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APPENDIX 1: SELECT COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS

The Members of the Committee which conducted this inquiry were:

until 26 November 2008

from 9 December 2008

Declarations of Interest

12(f) Regular remunerated employment
Television Executive, Brook Lapping Productions, a subsidiary of Ten Alps Communications plc
13(c) Financial interests of spouse or relative or friend
I also disclose the interests disclosed by Lord Razzall
16(b) Voluntary organisations
RAPT—Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners Trust

Other relevant information

Employee, BBC (1984-1993)
Editor, Channel 4's "A Week in Politics" (1993-1996)

12(i) Visits
Visit to Hungary (21-23 March) with All-party EU Accession Group. Fare paid through Parliamentary travel scheme. Accommodation and hospitality provided by Hungarian Parliament
Visit to Romania (29 May—2 June). Fare paid through Parliamentary travel scheme. Accommodation and hospitality provided by Romanian Parliament
Visit to Liverpool (23-24 June 2006) with my wife, with European Capital of Culture 2008 All-party Parliamentary Group—accommodation and hospitality paid for by Liverpool Culture Company
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 (12 February 2008)
15(a) Membership of public bodies
Chairman, Castle Vale Neighbourhood Partnership Board, Birmingham
President, Josiah Mason College, Erdington, Birmingham
15(c) Office-holder in pressure groups or trade unions

The Member is an office-holder in various all-party parliamentary groups; details will be found in the register of all-parliamentary groups at

www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmparty/memi01.htm

15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations
Patron, Training for Life
Patron, Hospice of St. Francis, Berkhamsted, Herts
Patron, Chilterns MS Centre, Halton, Bucks
Patron, Hope for Children

12(e) Remunerated directorships
Independent National Director, Times Newspapers Holdings Ltd (11 December 2007)
15(b) Trusteeships of cultural bodies
Director, Opera North, company limited by guarantee (unpaid)
Trustee of York Minister Trust Fund (not a company limited by guarantee) (unpaid)
16(a) Trusteeships
London Clinic Company limited by guarantee (unpaid)
Other relevant information
Director, Tyne Tees Television plc (1986-1994)

12(e) Remunerated directorships
Non executive Director, Holcim Ltd
Member Advisory Council, Electra QMC, Europe Development Capital Fund plc (24 July 2007)
Chairman, Thomson Foundation (24 July 2007)
15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations
Vice Chairman, All-party Group on AIDS
16(a) Trusteeships
Trustee, Terrence Higgins Trust

Other relevant information
Non Executive Chairman, Midland Independent Newspaper plc

(Birmingham Post Group) 1991-1998

Non Executive Chairman, Regional Independent Media (Yorkshire Post) 1998-2002
Staff, The Times newspaper 1961-1970
Life member, National Union of Journalists

15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations
President, Telford Steam Railway (17 June 2008)
Other relevant information

Reporter then Producer, ATV and Central Television 1979-1987
Member, National Union of Journalists

12(e) Remunerated directorships
British Telecom PLC
12(f) Regular remunerated employment
KPMG
Former BBC employee (1994-2006) in receipt of BBC Pension
15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations
Chairman, Crime Concern
Patron, Volunteering England
Patron, Springboard for Children
Patron, Zane
Patron, Toy Box

15(b) Trusteeships of cultural bodies
Trustee, Architectural Association School of Architecture
15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations
Member, Council of the Institute of Business Ethics
Patron, Institute of Business Ethics
President, The Peckham Settlement
Member of the NCVO Advisory Council
Board Member, Veolia Environmental Trust plc (formerly Onyx)
16(a) Trusteeships
Trustee, Ann Driver Trust

12(c) Remunerated services
Political Adviser, House of Lords (unpaid) for the Estates Business Group
12(e) Remunerated directorships
Chairman, CN Group (Media)
Director, Pheasant Inn (Bassenthwaite Lake) Ltd (hotel)
Chairman, Carr's Milling Industries plc (food and agriculture)
12(f) Regular remunerated employment
Farmer
13(a) Significant shareholdings
Pheasant Inn (Bassenthwaite Lake) Ltd (hotel)
13(b) Landholdings
Hutton-in-the-Forest Estate (farmland including residential property in Cumbria)
Wythop Estate (farmland including residential property in Cumbria)
Owner Hutton-in-the-Forest (historic house open to the public)
13(d) Hospitality or gifts
20 November 2007: 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 (4 March 2008)
15(a) Membership of public bodies
Chairman, Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art
Governor of Skinner's Academy Hackney (from February 2008)
15(c) Office-holder in pressure groups or trade unions
Friends of the Lake District (nominated by the Committee for the National Consultative Council)
President, Cumbria Tourist Board
Member, Historic Houses Association Finance & Policy Committee
16(a) Trusteeships
Trustee, Elton Estate, Cambridgeshire
Trustee, Raby Estates, Co Durham and Shropshire
Trustee, Thoresby Estate, Nottinghamshire
Trustee, Calvert Trust
Trustee, Settle-Carlisle Railway Trust
Trustee, Whitehaven Community Trust Ltd
16(b) Voluntary organisations
Member, Bar
Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of London

Other relevant information

Director, CN Group (1997; Chairman from 2002)
Consultancy, ITV (June 1998—June 1999)
Consultancy, BBC (October 1998)
Patron, Voice of the Listener and Viewer (March 2000)
Consultancy, BBC (April 2000)
Member, Commercial Steering Group, BBC (July-November 2004)

12(e) Remunerated directorships
Non-executive Director, London International Exhibition Centre plc and London International Exhibition Centre (Holdings) Ltd
13(b) Landholdings
Minority partner in family farm in Wiltshire (including cottages)
Partner in woodlands in Wiltshire
15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations
Patron, UK Defence Forum
President, English Rural Housing Association
Vice President, Royal Bath and West Society

12(f) Regular remunerated employment
In an advisory capacity, Chairman—Macquarie Capital, Europe
Member of the Advisory Board of Scottish Power
15(a) Membership of public bodies
Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University
16(b) Voluntary organisations
Member, Fabian Society
Patron, Brighton & Hove Philharmonic Society
Patron, Dystonia Society

12(e) Remunerated directorships
Non-executive Director, Artis Education (unpaid)
15(b) Trusteeships of cultural bodies
Board Member, Roundhouse Trust
Council Member, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Trustee, South Bank Sinfonia
Board Member, National Opera Studio
15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations
Trustee, Art Inter-Romania
Trustee, Theatres Trust
Trustee, Foundation for Sport and the Arts
16(a) Trusteeships
Trustee, Thaxted Church Trust

12(f) Regular remunerated employment
In receipt of episcopal stipend
15(a) Membership of public bodies
Chair, Sandford St Martin (Religious Broadcasting Awards) Trust
General Synod of the Church of England
Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance
Manchester Church House Co
Manchester Diocesan Council of Education
Manchester Diocesan Association of Church Schools
Life Governor, Liverpool College
Governor, Hulme Hall
15(d) Office-holder in voluntary organisations
Lord High Almoner to HM The Queen
National Chaplain, Royal British Legion
Chairman, Council of Christians and Jews
16(b) Voluntary organisations
Manchester Diocese Mothers' Union
Arches Housing
Disabled Living
Hulme Hall Trust
Wigan & Leigh Hospice
St Ann's Hospice
Manchester University of Change Ringers

13(b) Landholdings
Holiday home in the Isle of Arran
A London flat

12(d) Non-parliamentary consultant
Centre for Transport Studies (judging and presentation of transport awards)
Atkins (Consultancy)
12(i) Visits
Visit to Norway (29 August—3 September) hosted by the Norwegian Government under the auspices of the All-Party Parliamentary Norway Group
Visit to US (September 2005) under the auspices of BA APPG (British American All-party Parliamentary Group)
Visit to Trinidad (May 2006) under the auspices of C.P.A
Visit to Guatemala and El Salvador (June 2006) under the auspices of I.P.U
Visit to Taiwan (July 28—3 August 2007) meeting with the Ministers, members of the People's Democratic Party (fellow members of Liberal International), the British Trade and Cultural Office, parliamentarians and others. Travel and hotel costs paid by the Taipei office in the UK. Courtesy gifts received and given (18 September 2007)