Register of Lords' Interests Contents


REGISTER OF LORDS' INTERESTS

  The following Members of the House of Lords have made declarations in respect of relevant interests under the Code of Conduct:

ABERDARE, Lord - AVEBURY, Lord

ABERDARE, Lord

    *12(f) Regular remunerated employment

      Director of Waltz Programs Ltd – Training for Work and Apprenticeships in London
      Employment as a Consultant by the Twist Partnership Ltd (social enterprise promoting leadership through learning of which I am also a Director)
      Irregular employment as a Communications Consultant by the Freemasons’ Grand Charity

    *12(i) Visits

      Visit to the Aberdare Mountains Kenya (10 – 14 February 2010) arranged by Rhino Ark for its trustees and patrons; travel and accommodation paid by Rhino Ark.

    15(a) Membership of public bodies

      Hon. Fellow, Cardiff University

    15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Trustee, The Berlioz Society
      Trustee, St. John Cymru, Wales

    16(a) Trusteeships

      Trustee, Dashwood Heirloom Settlement
      Trustee, West Wycombe Charitable Trust

ACTON, Lord

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Member, Library Advisory Committee of the State Historical Society of Iowa, USA
      Member, Sustaining Board of the Linn County Historical Society, Iowa, USA
      Hon. Board Member, Old Creamery Theatre Company, Iowa, USA
      Hon President, Association of American Study Abroad Programmes in the UK

    16(b)  Voluntary organisations

      Member, The Pilgrims
      Member, Royal Africa Society


ADAMS OF CRAIGIELEA, Baroness

    No relevant interests


ADDINGTON, Lord

    *12(i)  Visits

      Visit to India (26 September – 4 October 2009) under the auspices of the Liberal Democrats Friends of India; business class flights and accommodation paid by the Government of India.

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Vice-President, British Dyslexia Association
      Vice-President, Lakenham Hewitt Rugby Club
      Vice-President, Lonsdale Club
      Vice-President, UK Sports Association

    16(b)  Voluntary organisations

      Patron, Adult Dyslexia Association
      Patron, Carousel


ADEBOWALE, Lord

    *12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      Director, Leadership in Mind
      Non-executive Director, St. Vincent Healthcare (retains 5% shares in this organisation)

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Chief Executive Officer, Turning Point (a charity)
      Occasional income from broadcasting goes to Turning Point
      Commissioner, Audit Commission

    *12(h)  Secretarial research and assistance

      Research and secretarial assistance paid for and provided by Turning Point

    *13(a)  Significant shareholdings

      Five per cent of shares in St. Vincent Healthcare (see 12(e))

    *13(b)  Landholdings

      Flat in London which is rented out

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Chancellor (visiting Professor) Lincoln University

    15(b)  Trusteeships of cultural bodies

      Patron, Rich Mix Cultural Centre

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Company secretary, Turning Point
      Patron, Nurse Training on Alcohol
      Patron, Adzido (youth monitoring)
      Member, NHS National Quality Board


ADONIS, Lord

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      In receipt of ministerial salary


AFSHAR, Baroness

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Professor of Politics and Women studies at the University of York
      Visiting Professor of Islamic law at the Faculte´ Internationale de Droit Compare'e at Strasbourg

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Member of Education Honours Committee
      Member of UK Drug Policy Commission
      Commissioner, Women's National Commission
      Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
      Commissioner of UK Drug Policy Commission

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Hon. President of United Nations Association's International Services
      Patron of the National Coalition Building Institute (Diversity Hub)
      Patron of Solace
      Patron of Women and Children First
      Patron of Refugee Action York
      Chair of the Communication Committee of the British Muslim Research Centre
      Founder Member and Honorary President of Muslim Women's Network UK


AHMED, Lord

    *12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      Kilnhurst Business Park and property development business
      Director/Chairman of Redbrick Homes Limited (property development)
      Director/Chairman of Blackhorne Limited (property development)

    *12(g)  Controlling shareholdings

      I have bought a company called Newbond Investments Ltd but it is not yet trading

    *12(h)  Secretarial research and assistance

      The Tigris Group has sponsored the funding of my new research assistant. All employees' related expenses will be funded by the group for one year 2008-2009

    *12(i)  Visits

      Visit to Doha (13-24 February 2007) as guest of the Qatar foundation and the Universal Peace Federation for the Doha Debate (BBC World). All my travel and accommodation expenses were paid by Qatar foundation
      Travel and accommodation expenses to Korea for a peace conference were paid for by the Universal Peace Federation
      Visit to Chicago (9-11 March 2007). All expenses paid for by Radio Islam, Chicago
      Travelling to Beirut (23-25 March 2007). Travel and accommodation will be paid for by the Alfi foundation
      Attended a conference in Tunis from 2 November 2007 to 4 November 2007. All travel and accommodation was paid by the Government of Tunisia
      Visit to Pakistan (September 2007) with the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. During this time my travel expenses were paid by the Pakistan Muslim League N
      Visit to Sudan/Darfur (16-20 April 2008) at the invitation of the Sudan University. All travel and accommodation expenses were paid by the Sudan University
      Visit to San Francisco (16 - 18 May 2008) - all expenses were paid by the Human Development Foundation
      Visit to Sudan and in particular Darfur (23-28 July 2008) - all expenses were paid for by the University of Sudan
      Visit to Nigeria (1-9 August 2008) - all expenses were paid for by the British High Commission in Abuja
      Visit to Milan (13-16 August 2008) - all expenses were paid for by the Italian/Pakistani community
      Visit to Columbus, USA (29 August-2 September 2008) to attend the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) conference. All travel and accommodation expenses were paid for by ISNA in the USA
      Visit to Gaza via Cyprus (7-11 November 2008) - all expenses were paid for by "The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza"
      Visit to Sudan/Darfur (4-9 April 2009) at the invitation of the Sudan University - all travel and accommodation expenses were paid for by the Sudan University
      Visit to Sudan (21-25 May 2009) - all expenses were funded by the International University of Sudan
      Visit to Tatarstan, Russia (26-30 May 2009) - all travel expenses were funded by the British Institute of Technology and E-Commerce. My accommodation expense was covered by the Prime Minister of Tatarstan, Russia
      Visit to Geneva (11-12 June 2009). The British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce paid for my travel and accommodation expenses
      Visit to Glasgow (13-14 June 2009). All travel and accommodation expenses will be paid for by the Association of the British Hujjaj
      Visit to Pakistan (28 July – 12 August 2009); cost of air travel was paid by Mr Sheikh Muqsood of London and accommodation was provided by the Chief Minister of Punjab and by a friend, Mian Aamer Mahmood (the Mayor of Lahore)
      Visit to Gaza, Palestine, (14 - 18 January 2010); all expenses were paid by the European Campaign to End the Siege of Gaza.
      Visit to Geneva (31 January – 1 February 2010); all expenses were paid by the History and Culture of East Research Institute
      Visit to Barcelona on 5 February 2010; a day return paid for by the Pakistan / Spanish Forum

    *13(b)  Landholdings

      Inherited property, farmland and houses in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan
      Agricultural land in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Chairman for Better for Tomorrow Institute, a charitable school in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
      Chancellor of the British Institute of Technology and E-Commerce Ltd

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Member of Board of Advisors for the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT)

    16(a)  Trusteeships

      Fazaldad Human Rights Organisation

    16(b)  Voluntary organisations

      Al-Shifa, Pakistan (eye hospital)
      Amnesty International
      Association of British Hujjaj
      British Heart Foundation
      Chinese Muslim Charity, Canada
      Layton Rehmatula Trust, Pakistan
      Magistrates Association
      Mirpur Friendship Association
      Alma Hospital Trust
      SAARC Foundation UK
      USDAW
      Concordis International
      Response International
      Chairman of the Darfur British Initiative
      Muslim Peace and Reconciliation


ALDERDICE, Lord

    12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      President, ARTIS (Europe) Ltd. This is a company engaged in research and risk modelling, including in the psychology of terrorism and political violence. It seeks funding from various sources for this research. (notional remuneration)
      Advisor, Barefoot Investments Asia LLC
      Non-Executive Director, Barefoot Management Asia Ltd

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (part-time), retiring from this post on 31 March 2010
      Member of the Independent Monitoring Commission appointed by the British and Irish Governments

    *12(i)  Visits

      Participated in briefing for US State Department on Sri Lanka, in Washington DC (30 - 31 August 2009). The costs were met by the US Institute of Peace.
      Visit to Delhi and Pune, India (26 September – 4 October 2009) under the auspices of the Liberal Democrats Friends of India. The costs were met by the Government of India.
      Participated in all-party political talks in Baghdad, Iraq (19 - 22 November 2009) hosted by the Speaker of the Iraqi National Parliament. The costs were met by the Iraq Helsinki Project.

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Patron, Institute of Governance, Public Policy and Social Research, The Queen's University of Belfast
      Co-Chairman of Bahcesehir University International Dialogue Initiative, Istanbul, Turkey
      Co-Chairman of Critical Incident Analysis Group (CIAG) and Visiting Professor at University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Immediate Past President, Liberal International
      President, Westminster Pastoral Foundation
      Vice-President, National Benevolent Fund for the Elderly
      Patron, Antidote
      Patron, Northern Ireland Institute of Human Relations
      Patron, Youth Access
      Patron, UK Friends of The Abraham Fund Initiatives
      Vice Patron, Dame Vera Lynn Trust
      Senior Advisor, Conflicts Forum
      Member, Advisory Board of the Centre for Reform
      Advisor, Oxford Research Group
      Chairman of the World Federation of Scientists Permanent Monitoring Panel on the Motivation for Terrorism (23 July 2009)


ALLENBY OF MEGIDDO, Viscount

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      President, Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society


ALLI, Lord

    *12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      Castaway Television Productions Ltd
      Chorion Ltd
      AsSeenonScreen Holdings plc
      BM Creative Management Limited
      Olga TV Limited
      Silvergate Investments Ltd

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Chancellor, De Montfort University

    *13(a)  Significant shareholdings

      Planet Acquisitions Holdings Ltd (holding company of Chorion)
      Castaway Television Productions Ltd
      ASoS
      BM Creative Management Limited
      Olga TV Limited
      Silvergate Investments Limited

    15(b)  Trusteeships of cultural bodies

      Elton John Aids Foundation
      Skillset (the national training organisation for broadcast, film video and multimedia)
      National Youth Theatre

    16(a)  Trusteeships

      Albert Kennedy Trust
      Trustee, Crimestoppers


ALLIANCE, Lord

    *12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      Chairman, N Brown Group plc, whose business consists of retailing through direct home shopping fulfilment and financial services

    *12(g)  Controlling shareholdings

      100% of the issued share capital of the Anglo-Eastern Trust Limited, which carries on a financial business embracing lending money, trading and investing in listed investments, investing in unlisted investments, trading and investing in property and trading subsidiaries based in Dubai engaged in telecommunications and related businesses
      62% of the issued share capital of Mazrek Limited, an R&D company based in Israel, specialising in fuel injection systems for diesel engines

    *13(a)  Significant shareholdings

      34.7% of the issued share capital of N Brown Group plc (see paragraph 12(e) registration for details of the Company's Business)
      50% of the issued share capital of Dane Properties Limited, a property investment company
      8.33% of Caspet Securities Inc (a company investing in gold exploration)
      45% of the issued ordinary share capital of Affirmative Finance Limited and 100% of the issued preferred ordinary share capital of Affirmative Finance Limited, which has a business of lending money
      6.1% of the issued share capital of IDenta Corp., a United States OTC market company with its base in Israel supplying testing kits for drugs and explosives internationally
      0.7% of Huntsworth plc, international public relations
      24.5% of the issued share capital of Tuxedo Money Solutions Ltd, a provider of pre-paid cards as an alternative to debit and credit cards
      120,000 90p shares in F&C Commercial Property Trust Limited, a property company
      110,000 £1 shares in RIT Capital Partners plc, a listed portfolio investment trust
      Royal Bank of Scotland
      Lloyds TSB

    15(a) Membership of public bodies

    Member of the Board of Governors of Tel Aviv University

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Director, Alliance Family Foundation Limited
      Director, Weizmann Institute Foundation
      Trustee, Next Century Foundation
      The William House Trust
      Member of the Advisory Board of Community Security Trust


ALTON OF LIVERPOOL, Lord

    *12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      Non-executive Director, Banner Group, now part of the R3 Group
      Non-remunerated director of the UK Association of Rights and Humanity, a registered charity

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Director, Liverpool John Moores University Foundation for Citizenship

    *12(h)  Secretarial research and assistance

      Occasional Research assistance provided by the All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group and Right to Life

    *12(i)  Visits

      Travel costs paid by Right to Life to a series of public meetings organised to explain the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill (2007-2008)
      Travel to Vienna for a conference organised by the Hudson Institute (2008)
      Visit to North and South Korea (February 2009) as Chairman of All-Party Group on North Korea and to receive Mystery of Life award; supported by 'Building Bridges' and the Archdiocese of Seoul
      Visit (September 2009) to the Tibet Autonomous Region, external travel supported by the All Party China Group; internal travel, accommodation and meals provided by the Government of China
      Visit to India (February 2010) on behalf of the Bible Society which paid travel and expenses

    *13(d)  Hospitality or gifts

      The costs of the plaintiffs in the case of Lord Alton and others v. The Secretary of State for the Home Department of whom I was one, were met by contributions from Iranian residents in the UK through the National Council of the Iranian Resistance

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Advisory Committee, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
      Foundation Governor, Liverpool Bluecoat School
      Governor, Stonyhurst College

    15(b)  Trusteeships of cultural bodies

      Trustee, Chesterton Institute

    15(c)  Office-holder in pressure groups or trade unions

      Treasurer, All-party Parliamentary Friends of CAFOD
      Chairman, All-party British-North Korea Group
      Vice-Chairman, All-party group on Tibet
      Secretary All-party group on Sudan

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Past Chairman, Forget-Me-Not Appeal, Liverpool
      Vice-President, Local Solutions (Merseyside Council for Voluntary Service)
      President, Mersey Kidney Research
      President, Karen Aid
      Vice-President, St Joseph's Hospice
      Board Member, Institute for Religion and Public Policy (Washington DC)
      Patron, Zoe's Place (baby hospice)

    16(b)  Voluntary organisations

      Life
      Jubilee Campaign


AMOS, Baroness

    *12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      Employed by the Government (FCO) as High Commissioner Designate to Australia (from 21 August 2009) (23 July 2009)

    *12(i)  Visits

      Visit to Israel and West Bank - sponsored by Labour Friends of Israel and the Government of Israel and the West Bank
      Visits to Qatar -One for a conference on the economic situation in the Middle East and the other on Democracy in the Middle East - sponsored by the Government of Qatar
      Visit to Ghana - hosted by the Government of Ghana for attendance at the National Awards ceremony
      Attendance at the Africa Prize, Alexandria Egypt-sponsored by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation (23 July 2009)
      Attendance at the Progressive Governance Conference, Chile – sponsored by Policy Network (23 July 2009)
      Attendance at the Global Progressive Forum – sponsored by the Labour Party (23 July 2009)
      Visit to Washington DC to collect a 30th anniversary award – sponsored by the Smithsonian Museum of African Art (23 July 2009)
      Visit to Washington DC and to North Carolina, Bennett College – sponsored by UK – US Embassy and Bennett College (23 July 2009)
      Participation in conference on democracy and the economic situation in the Middle East – sponsored by Government of Qatar (23 July 2009)
      Participation (18 – 20 September 2009) in Pontignano Conference XVII in Rome funded by the British Council


    *13(b)  Landholdings

      Land in Guyana

    *13(c)  Financial interests of spouse or relative or friend

      Sister - partner in Amos Laycock, Consultancy Company, South Africa

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Visiting Fellow, Centre for Corporate Reputation, Said Business School, Oxford University

    15(b)  Trusteeships of cultural bodies

      Friend of the Women's Library
      Patron, National Jazz Archive

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Member, Global Advisory Board, Global Health Group, University of California-San Francisco
      Patron of Women and Children First (23 July 2009)

    16(a)  Trusteeships

      Patron of the Windsor Leadership Trust
      Friend of the Daycare Trust


AMPTHILL, Lord

    No relevant interests


ANDERSON OF SWANSEA, Lord

    *12(b)  Parliamentary lobbying

      Council of Reference/Advisor to various Christian voluntary organisations (unpaid)

    *12(i)  Visits

      Visit to Israel (January 2007) leading a delegation from the Anglo-Israel Association
      Visit to Mauritius (September 2007) with my wife at the invitation of the Government of Mauritius, who paid for our accommodation and most local costs
      Visit to Morocco (23-25 May 2008) to participate in a Conference dealing with EU/Maghreb and Morocco issues at the invitation of the Ambassador

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Deputy Lieutenant, County of West Glamorgan
      Hon Freeman of the City and County of Swansea
      Freeman of the City of London
      Hon Fellow, University of Swansea and Hon Fellow, Swansea Metropolitan University

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      President, Swansea Male Choir
      President, Morriston Big Band
      President, 32nd Swansea Rhyddings Scout Group
      Vice-President, Morriston Orpheus Choir
      Vice-President, Swansea Business Club
      Board Member, Mercy Ships UK (a charity)
      Patron, Concordis International
      Trustee, Money for Madagascar (a charity)
      Member, Morriston Rotarty Club

    16(b)  Voluntary organisations

      Member, Royal Institute of International Affairs
      Member, Royal United Services Institute
      Member, Association of European Parliamentarians for Africa (AWEPA)


ANDREWS, Baroness

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Chair of English Heritage


ANELAY OF ST JOHNS, Baroness

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Opposition Chief Whip, House of Lords

    *12(i)  Visits

      Visit to Rome on Friday 4 April 2008 to address the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (European Chapter) on the subject of "Autonomy and Social Responsibility" in the context of the Conservative Party's policy review. Air travel and hotel accommodation for my husband and me were provided by the hosts, IAML (European Chapter)

    *13(b)  Landholdings

      Sole owner of a residential property in Dorset let on a commercial basis

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      President, Woking Citizens' Advice Bureau
      President, Woking Constituency Conservative Association
      Trustee, 1949 Conservative and Unionist Trust
      Vice-President, Woking Conservative Women's Committee
      Vice-President, Magistrates' Association Golfing .Society
      Patron, Talking About Cannabis (a company limited by guarantee - it supports people whose lives have been affected by cannabis abuse)


ARCHER OF SANDWELL, Lord

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Chairman, Enemy Property Compensation Panel

    *13(d)  Hospitality or gifts

      Quom rug from the Iranian Resistance on visiting the President
      Watercolour from the National Council of Resistance of Iran
      The costs of the plaintiffs in the case of Lord Alton and others v. The Secretary of State for the Home Department of which I was one, were met by contributions from Iranian residents in the UK through the National Council of Resistance of Iran

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Bencher, Gray's Inn
      Hon Fellow, University College, London

    15(c)  Office-holder in pressure groups or trade unions

      President, World Disarmament Campaign

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Hon Secretary, Wyndham Place - Charlemagne Trust
      President, Fabian Society
      President, Guild of British Asians
      President, Methodist Homes (MHA Care Group)
      President, One World Trust

    16(a)  Trusteeships

      Trustee, One World Trust
      Trustee, Full Fact


ARCHER OF WESTON-SUPER-MARE, Lord

    *12(g)  Controlling shareholdings

      Andartis Limited (art dealers)
      Artdeal Limited (art dealers)

    *13(a)  Significant shareholdings

      Corporate Dynamics Limited (investment holding company)
      Albert Goodwin plc (Enterprise Investment Scheme, Fine Art)
      Between 10% and 50% share of profits in various theatrical productions: Grease, London; Flashdance The Musical; The new Grease on Broadway Limited Partnership; The Sound of Music (Canada) Inc; Grease, US Tour; The Sound of Music, UK Tour; Chicago, UK Tour; La Cage aux Folles, London; The Shawshank Redemption, London

    *13(b)  Landholdings

      Rented urban property in London, Tyne & Wear, Northshields,


ARMSTRONG OF ILMINSTER , Lord

    15(b)  Trusteeships of cultural bodies

      Trustee, RVW Trust
      Trustee, Derek Hill Foundation
      Trustee, Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation
      Trustee, Wells Cathedral School Foundation


ARRAN, Earl of

    *12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      Director, Weather World

    *13(b)  Landholdings

      1 acre of allotment holdings in High Roding (Essex)

    15(b)  Trusteeships of cultural bodies

      Trustee of Chelsea Physic Garden

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      President, Children's Country Holidays Fund

    16(a)  Trusteeships

      Trustee of certain family trusts


ASHCROFT, Lord

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      BCB Holdings Ltd (banking and other interests in Central America)

    *12(g)  Controlling shareholdings

      BCB Holdings Ltd
      Consolidated Asset Management (Holdings) Plc (Specialised in Wealth Management)
      Mavinwood plc (document storage services)
      Shellshock Limited (cash shell)
      Impellam Plc (recruitment, janitorial and security services in the UK)
      Shellproof Limited (cash shell)
      Strand Associates Ltd (corporate finance and investor in other companies)
      Political Investments Ltd (provides information on the political process)
      Strand Partners Limited (Corporate Finance Advisors)
      Anne Street Partners Limited (corporate finance and investor in other companies)
      Mayfair Limited (Holding company)
      Bearwood Corporate Services

    *13(a)  Significant shareholdings

      Biteback Media Limited (publishing)
      Digital Marketing Group plc
      Mobcast Services Limited (electronic book services)
      Priory Investments Holdings Limited (specialised healthcare services)
      Retail Merchant Services Limited (support for small retailers)
      Watford Leisure plc
      WPS Financial Group



    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Chairman, Board of Trustees, Crimestoppers
      Trustee, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
      Trustee, Prospect Education (Technology) Trust
      Treasurer of International Democrat Union
      Member of the Board and a Deputy Chairman of Conservative Party
      Advisory Board Member of the Institute for Justice Sector Development
      Vice Patron of the Intelligence Corps Museum


ASHDOWN OF NORTON-SUB-HAMDON, Lord

    *12(d)  Non-parliamentary consultant

      In the interests of transparency I am registering that I hold the post of President of the EU-Russia Centre, which is a lobbying and research organisation based in Brussels and registered under Belgian law as an NGO. The aim of the Centre is to encourage and facilitate dialogue and policy development between European governments and politicians and their opposite numbers in the Russian Federation.

      From time to time the Centre lobbies the UK Government (and other European Governments) on policy towards Russia.

      I receive occasional remuneration as President, but the fees received do not relate to lobbying as such, and there is no commercial lobbying on behalf of a client or clients. The post in no way arises from my membership of the House. The post involves regular travel to Brussels paid for by the Centre.

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Member, Advisory Board, Defence Strategy and Solutions (a strategic advisory firm dedicated to the areas of aerospace, defence and national security)
      Advisor to the Good Governance Group (G3) (G3 deals with advice on security and governance issues in UK and world wide)
      I also earn fees from frequent, but not regular newspaper articles and broadcasting
      Member of the Advisory Board of Group Silverline Limited
      Both of the above posts involve regular overseas travel paid for by the employer.

    12(i)  Visits

      Visit to United States (29 March – 2 April 2009) to give lecture. Funding provided in part by Yale University, in part by USIP (the United States Institute for Peace)

      Visit to Geneva (2-3 June 2009) for an event organised and paid for by Executives International and Interpeace (a Geneva based NGO on whose board I sit on a pro bono basis)

      Visit to Yale University (November 2008) to give lecture. Part of the fare for this was paid by Yale, part by USIP (the United States Institute for Peace) and part by the Good Governance Group.
      Visit to Paris (Spring 2009) to attend bi-annual Board meeting of the International Crisis Group.

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Co-Chairman (with Lord Robertson of Port Ellen) IPPR's Commission on National Security
      UK President of UNICEF
      Board Member of the International Crisis Group
      The above two posts involve regular travel abroad paid for by the organisation.


ASHLEY OF STOKE, Lord

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Emeritus Chancellor, Staffordshire University
      Hon. President, All Party Parliamentary Disability Group

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Chairman, National Cochlear Implant Users' group
      President, Deafness Research UK
      President, League of Friends, Epsom Hospital
      President, RNID
      President, National Association of Deafened People


ASTOR, Viscount

    *12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      Ancroft Tractors Ltd
      Cliveden Securities Ltd
      Prestbury Residential Ltd
      Royal Tokaji Wine Company
      Networkers International Plc
      OKA Direct Ltd
      Raymond Chandler Ltd
      George Simenon Ltd
      Agatha Christie Ltd
      Robert Bolt (1973) Ltd
      Planet Acquisitions Ltd
      Planet Acquisitions Holdings Ltd
      Chorion Trustee Ltd

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Chairman, Investment Committee, East European Food Fund
      Partner, Tarbert Farms

    15(b)  Trusteeships of cultural bodies

      Trustee, Stanley Spencer Gallery, Cookham, Berkshire


ASTOR OF HEVER, Lord

    *12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      Managing Director of a family-owned French company that owns a flat in Alpes-Maritimes. This post is not remunerated

    *12(i)  Visits

      British Grand Prix as guest of Motor Sports Association (6 July 2008)
      British Grand Prix as guest of Motor Sports Association (21 June 2009)
      Visit to BAE Systems in Barrow-in-Furness (3 March 2009) as guest of BAE Systems
      Visit to Oman (17 – 22 February 2010); the visit was a Cross-Party defence-focussed visit as guests of the State Council of the Sultunate of Oman; cost of travel and accommodation was met by the State Council of the Sultunate of Oman.
      Visit to Bahrain (12 – 15 March 2010) for the Bahrain Grand Prix as the guest of HRH Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain

    *13(a)  Significant shareholdings

      Controlling shareholder in family company (SCI Astor Riviera) that owns a flat in the Alpes-Maritimes, France (5 February 2009)

    *13(b)  Landholdings

      Farmland in Kent, including residential properties

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Kent Ambassador, to promote the interests of the County of Kent
      President of Tunbridge Wells International Music Festival 2009

    15(c)  Office-holder in pressure groups or trade unions

      President, Motor Sport Industry Association

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Chairman, Rochester Cathedral Trust
      President, Durand Group
      President, Earl Haig Branch, Royal British Legion
      President, Royal British Legion, Westerham Branch
      President, Edenbridge and District Rifle Club
      President, Eden Valley Museum Trust
      President, Kent County Agricultural Society
      Patron, Centre for Autism & Related Disorders, Kings College, London
      Patron, Westerham (Gallant) Sea Cadet Corps
      Patron of National Organisation of Beaters and Pickers-Up
      Patron of St. Mary's Westerham Heritage Trust
      Patron, Astor Theatre, Deal
      Hon Colonel, 101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment (EOD) (V)
      Trustee, Fund for Refugees in Slovenia

    16(a)  Trusteeships

      Trustee, Astor of Hever Trust
      Trustee, Atlantic Bridge

    16(b)  Voluntary organisations

      Member, The Life Guards Regimental Council
      Member, Advisory Council, Canterbury Cathedral Trust


ATTENBOROUGH, Lord

    *12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      Richard Attenborough Productions Ltd (Film Producing and Directing Company - the Company also provides the services of Lord Attenborough in the UK to other Organisations)
      Attenborough Overseas Ltd (Film Producing Company - the Company also provides the overseas services of Lord Attenborough to other Organisations)

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Director of Capital Radio plc
      Director of Attenborough Holdings Limited and its subsidiary companies

    *12(g)  Controlling shareholdings

      Attenborough Securities Ltd (the Company carries on business as an investment company)

    *13(a)    Significant shareholdings

      Attenborough Holdings Ltd - holding is 36 shares out of a total issued capital of 147 issued shares (the Company is a holding company of a group whose activities are those of film producers and directors. The group provides the services of Lord Attenborough in the UK and overseas to other organisations)

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Chancellor, Sussex University
      Chairman of Trustees, Waterford, Swaziland
      President, NFTS (National Film & Television School)
      President, BAFTA
      President, RADA

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Muscular Dystrophy of Great Britain
      Actors Charitable Trust
      Denville Hall


ATTLEE, Earl

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Serving officer in the Territorial Army (paid for each day of training and entitled to a tax free bounty if certain requirements are met)

    *12(h)  Secretarial research and assistance

      From time to time intern (usually from the US) provided by EPA and others

    *12(i)  Visits

      From time to time I am involved in the road movement of abnormal loads, primarily they are heavy armoured vehicles in connection with the REME Corps Museum. These movements are permitted under the Road Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) General Order laid under Section 44 of the Road Traffic Act 1988

    15(b)  Trusteeships of cultural bodies

      In connection with the REME Corps Museum, I purchase about £700 pa of petrol for non-commercial use in non-road going vehicles which could be outside the scope of any road user charging that might be introduced for ordinary motorists and other conventional road users and which could therefore reduce my expenditure on petrol

    15(c)  Office-holder in pressure groups or trade unions

      Patron, British Vehicle Salvage Federation

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Vice-President, Barrett's Oesophagus Foundation


AVEBURY, Lord

    *12(g)  Controlling shareholdings

      Controlling interest in CL Projects Ltd (company sells computer hardware and software, and provides management advice to Cook Labbock & Co, a partnership in which it has a 50% interest)

    *12(i)  Visits

      Visit to Bangladesh (August 6-15 2008) as Co-Chair of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission - paid for by IWGIA Copenhagen
      Preparatory meeting of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission, Copenhagen (May31-June 1 2008)- paid by International Work Group on Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
      Visit to Bangladesh as co-chair, Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (15-22 February 2009) - air fare and hotel paid by IWGIA
      Visit to Hanover (October 18-19 2008) - paid by Working Group Bangladesh in Lower Saxony
      Visit to Ankara to launch the Turkish translation of the Blue Book 'The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire 1915-1916' James Bryce & Arnold Toynbee, with an introduction by Eric Avebury June 25-28, 2009; air fares and hotel bill paid for by Gomides Foundation

    *13(b)  Landholdings

      390 acres arable land in Northamptonshire

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      President, Kurdish Human Rights Project
      President, TAPOL (Indonesian Human Rights)
      President, Advisory Council for the Education of Romanies and Travellers (ACERT)
      President, Peru Support Group
      Patron, Angulimala Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy
      Vice-President, London Bach Society
      Chairman, Cameroon Campaign Group
      Co-chair, Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission

    16(a)  Trusteeships

      Trustee, Silbury Fund
      Trustee, Friends of the Alola Foundation
      Chairman, Maurice Lubbock Memorial Fund


 

 
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