Register of Lords' Interests Contents


REGISTER OF LORDS' INTERESTS

PAISLEY OF ST. GEORGE'S, Baroness - PUTTNAM, Lord

PAISLEY OF ST. GEORGE'S, Baroness

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

      My husband is a Member of Parliament and also a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
      (he is the Minister of Martyrs Memorial Church, Belfast for which he does not receive a salary)


PALMER, Lord

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Farmer

    *13(b)  Landholdings

      House and Garden open to the Public
      Flat in Marsham Court, Marsham Street, London SW1
      Farmland in Brunstane, Edinburgh
      Residual beneficiary of Patience Estate (St Lucia)
      Farmland etc in Berwickshire

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

      President, BABFO
      President, REA (Transport Division)

    16(a)  Trusteeships

      Manderston Preservation Trust
      Ladywell Trust
      Fergus Maclay Leukaemia Trust
      Gordon Palmer Charitable Trust

    16(b)  Voluntary organisations

      National Farmers Union of Scotland
      Historic Houses Association for Scotland
      Scottish Land Owners Federation
      Borders FWAG
      Scottish Protection Rural Society
      Treasurer All-Party Architecture Group
      Secretary of Scottish Peers Association
      Lords & Commons Pipe and Cigar Smokers Club


PALUMBO OF WALBROOK, Lord

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Governor, Whitgift School

    15(b)  Trusteeships of cultural bodies

      Serpentine Gallery
      Royal Fine Art Commission Trust

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Chairman, American Friends of the Natural History Museum
      Chairman, Pritzker Architecture Prize Jury


PANNICK, Lord

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Practising member of the Bar
      Fortnightly column on legal issues for The Times

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
      Hon. Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Chairman of the Legal Friends of The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
      Bencher of Gray's Inn


PAREKH, Lord

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Member, University Court, University of Luton
      Member, Academy of the Learned Societies in Social Sciences
      Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
      Fellow, British Academy
      Fellow, Academy of Europe

    15(b)  Trusteeships of cultural bodies

      Patron, Runnymede Trust
      Patron, Gandhi Foundation
      Trustee, Anne Frank Educational Trust
      Trustee, Rathbone Trust

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Director, Nirman Foundation (US based family foundation) (unpaid)

    16(b)  Voluntary organisations

      Trustee, Black Umbrella Trust
      Trustee, Association of British Clinical Diabetologists


PARKINSON, Lord

    *12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      Great Queen Street Consultants (Management Company)
      Henderson Rowe Ltd
      InTechnology plc (Online Data Storage and Retrieval)
      Jarvis Group Ltd (Building and Construction)
      Jarvis Commercial Properties Ltd (Property Investment)
      Professional Medical Group

    *12(i)  Visits

      Visit to Falkland Islands (11-19 June 2007) as guest of the Falkland Island Government to mark the 25th Anniversary of the end of the Falklands Campaign. Travel and accommodation paid for by the Falkland Islands Government
      Visit to Belarus (9-12 March 2008) at the invitation of the Belarus Ambassador and as guest of the Belarus Government to discuss privatisation and the development of a private sector. Travel and accommodation paid for by the Belarus Government

    *13(a)  Significant shareholdings

      Great Queen Street Consultants
      Henderson Rowe Ltd
      Professional Medical Group


PATEL, Lord

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Chairman, National Patient Safety Agency
      Council, Medical Research Council

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Medical Research Council
      Chancellor, University of Dundee

    15(b)  Trusteeships of cultural bodies

      Vice-President, Royal Society, Edinburgh

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Trustee, White Top Foundation (charity)
      Council Member, STROKE Association (charity)
      Patron, South Asia Health Foundation (charity)
      Patron, Twins Society


PATEL OF BLACKBURN, Lord

    *13(b)  Landholdings

      The Empire Building, Randal Street, Blackburn
      Family Land Holdings (Agricultural) and houses and flats in India

    15(b)  Trusteeships of cultural bodies

      Westbrookhouse Community Centre

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      President of the Indian Workers Association
      Vice-President of the Blackburn Racial Equality Council
      Chairman Hajj Committee
      President of the Asian Business Federation
      President, East Lancs Scouts


PATEL OF BRADFORD, Lord

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

        University of Central Lancashire:
      Professor and Head of International School for Communities, Rights & Inclusion and
      Executive Director Pennine Lancashire

      As part of my roles at the University of Central Lancashire I undertake work on a variety of projects with a range of Government Departments, particularly in the health, social care and criminal justice areas.

    *12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      Associate Non-executive Board Member, Leicester Partnership Trust NHS Trust

    *12(h)  Secretarial research and assistance

      I am provided with occasional research support from my own research team at the University of Central Lancashire

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Chairman, National Prison Drug Treatment Review Group

    16(b)  Voluntary organisations

      Patron of Sharing Voices (a local charity in Bradford working with people with mental health problems in minority ethnic communities)
      Patron of National Men's Health Forum (a national charity working on issues in relation to men's health in the UK)
      Patron of The Bridge Project (a local charity in Bradford working with people with problems with substance misuse)
      UK Member of UNICEF's Global Task Force on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
      President of Bradford Magistrates Chaplinary Service (a charity in Bradford working with offenders through chaplaincy services)
      Patron, Westminster Health Forum (a London based forum organising health and social care discussions and debates)
      Patron of British Muslin Heritage Centre (a charity based in Manchester to promote community cohesion and inter-faith dialogue)
      Patron of Equality Partnerships (a community organisation supporting the Lesbian Gay and Bi-sexual communities in Bradford and West Yorkshire and Humber region)


PATTEN, Lord

    *12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      Non-executive Director, Lockheed Martin Holdings UK Ltd (wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation - a global security company)

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Senior Adviser, Charterhouse Development Capital Ltd (private equity)
      Adviser, Thomas Goode & Co Ltd (luxury goods)
      Adviser, Lockheed Martin Overseas Corporation (Global Security Company)

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Hon Fellow, Harris Manchester College, Oxford

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Member of the Advisory Board of the British Olympic Association (unpaid); no expenses
      Joint President, Atlantic Council of the United Kingdom

    16(b)  Voluntary organisations

      Liveryman, Worshipful Company of Drapers


PATTEN OF BARNES, Lord

    *12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      Member, European Advisory Board of Bridgepoint (a private equity firm)
      Non-executive Director, Russell Reynolds Associates Inc
      Member, International Advisory Board of AIG (an insurance company)
      Chairman, Non-Executive of Valliance Infrastructure Fund Board

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Regular income from writing and speaking engagements
      Member of EDF Stakeholder Advisory Panel

    *12(h)  Secretarial research and assistance

      Part-time PA to look after my work as Chancellor of Oxford University

    *12(i)  Visits

      Lord and Lady Patten paid a private visit to Jordan (4-10 March 2009) as guest of His Majesty The King of Jordan. The Royal Court paid for the whole visit including airfares
      Visit to Rome (17-20 September 2009) to participate in and chair the British Council's Pontignagno Conference. Flight and accomodation paid by the British Council.
      Visit to Istanbul (8-12 October 2009) for a meeting of the Board of Overseers of Sabanci University. Flight and accomodation paid by Sabanci University.

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Chancellor of Oxford University
      Board of Overseers of Sabanci University

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Chairman of the Trustees of The Healing Foundation
      Chairman, Oriental Foundation Arrabida Conference
      Vice Chairman of the Salzburg Global Seminar
      Co-Chair of the Board of the International Crisis Group
      Co-Chair of India-UK Roundtable
      Co-Chair of Italy-UK Annual Conference
      Advisory Board Member, St. Benedict's School
      Member of the Global Leadership Foundation
      President, Medical Aid for Palestinians


PAUL, Lord

    *12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      Chairman and Director, Caparo Group Ltd (a UK-based industrial manufacturing company with operating subsidiaries in Europe and India)

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Senior Advisor on Indian business, Berwin Leighton Paisner

    *12(i)  Visits

      Visit to the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi (1 – 4 November 2009), at the invitation of the UAE Minister of Education and Scientific Research to participate in the Festival of Thinkers programme organised by the Minister and the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT). First class return airfare, car transfers between Dubai and Abu Dhabi, some meals and one night’s accommodation at the InterContinental Abu Dhabi was paid for by HCT.

    *13(a)  Significant shareholdings

      Jointly with Hon Ambar Paul, Hon Akash Paul, Hon Anjli Paul and Hon Angad Paul interested in the whole of the issued share capital of Caparo Group Limited and Caparo US Holdings.

      Caparo Group, through its subsidiary Caparo plc, has a 25% interest in Core Capital LLP, which manages five venture capital trusts, Core VCT I, Core VCT II, Core VCT III, Core VCT IV and Core VCT V plc.

      400,000 shares in Core VCT V plc

    *13(b)    Landholdings

      Rental income from two cottages and farmland, when tenanted, in Buckinghamshire

      Ownership of an apartment in London

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Chancellor of the University of Wolverhampton
      Chancellor of the University of Westminster

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Chairman of Trustees, Ambika Paul Foundation
      Chairman of the Board and Trustee of PiggyBankKids
      Chairman, PiggyBankKids Projects Limited
      Member, Zoological Society of London, Development Advisory Committee
      Vice-President, Cricket Foundation ‘A Chance to Shine’ Appeal Board
      Member, UK-India Business Council Advisory Board
      Member, British Olympic Association Advisory Board


PEARSON OF RANNOCH, Lord

    *12(i)  Visits

      Visit with wife to Miami, Florida, USA (25-28 April 2009) as guests of the Florida Security Council. Air travel was paid for by the hosts, and some meals were paid for by the hosts or associated bodies

    *13(b)  Landholdings

      Deer forest and forestry in West Highlands of Scotland, including residential property

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Patron, RESCARE (the National Society for children and adults with learning disabilities and their families)
      Hon President, British Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine
      Co-Founder, Global Britain (research into and publication of the UK's relationship with the European Union and the wider world)
      Chairman, Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART)

    16(a)  Trusteeships

      Founder and executive trustee of the Rannoch (Charitable) Trust
      Trustee, Politics & Economics Research Trust


PEEL, Earl

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Lord Chamberlain of the Queen's Household (from 16 October 2006)

    *13(b)  Landholdings

      Land in North Yorkshire consisting of:-
        Moorland
        Farms let on Agricultural Tenancies
        Residential property

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      A Vice-President of the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust


PENDRY, Lord

    *12(a)  Parliamentary consultancy agreements

      Parliamentary Advisor to the Stamford Group Ltd (£1,000 per month)

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      President of the Football Foundation Ltd
      Sports Advisor to Tameside District Council Sports Trust
      I have received a cheque as a donation (November 2009) from an American company which accepted my advice to them in regard to introducing them to a Pension Fund in this country.

    *12(i)  Visits

      Visit to Wimbledon (2008) as a guest of Imperial Tobacco
      Cruise from Los Angeles to Miami (27 March -10 April 2007) as guest of Saga Holidays in return for lectures on Parliament and on sport; all expenses met by Saga but the Member paid one half of drinks bill

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Chairman of Angel Trust (unpaid)
      Trustee, Develop Youth Through Sports Trust (unpaid)


PERRY OF SOUTHWARK, Baroness

    *12(d)  Non-parliamentary consultant

      President, Council for Independent Further Education (Honorarium + subsistence at Annual Conference)
      President, Westminster & City Branch of Chartered Management Institute (unpaid)
      Visitor to Collingham's Sixth Form College (small honorarium)
      Chair of City & Guilds Quality and Standards Committee (paid)

    *12(i)  Visits

      Visit to Taiwan (4-10 January 2009) as guest of the Taiwanese government, with a group of parliamentarians from both Houses as members of the All-Party British-Taiwanese group (suggested value of this hosting £3,000)

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Chair of Cambridge University/Addenbrookes Clinical Research Governance Committee

    15(b)  Trusteeships of cultural bodies

      Member, Editorial Advisory Board of "The New Educator" - New York, USA

    16(b)  Voluntary organisations

      Companion of the Institute of Management
      Member of the Institute of Directors
      Member of the International Women's Forum
      Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Bakers
      Advisory Board Member of the US National Parenting Foundation
      Hon Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers
      Patron of the Alzheimer's Research Trust
      Patron of the British Youth Opera
      Patron of the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic
      Patron of the Warum's Engineering Society
      Patron of the College of Osteopathy


PESTON, Lord

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Vice-President, Speakability
      Governor, National Institute of Economic and Social Research



PILKINGTON OF OXENFORD, Lord

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

      Director, Politea (think tank)

    16(b)  Voluntary organisations

      Hon member, National Association of Head Teachers


PITKEATHLEY, Baroness

    *12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      Non-executive Director, Third Sector PR (PR for charities)

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Chair, Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (from January 2009)
      Chair, Third Sector Advisory Body (from April 2008)
      Chair, Specialised Healthcare Alliance (from April 2007)

    *12(i)  Visits

      Member of a group which visited Guernsey as part of the APG on the Channel Islands (5-7 June 2009). We were guests of the Chief Minister of the Island and I was accompanied by my husband, David Emerson

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      President, Community Council for Berkshire
      Vice-President, Carers UK
      Patron, Prostate Cancer Charity
      Patron, Bracknell CVS
      Ambassador, National Voices


PLANT OF HIGHFIELD, Lord

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Professor of Jurisprudence and Philosophy, King's College, University of London
      Part time Professor Sciences P Paris
      Visiting Professor Institute for Political Studies, The Catholic University of Lisbon
      Visiting Professor, University Nord, Estonia

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Hon Fellow, St Catherine's College, Oxford
      Hon Fellow, Harris Manchester College, Oxford
      Hon Fellow, Cardiff University
      Fellow of King's College, London

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Board Member, Foundation for Law, Justice and Society, Wolfson College, Oxford
      Member of the Development Trust, University of Southampton


PLATT OF WRITTLE, Baroness

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Member of the Court of Middlesex University
      Hon Alderman, Essex County Council

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      President, Friends of Hylands House
      President, Writtle Society

    16(b)  Voluntary organisations

      Patron, WISE
      Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Engineers
      Patron, Essex Community Foundation
      Patron, Essex Women's Advisory Group


PLUMB, Lord

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Farming

    *13(b)  Landholdings

      Properties in Warwickshire

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Hon President, International Policy Council
      President, Campden Food Research Association
      President, Friends of Fergusson
      President, National Ploughing Association
      President, National Sheep Association
      Trustee, International Agricultural Training Programme
      Hon Trustee, Royal Agricultural Society of England
      President, Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institute
      Deputy President, National Federation, Young Farmers Club
      Patron, Farm Africa
      Patron, Cotswold Conservation Board


 

PONSONBY OF SHULBREDE, Lord

    *12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      Director, Rosehill Energy Ltd plc

    *12(i) Visits

      Visit (23 – 28 August 2009) to Uzbekistan in my capacity as President of the British Uzbek Society; the trip was paid for by The Institute for Studies of the Civil Society based in Tashkent.

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      President of the British Uzbek Society



POWELL OF BAYSWATER, Lord

    *12(d)  Non-parliamentary consultant

      Adviser to Eastern Star Publications

    *12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      Chairman, LVMH (Moet-Hennessy Louis Vuitton) UK
      Chairman, Capital Generation Partners Ltd
      Chairman, Magna Holdings
      Director, Caterpillar Inc
      Director, Financière Agache
      Director, LVMH (Moet-Hennessy Louis Vuitton)
      Director, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
      Director, Matheson & Co
      Director, Textron Corporation
      Director, Schindler Holdings
      Director, Northern Trust Global Services
      Director, Hong Kong Land Holdings

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Chairman, GEMS Private Equity Fund Advisory Board
      Chairman, Rolls-Royce International Advisory Board
      Chairman, Advisory Board of Bowmark Capital
      Member, Barrick Gold International Advisory Board
      Member, Advisory Board of the Aspide GMBH
      Member, Advisory Board of Thales UK
      Member, Advisory Board of Alfa Capital
      Member, International Advisory Board of ACE
      Member , Advisory Board of HCL Technologies
      Member, Advisory Board of Diligence

    *12(i)   Visits

      Invitation to speak at James Baker Centre at Rice University in Houston on 30 October 2009 at a meeting of Foreign Ministers from 1989/90 (in the absence of Lord Hurd) to celebrate 20 years after the Fall of the Wall. Air fare and accommodation paid.

      Invitation to speak at the Reagan Presidential Library on 6 November 2009 to mark 20 years after the Fall of the Wall. Air fare and hotel accommodation paid.

      Invitation to speak at a High Level Symposium during the APEC Leaders Summit in Singapore on 10 November 2009. Air fare and accommodation paid.

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Chairman, Trustees of the Said Business School Foundation, Oxford University
      Co-Chairman, Asia Task Force
      Member, China Task Force

    15(b)  Trusteeships of cultural bodies

      Trustee, Aspen Institute (USA)
      Trustee, British Museum

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

      Chairman, Atlantic Partnership

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Director, Singapore Millennium Foundation
      Member, Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies

    16(a)  Trusteeships

      Trustee, Said Foundation


PRASHAR, Baroness

*12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

    Part-time Chairman, Judicial Appointments Commission
    Member of the committee appointed to enquire into the war on Iraq
    Chairman, The Advisory Board, Centre for Parliamentary Studies (I am paid a small honorarium for chairing three meetings a year)

*12(i)  Visits

    Visit to India (22-30 October 2007) at invitation of Ministry of External Affairs for UK parliamentarians of Indian origin, all costs paid by Government of India

15(b)  Trusteeships of cultural bodies

    Trustee, Cumberland Lodge (as from January 2007)

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

    Hon President, Local Government Association

15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

    Governor and member of the management committee - The Ditchley Foundation
    Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
    Fellow, City and Guilds
    Patron, Tara Arts
    Patron, The Runnymede Trust
    President, UKCISA The Council for International Student Affairs
    President, Royal Commonwealth Society
    Hon. President, Community Foundation Network

16(a)  Trusteeships

    Trustee, Miriam Rothschild and John Foster Trust from 2007


PRIOR, Lord

    *13(b)  Landholdings

      Farmland in Suffolk including residential properties
      Joint tenant, Queenwood Farm Partnership, Salisbury, Wiltshire


PROSSER, Baroness

    *12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      Director of Trade Union Fund Managers (a company which overseas the investments of participating trade unions)
      Director of Royal Mail

    *12(f)  Regular remunerated employment

      Deputy Chair to the Commission for Equality and Human Rights

    16(a)  Trusteeships

      Director of Lionel Cook Memorial Fund (a limited company)

    16(b)  Voluntary organisations

        Member of Transport & General Workers Union/Unite


PRYS-DAVIES, Lord

    No relevant interests


PUTTNAM, Lord

    *12(e)  Remunerated directorships

      Deputy Chair, Channel Four
      Chair Future Lab
      Chair, Profero
      Director, Chalk Free
      Director, Huntsworth Plc

    *12(g)  Controlling shareholdings

      Enigma Productions Ltd - 75 shares

    *13(b)  Landholdings

      14 acre holding with house (personal use only) in West Cork, Eire

    15(a)  Membership of public bodies

      Chancellor, Open University

    15(d)  Office-holder in voluntary organisations

      Trustee, IPPR

    16(a)  Trusteeships

      Thompson Foundation
      North Music Trust
      The Eden Project


 
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