Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest
Members
Lord Cunningham of Felling (until 27 April 2017)
Lord Curry of Kirkharle
Viscount Hanworth
Lord Krebs
Duke of Montrose
Lord Rooker
Lord Selkirk of Douglas
Baroness Sheehan
The Earl of Stair (from 27 June 2017)
Lord Teverson (Chairman)
Lord Trees (until 27 April 2017)
Viscount Ullswater
Baroness Wilcox
Lord Young of Norwood Green (from 27 June 2017)
Declarations of interest
Lord Cunningham of Felling
Member, RSPB
Member, National Trust
Lord Curry of Kirkharle
440 acre farm in Northumberland in receipt of the Basic Payment Scheme and Environmental Stewardship payments
Trustee, Clinton Devon Estates
Chair, National Land Based College
Chair, The Prince’s Countryside Fund
Viscount Hanworth
No relevant interests to declare
Lord Krebs
Scientific advisor to Marks and Spencer plc
Scientific advisor to Ajinomoto Inc
Advisor to Tesco plc on sustainability
Advisor to the Wellcome Trust on Planetary Health
Member, of the Advisory Board of the Energy and Climate Information Unit
Duke of Montrose
Fellow, Royal Agricultural Society
President, National Sheep Association
Management of family owned farm and rural property receiving funding under CAP Basic Farm Payment, areas of natural constraint, Environmental Farm Management Options
Management of two nature reserves and various Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI’s)
Major shareholder in a farm-based hydroelectric scheme benefiting from feed-in-tariff payments
Member of Quality Meat Scotland
Lord Rooker
Member, RSPB
Member, Friends of the Lake District
Lord Selkirk of Douglas
Chairman of Directors, and Director, Douglas-Hamilton (D Share) Ltd (small family company: agriculture and property; the Member’s financial interest derives from his directorship, which is now paid an annual sum above the registration threshold)
Director, Douglas-Hamilton Investments Ltd (company no SC343289: no financial benefit)
Diversified investment portfolio in McInroy & Wood Income Fund, managed by third party
Note: Douglas-Hamilton D Share has an interest in pockets of land used for rough grazing and possible development, and also a field which may have a wind turbine or turbines in due course
Baroness Sheehan
No interest to declare
The Earl of Stair
Actively involved in the agricultural industry
In receipt of payment through the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS)
In receipt of funding through the CAP Basic Payment Scheme
In receipt of EU Dairy Aid
Beneficiary of a Rural Development Contract for equipment and the storage and processing of dirty water and waste
In receipt of support through the SRDP Forestry Grant Scheme 2014–2020
Member, Red Tractor Assurance
Member, NFU Scotland
Lord Teverson (Chairman)
No interests to declare
Lord Trees
Honorary Member, British Veterinary Association
Chair, Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh, an independent animal health research institute
Veterinary Editor in Chief, Veterinary Record
Member, RSPB
Viscount Ullswater
Director and Trustee of agriculture estate company in Cumbria
Tenants on the estate receive payments under the CAP
Member, Country Land and Business Association (CLA)
Baroness Wilcox
No interests to declare
Lord Young of Norwood Green
No interests to declare
The following Members of the European Union Select Committee attended the meeting at which the report was approved:
Baroness Browning
Lord Crisp
Lord Cromwell
Baroness Falkner of Margravine
Lord Jay of Ewelme
The Earl of Kinnoull
Lord Liddle
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Lord Teverson
Lord Whitty
Baroness Wilcox
Lord Woolmer of Leeds
During consideration of the report the following Members declared an interest:
Lord Cromwell
Member, CLA
Member of the Higher Lever Stewardship Scheme which receives EU support
Farms organic beef store cattle
The Earl of Kinnoull
In receipt of EU Farm Subsidy both personally and as a Trustee of the Blair Charitable Trust
Lord Whitty
Vice President, Chartered Trading Standards Institute
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Shareholdings, Tesco plc (food and drug retailer)
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-financial-interests/house-of-lords-commissioner-for-standards-/register-of-lords-interests/