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Register of Lords' Interests REGISTER OF LORDS’ INTERESTS _________________ The following Members of the House of Lords have registered relevant interests under the code of conduct: ABERDARE, LORD Category 10: Non-financial interests (a) Director, F.C.M. Limited (recording rights) Category 10: Non-financial interests (c) Trustee, National Library of Wales Category 10: Non-financial interests (e) Chairman and Trustee, Berlioz Society Trustee, St John Cymru-Wales Trustee, West Wycombe Charitable Trust Trustee, Stephen Dodgson Trust (promotes continued awareness/performance of works of composer Stephen Dodgson) Chairman and Trustee, Berlioz Sesquicentenary Committee (music) ADAMS OF CRAIGIELEA, BARONESS Nil No registrable interests ADDINGTON, LORD Category 1: Directorships Chairman, Microlink PC (UK) Ltd (computing and software) Member of and Adviser to the Board of X-Forces (XF) Ltd (supporting ex-forces and their families to start up businesses) Category 10: Non-financial interests (d) President (formerly Vice President), British Dyslexia Association Category 10: Non-financial interests (e) Vice President, UK Sports Association Vice President, Lakenham Hewitt Rugby Club Trustee, The Atlas Foundation (registered charity; seeks to improve lives of disadvantaged people across the world) ADEBOWALE, LORD Category 1: Directorships Director, Leadership in Mind Ltd (business activities; certain income from services provided personally by the Member is or will be paid to this company; see category 4(a)) Director, IOCOM UK Ltd (visual business platform) Independent Non-executive Director, Co-operative Group Board of Directors (consumer co-operative) Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc. Chief Executive Officer, Turning Point (social care registered charity) Occasional income from broadcasting is paid to Turning Point Board Member, NHS Commissioning Board Director, Collaborate I CIC (social business supporting services, systems and places who want to collaborate to deliver better outcomes for the public) Category 4: Shareholdings (a) 100 per cent ownership with partner of Leadership in Mind Ltd (business activities) Category 4: Shareholdings (b) IOCOM UK Ltd (visual business platform) Category 5: Land and property Flat in London E11 from which rental income is received Category 6: Sponsorship Research and secretarial assistance is provided and paid for by Turning Point Category 10: Non-financial interests (a) Company Secretary and trustee, Turning Point (private company limited by guarantee without share capital; registered charity) Director and Chair of Board of Trustees, Urban Development Music Foundation (private limited company by guarantee without share capital; use of 'Limited' exemption) Director and Trustee, The Collaborate Foundation (registered charity) Chair and Director, Social Enterprise Coalition CIC (trading as Social Enterprise UK) Director and Company Secretary, Turning Point (Services) Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Turning Point) Company Secretary, Turning Point Building Futures Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Turning Point) Category 10: Non-financial interests (b) Chancellor (visiting Professor), Lincoln University Member of Board of Governors, London School of Economics (LSE) ADONIS, LORD Category 1: Directorships Non-executive Director, Dods (Group) plc (public affairs and policy communications) Non-executive Director, RM plc (education service company) Non-executive Director, HS2 Ltd (high-speed rail) (interest ceased 21 April 2017) Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc. Education consultant, Boston Consulting Group and GEMS Education (international only; no advice to UK clients or government) Member of Advisory Board, TES Global Ltd (formerly TSL Education Ltd) (interest ceased 21 April 2017) Occasional speaker, JLA Speaker Bureau (specialist agency for keynote and after- dinner speakers) Royalties are received as author of various books Chair, National Infrastructure Commission Category 10: Non-financial interests (a) Non-executive Director, Edge Foundation (vocational education charity; private company limited by guarantee w/o share capital) Category 10: Non-financial interests (c) Director, English National Ballet Category 10: Non-financial interests (d) Trustee (formerly Chair), Institute for Public Policy Research Board member, Policy Network Category 10: Non-financial interests (e) Non-executive Director, Baker Dearing Educational Trust Trustee, Teach First (teacher recruitment charity) (interest ceased 30 June 2017) Chair, Frontline (social enterprise charity recruiting social workers) (interest ceased 30 June 2017) Trustee, The Saturday Club Trust (offering young people the chance to study on a Saturday morning at their local college or university for free) AFSHAR, BARONESS Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc. Occasional fees from media for interviews and programmes such as BBC Any Questions and Newsnight Category 6: Sponsorship Four unpaid researchers (part-time) Category 10: Non-financial interests (b) Emeritus Professor, University of York Category 10: Non-financial interests (e) Chair, Communication Committee, British Muslim Research Centre AGNEW OF OULTON, LORD Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc. Ovington Operations LLP, a partnership owned by the member and his wife holding rental property (see category 4(c)) Category 4: Shareholdings (b) Qudini Limited (business software) The Big Deal (energy advice) Blend Marketing Limited (marketing) SeeQuestor Limited (security) The Dots (marketing) Sideways 6 (business software) Advanced Skills Initiative Ltd (software) Hampden & Co plc (banking) Phoenix Spree Deutschland Limited (overseas property) OKA Direct Limited (retail) Intermediate Capital Group plc (financial) Ovington Investments Ltd (diversified investments) Category 4: Shareholdings (c) Ovington Operations LLP (see category 1) Inspiration Trust (see category 10(e)) Category 5: Land and property Farm in Norfolk owned by member and his wife in a partnership Farm in Suffolk Category 10: Non-financial interests (b) Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System, Department for Education Category 10: Non-financial interests (e) Director, Inspiration Trust (academy trust) (see category 4(c)) Trustee, Public Interest Foundation (grant giving trust) AHMAD OF WIMBLEDON, LORD Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport (interest ceased 13 June 2017) Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Category 5: Land and property Property in Sutton, Surrey SM2, from which rental income is received Property in Wimbledon, London SW19 from which rental income is received Property in Wimbledon, London SW20 from which rental income is received Category 8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality Two complimentary tickets and hospitality received from All England Lawn Tennis Association at Wimbledon Championships, 11 July 2017 Category 10: Non-financial interests (a) Guest presenter/host on faith issues, MTA International (satellite television service for the Ahmadi community) Category 10: Non-financial interests (b) Prime Minister's Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict AHMED, LORD Category 1: Directorships Blackhorn Properties Limited (property development) Redbrick Homes Limited (property development) (dormant company) Director, Newbond Investments Limited (real estate) (dormant company) Director, Nozul Limited (real estate/hotel in Makkah, Saudi Arabia) (interest ceased 26 May 2017) Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc. Business development manager, Kilnhurst Business Park, Rotherham Council Member, British Institute of Technology and E- Commerce Category 4: Shareholdings (a) Kilnhurst Business Park, Rotherham Newbond Investments Limited (real estate) (dormant company) Category 4: Shareholdings (b) Blackhorn Properties Limited (property development) Category 5: Land and property Guest House in Doncaster Kilnhurst Business Park, Rotherham Freehold interest in, and ground rent investment from, properties in Sheffield at Cammell Road, Firth Park, Sheffield and Granby Road, Firth Park, Sheffield Category 7: Overseas visits Visit to Los Angeles and Dallas, USA, 9-12 June 2017, for charity fundraising events; cost of flights met by Helping Hearts Caring Souls Visit to Toronto, Canada, 14-16 July 2017, for two day conference on Kashmir; travel and accommodation provided by Kashmir Solidarity Canada Visit to Bangladesh, 15-18 September 2017, to distribute food and money for Rohingya refugees on behalf of Al Mustafa Welfare Trust; travel and accommodation provided by Trust Visit to Qatar, 26-30 September 2017, with small delegation organised by Arab Organisation for Human Rights in UK; travel and accommodation paid by Organisation Visit to Washington D.C., Houston and Chicago, USA, 1-3 December 2017, to fundraise for Rohingya legal work; travel and accommodation paid by Burma Task Force and Sound Vision Chicago Category 10: Non-financial interests (e) Chairman, Better Tomorrow Institute for Education (charitable school in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan) ALDERDICE, LORD Category 1: Directorships President, ARTIS (Europe) Ltd (research and risk modelling, including psychology of terrorism and political violence; notional remuneration) Chairman and Director, Centre for Democracy and Peace Building (company limited by guarantee, based in Northern Ireland; remuneration is notional) Category
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