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:
ACTON, Lord - AVEBURY, Lord
ACTON, Lord
ADAMS OF CRAIGIELEA, Baroness
ADDINGTON, Lord
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
15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations
Hon. President of United Nations Association;
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 Chair of Muslim Women's Network UK
Trustee, Edutrust
AHMED, Lord
*12(e) Remunerated directorships
Kilnhurst Business Park and property development
business
*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
*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) Research &
Risk Modeling (only notionally remunerated at present). This
is a group engaged in research including into the psychology of
terrorism and political violence, and seeks funding from various
sources (including Government) for this research)
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)
Member of the Independent Monitoring Commission appointed by the
British and Irish Governments
15(a) Membership of public bodies
Patron, Institute of Governance, Public
Policy and Social Research, The Queen's University of Belfast
Joint Chairman, Advisory Board, Critical Incident Analysis Group (CIAG) and the Research Strategies Network (RSN), University of Virginia and Visiting Professor in Department of Psychiatry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA, USA
15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations
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
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
4.5% of the issued share capital of GNE Group plc, engaged in
petrol retailing and gas supply
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
15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations
Director, Alliance Family Foundation Limited
Director, Weizmann Institute Foundation Limited
Trustee, Next Century Foundation
Trustee, The Co-Existence Trust
ALTON OF LIVERPOOL, Lord
*12(b) Parliamentary lobbying
Small shareholding in Precise Communications
Ltd (now amalgamated with Unique) which works in a range of areas
including public relations and lobbying - no such work undertaken
on their behalf (no remuneration received to date)
*12(e) Remunerated directorships
Non-executive Director, Banner Group,
now part of the R3 Group
*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
*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
AMOS, Baroness
*12(e) Remunerated directorships
Non-executive Director of Travant Capital Partners
Non-executive Director – 2018 Board
*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
*13(b) Landholdings
*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
Chair, Royal African Society
Patron, National Jazz Archive
15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations
Member, Global Advisory Board, Global
Health Group, University of California-San Francisco
Commissioner, Fulbright Commission
Patron of Women and Children First
16(a) Trusteeships
Patron of the Windsor Leadership Trust
Friend of the Daycare Trust
AMPTHILL, Lord
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-designate of English Heritage until
27 July 2009; Chair of English Heritage from 27 July 2009
ANELAY OF ST JOHNS, Baroness
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
ARCHER OF WESTON-SUPER-MARE, Lord
ARMSTRONG OF ILMINSTER , Lord
ARRAN, Earl of
*12(e) Remunerated directorships
*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
Executive Chairman of BB Holdings Ltd
(banking and other interests in Central America)
*12(g) Controlling shareholdings
BB 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)
*13(a) Significant shareholdings
Global Health Partner plc (specialised
healthcare services)
Strand Associates Ltd (corporate finance and investor in other
companies)
Priory Investments Holdings Limited (specialised healthcare services)
Watford Leisure plc
Digital Marketing Group plc
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
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.
*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
15(a) Membership of public bodies
Co-Chairman (with Lord Robertson of Port
Ellen) IPPR's Commission on National Security
ASHLEY OF STOKE, Lord
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
*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
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