Appendix 1: List of members and declarations of interest
Members
Lord Borwick
Lord Butler of Brockwell
Earl of Caithness
Lord Davies of Stamford
Baroness Falkner of Margravine (Chairman)
Lord Haskins
Baroness Kingsmill
Lord Lawson of Blaby*
Earl of Lindsay
Lord McFall of Alcluith
Lord Shutt of Greetland
Lord Skidelsky
* Resigned as a Member of the Sub-Committee on 4 March 2016.
Declarations of Interest
Lord Borwick
Directorships:
Partner, Federated Investments LLP (holding partnership engaged in real estate) with directorships in its subsidiaries: Bicester Lane Ltd and its 50% subsidiary Countryside Properties (Bicester) Ltd (housing development in Bicester, Oxfordshire); Federated Management Ltd (property management); Love Lane Investments Ltd (property investment); Mayfield Market Towns Ltd (housing development in Sussex).
Chairman, Poore Ltd (holding company).
Chairman, Second Poore Ltd (holding company) and Director of its subsidiary: Federated Trust Corporation Ltd.
Shareholdings:
Poore Ltd (holding company limited by guarantee).
Second Poore Ltd (holding company limited by guarantee).
Hansa Trust plc (investment trust).
Income is received from a London swimming school.
Farmland in Bellshill, Scotland, for future housing development.
The Member’s wife worked part time as an administrator for Open Europe until March 2015, when she gave up that job to become an MP.
Trustee of a Trust which has given charitable funds for research to Open
Europe in the past.
Lord Boswell of Aynho (Chairman of the EU Select Committee—attended the Sub-Committee’s meeting on 2 March 2016)
Personal shareholdings in both UK and euro-area securities.
Lord Butler of Brockwell
Adviser to TT International.
Earl of Caithness
No relevant interests declared.
Lord Davies of Stamford
Owns a flat in France (sometimes rented out).
Land let for grazing in Lincolnshire.
In receipt of agricultural support provision under the Common Agricultural Policy in relation to land in Lincolnshire.
Baroness Falkner of Margravine (Chair)
House in Italy owned jointly with husband.
British Member, Anglo-German Conference (Koenigswinter).
Member, Advisory Board, British Influence (campaigning for leadership in
Europe).
Lord Haskins
No relevant interests declared.
Baroness Kingsmill
No relevant interests declared.
Lord Lawson of Blaby*
President, Conservatives for Britain.
House in France.
Chairman, Vote Leave (Brexit campaign) (interest ceased 8 March 2016).
Earl of Lindsay
Chairman, United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).
Chairman, BPI Pension Trustees Limited.
Lord McFall of Alcluith
No relevant interests declared.
Lord Shutt of Greetland
Shareholding in Bank of Ireland (spouse).
House in Ireland, owned jointly with wife.
Lord Skidelsky
No relevant interests declared.
* Resigned as a Member of the Sub-Committee on 4 March 2016.
The following Members of the European Union Select Committee attended the meeting at which the report was approved:
Lord Blair of Boughton
Lord Borwick
Lord Boswell of Aynho (Chairman)
Earl of Caithness
Lord Davies of Stamford
Baroness Falkner of Margravine
Lord Jay of Ewelme
Baroness Prashar
Baroness Suttie
Lord Tugendhat
Lord Whitty
Baroness Wilcox
During consideration of the report the following Members declared an interest:
Lord Boswell of Aynho (Chair)
Personal shareholdings in both UK and euro-area securities.
A full list of Members’ interests can be found in the Register of Lords Interests:
http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-interests/register-of-lords-interests/
The Specialist Adviser to the Sub-Committee for the inquiry was:
Professor Iain Begg
Iain Begg is a Professorial Research Fellow at the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. His main research work is on the political economy of European integration and EU economic governance. He has directed and participated in a series of research projects on different facets of EU policy and his current projects include studies on the governance of EU economic and social policy, the EU’s Europe 2020 strategy, evaluation of EU cohesion policy and reform of the EU budget. Other recent research projects include work on policy co-ordination under EMU and the social impact of globalisation.
Professor Begg is a contributor to the UK in a Changing Europe initiative (funded by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council).