Register of Lords' Interests (10 November 2014)
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REGISTER OF LORDS’ INTERESTS _________________ The following Members of the House of Lords have registered relevant interests under the code of conduct: ABERDARE, LORD Category 8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality Attended with wife, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 25 July 2014, as guests of Welsh Government Category 10: Non-financial interests (a) Director, F.C.M. Limited (recording rights) Category 10: Non-financial interests (c) Trustee, Berlioz Society Trustee, St John Cymru-Wales Trustee, National Library of Wales Category 10: Non-financial interests (e) Trustee, West Wycombe Charitable Trust ADAMS OF CRAIGIELEA, BARONESS Nil No registrable interests ADDINGTON, LORD Category 1: Directorships Chairman, Microlink PC (UK) Ltd (computing and software) Category 10: Non-financial interests (d) Vice President, British Dyslexia Association Category 10: Non-financial interests (e) Vice President, UK Sports Association Vice President, Lakenham Hewitt Rugby Club 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 or to TomahawkPro Ltd; see category 4(a)) Non-executive Director, Three Sixty Action Ltd (holding company; community development, media and IT) (see category 4(a)) Non-executive Director, TomahawkPro Ltd (a subsidiary of Three Sixty Action Ltd; collaborative software & IT innovation; no income from this post is received at present; certain income from services provided personally by the Member is or will be paid to this company or to Leadership in Mind Ltd; see category 4(a)) 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 Commissioner, Audit Commission Board Member, NHS Commissioning Board Category 4: Shareholdings (a) 100 per cent ownership with partner of Leadership in Mind Ltd (business activities) 50 per cent holding in TomahawkPro Ltd (collaborative software & IT innovation) 30 per cent holding in Three Sixty Action Ltd (holding company; community development, media and IT) 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, Turning Point Category 10: Non-financial interests (b) Chancellor (visiting Professor), Lincoln University Commissioner, UK Commission for Employment and Skills Category 10: Non-financial interests (e) Board Member, Locality (registered charity; community asset ownership) ADONIS, LORD Category 1: Directorships Non-executive Director, RM plc (education service company) Non-executive Director, Dods (Group) plc (public affairs and policy communications) Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc. Member of Advisory Board, TES Global Ltd (formerly TSL Education Ltd) Occasional speaker, JLA Speaker Bureau (specialist agency for keynote and after- dinner speakers) Education consultant, Boston Consulting Group and GEMS Education (international only; no advice to UK clients or government) Speaking engagement, 3 April 2014, NCFE (educational qualifications organisation) Speaking engagement, 4 March 2014, "Spotlight on Skills" conference, organised by Pearson plc Speaking engagement, 6 March 2014, "Spotlight on Skills" conference, organised by Pearson plc Speaking engagement, 21 November 2013, Renaissance Learning Inc (education conference) Speaking engagement, 10 October 2013, Education Improvement Partnership Ltd Royalties are received as author of various books 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 (d) Board member, Policy Network Chair, Institute for Public Policy Research Category 10: Non-financial interests (e) Non-executive Director, Baker Dearing Educational Trust Trustee, Teach First (teacher recruitment charity) Chair, Frontline (social enterprise charity recruiting social workers) AFSHAR, BARONESS Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc. Professor of Politics, University of York Visiting Professor of Islamic Law, Faculté Internationale de Droit Comparé, University of Strasbourg Commissioner, Women's National Commission (honorarium) Occasional fees from media for interviews and programmes such as BBC Any Questions and Newsnight Category 6: Sponsorship PA funded by University of York Four unpaid researchers (part-time) Category 10: Non-financial interests (e) Commissioner, UK Drug Policy Commission Chair, Communication Committee, British Muslim Research Centre AHMAD OF WIMBLEDON, LORD Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc. In receipt of ministerial salary as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government Category 5: Land and property Property in Cobham, Surrey KT11 Property in Sutton, Surrey SM2, from which rental income is received Property in Wimbledon, London SW19 Category 8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality Guest at Gala Lunch given by Conservative Middle East Council, 19 June 2014 * Category 10: Non-financial interests (a) Guest presenter/host on faith issues, MTA International (satellite television service for the Ahmadi community) 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) Non-executive Director for International Relations, Midcost Limited (a group of companies) 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) Newbond Investments Limited (real estate) (dormant company) Kilnhurst Business Park, Rotherham Category 5: Land and property Freehold interest in, and ground rent investment from, properties in Sheffield at Cammell Road, Firth Park, Sheffield and Granby Road, Firth Park, Sheffield Guest House in Doncaster Kilnhurst Business Park, Rotherham Category 7: Overseas visits Visit to Chicago, USA, 17-21 April 2014; travel and accommodation was provided by Sound Vision and Radio Islam Visit to Kish Island, Iran, 3-5 May 2014, to attend International Muslim Business Forum; travel, food and accommodation were arranged and costs met by Imexpo Visit to Berlin, Germany, 13-16 March 2014, to speak at Institute of Cultural Diplomacy; all travel and accommodation paid by Kashmir Free Organisation Visit to Toronto, 23-26 May 2014; all costs of travel and accommodation was paid by the Friends of Kashmir, Canada Visit to Dallas, Texas, 31 January - 2 February 2014, to attend international conference organised by SoundVision Chicago, USA; all travel and accommodation costs were met by conference organisers Visit to Tehran, 17-21 January 2014, to attend the Majma Conference; all travel and accommodation paid by World Forum for Proximity of Schools of Thought (27th International Islamic Unity Conference) 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 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc. Retired Consultant Psychiatrist Occasional speeches, lectures and broadcasts Member, UK Committee on Standards in Public Life * Category 4: Shareholdings (a) ARTIS (Europe) Ltd Category 7: Overseas visits Visit to Qatar, 29 September – 2 October 2013, with a delegation of UK, Irish and EU Parliamentarians, to meet the Prime Minister and Interior Minister, the Foreign Minister and various Government officials, journalists and others; cost of travel met by Centre for European Palestinian Relations (CEPR); cost of meals and accommodation met by Qatari Government Visit to Qatar, 11-15 May 2014, to attend the 14th Doha Forum, an international conference sponsored by the Government of Qatar; cost of travel, meals and accommodation met by Government of Qatar * Visit to Helsinki, 2-3 June 2014, to attend Helsinki Policy Forum, an international meeting on Middle East issues: cost of travel, meals and accommodation met by Forward Thinking, a registered UK charity Category 10: Non-financial interests (b) Senior Research Fellow, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford Research Associate in the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford Director, Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict (CRIC), Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford Research Associate in the Centre for International Studies, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford Category 10: Non-financial interests (d) Trustee, National Liberal Club Chairman of Trustees, National Liberal Club Category 10: Non-financial interests (e) President, Westminster Pastoral Foundation Senior Adviser, Conflicts Forum Adviser, Oxford Research Group Member, Advisory Board, Centre