Magazine for speaking
at a conference.
3. £300 for an article for the Evening Standard.
9 September 2003
Janet Anderson confirmed that she had no interests
to declare.
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas made the following declaration
of interests:
1. £8,000 per annum from the Engineering Marine
Training Authority to part fund a researcher.
2. Part ownership of a house in Crosby and another
in Crewe, on which rental income is received and which are held
in trust for family members.
3. Chairmanship of the All-Party Group on Abuse Investigations.
4 November 2003
Mr John Bercow made the following declaration of
interests:
1. Remunerated directorships
Kent and Essex Wind Energy Limited (non-executive).
2. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
20 July 2003, hospitality for my wife and myself
at Silverstone Grand Prix from Buckingham Group Contracting. (Registered
24 July 2003)
3. Occasional broadcasting and newspaper articles.
18 November 2003
Mr John Taylor made the following declaration of
interests:
1. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
11 May 2003, with a guest I attended the Benson and
Hedges International Open Golf Tournament at Belfry, at the invitation
of Gallaher Group PLC. (Registered 12 May 2003)
2. Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Solicitor (non-practising).
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