REGISTER OF LORDS' INTERESTS
VADERA, Baroness - VINSON, Lord
VADERA, Baroness
*12(f) Regular remunerated employment
From 1 October 2009 Senior Adviser to the Presidential Committee for the G20, South Korea (expenses and subsistence only, paid by the Government of South Korea)
From 2 March 2010, advising the Government of Dubai and the Investment Corporation of Dubai (expenses only, paid by Investment Corporation of Dubai)
VALENTINE, Baroness
*12(b) Parliamentary lobbying
I am Chief Executive of London First which
is a pressure group to improve London's business environment.
London First is a not-for-profit business membership organisation
funded by subscriptions: see website for list of members. London
First's mission is to "make London the best city in the world
in which to do business". London First's activity includes
lobbying of Parliament, from time to time, but not on behalf of
specific clients. I have no personal clients and my role in
the organisation does not involve paid advocacy
*12(e) Remunerated directorships
*12(f) Regular remunerated employment
Chief Executive Officer of London First
*12(h) Secretarial research and assistance
As Chief Executive of London First I receive
secretarial support and the help of a policy team, and these may
from time to time assist me in my parliamentary work
15(a) Membership of public bodies
Hon. Fellow, St. Hugh's College, Oxford
15(c) Office-holder in pressure groups or trade unions
Chief Executive Officer of London First
(see also 12(e) and 12(f))
15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations
Board Member of Skills Festival Company
(not for profit organisation - a subsidiary of London First)
Board Member of Think London (not for profit organisation - a
subsidiary of London First)
VALLANCE OF TUMMEL, Lord
*12(e) Remunerated directorships
Member, Supervisory Board Siemens AG (engineering
and services)
Director (Chairman) Amsphere Ltd (computing services)
*12(f) Regular remunerated employment
International Advisory Board, Allianz
AG (insurance)
*12(g) Controlling shareholdings
425,000 shares in De Facto 479 Ltd (family
owned investment company)
*13(c) Financial interests of spouse or relative or friend
Wife is a member of the Committee on Standards
in Public Life
15(a) Membership of public bodies
Hon Governor, Glasgow Academy
Hon Fellow, Brasenose College, Oxford
Hon Fellow, London Business School
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Royal Scottish Academy
of Music and Drama (RSAMD)
15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations
Vice-President, Princess Royal Trust for
Carers
VERMA, Baroness
*12(e) Remunerated directorships
Chairman, DCS Foods (3 February 2009)
*12(i) Visits
Visit to India (24-29 October 2007) funded
by Government of India. Travel and subsistence paid
Visit to Thailand (2-6 February 2008) funded by British Council.
Travel and subsistence paid
Visit to Paris (22-23 February 2008) funded by Association of
Anglo Iranian Women in UK. Travel and subsistence paid
Visit to West Bengal (5-12 April 2008) funded by Commonwealth
Parliamentary Association. Travel and subsistence paid
Visit to Kenya (23-26 May 2008) Awepa Conference on Good Governance
- travel and subsistence paid by House of Lords
Visit to Paris, France (28/29 June 2008) to participate in the
International Iran Freedom Rally. Accommodation and travel costs
were met by contributions from Iranian residents in the UK through
the NCRI
Visit to Geneva (1 September 2008) - travel paid by National
Council Resistance of Iran
Visit to Norway (24-26 September 2008) - All-party Group - travel
and subsistence paid
Visit to Dhakia Bangladesh (26-30 December 2008) - Observer of
the election - travel and subsistence paid by Foreign Office (3
February 2009)
Visit to New York (29 January-1 February 2009) - Global Peace
Federation - travel and subsistence paid
Attended a peace rally in Paris (20 June 2009) - travel and subsistence
paid for by the National Council of Resistance of Iran for self
and spouse
Visit to India (5 – 10 January 2010) to attend a conference - Pravasi Bhartiya Divas; air fare, accommodation and subsistence paid for by Indian Government
*13(a) Significant shareholdings
50% shareholder in the family business
Domiciliary Care Services, Leicester and Wolverhampton. My husband
Ashok Verma holds the other 50%
*13(c) Financial interests of spouse or relative or friend
My husband Ashok Verma holds 50% shareholding
in the family business Domiciliary Care Services, Leicester and
Wolverhampton
*13(b) Landholdings
Two rental properties in Leicester
Purchased a flat in London
Main residency in Leicester
VINCENT OF COLESHILL, Lord
15(a) Membership of public bodies
Chancellor, Cranfield University
Governor, Aldenham School
Hon DSc, Cranfield University
Fellow, Imperial College, London
Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society
Fellow, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Fellow, City and Guilds of London Institute
15(b) Trusteeships of cultural bodies
Vice-Patron, Royal Artillery Museum (from
July 2007)
15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations
Freeman, Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights
Freeman, Guild of Freeman of The City of London
Patron of the National Service Veterans Association
16(a) Trusteeships
Trustee, Inspire Foundation
President, Cranfield Trust
Member, National Appeal Council, National Memorial Arboretum
VINSON, Lord
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