Register of Interests – First Assembly
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REPORT ON THE REGISTER OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS FIRST ASSEMBLY: May 1999 - APRIL 2003 Introduction 1. Section 72 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 and Standing Order 4 requires the National Assembly to maintain and publish a register of interests of Assembly Members. The register is updated quarterly. 2. Members are required to register any relevant interests within eight weeks of taking the oath or affirmation and also register within four weeks any changes to those interests. Section 72(6)(a) of the Government of Wales Act makes it an offence for any Member to participate in proceedings of the Assembly without having registered a relevant interest as specified in the Annex to Standing Order 4. The responsibility for complying with the duties to register and declare interests rests with Members alone, although they may seek advice from the Presiding Office. Thresholds 3. Part 4 of the Annex to the Standing Order 4 provides for the establishment of thresholds over and above which Assembly Members are required to register gifts, hospitality and other material benefits or advantages. An Assembly resolution in May 1999 established the threshold for the registration of gifts (such as money, glassware etc), at £125. For other benefits (such as tickets to sporting events) the threshold is 0.5% of their individual salaries (which currently equates to approximately £180). 4. Some Members choose to register a number of matters that fall below the stipulated thresholds. They are entitled to do this if they so wish. However, it should be stressed that those Members who have observed the thresholds have thereby complied precisely and in full with the rules as laid down in the resolution of the Assembly. Categories of Interests 5. The form for National Assembly Members to register their interests is prescribed by the Presiding Officer and has the following eleven categories: • Category 1: Directorships • Category 2: Remuneration Employment, Office, Profession, etc • Category 3: The Names of Clients • Category 4: Gifts, hospitality, material benefit or advantage • Category 5: Remuneration or other material benefit • Category 6: Financial sponsorships • Category 7: Overseas visits • Category 8: Land & Property • Category 9: Shareholdings • Category 10: Public bodies • Category 11: Freemasons Inspection of the Register 6. The Register of Members’ Interests is maintained in the Table Office of the National Assembly for Wales. It is open to public inspection on the Internet or in the Table Office itself during opening hours. Copies of individual entries will be made available on request in accordance with Section 119 of the Government of Wales Act. Table Office Lorraine Barrett Labour (Cardiff South and Penarth) 1 Directorship(s) • Unremunerated Director of Penarth Youth Project (charitable trust). Husband is Director of Penarth Pictures Ltd. 2 Employment • Husband is self-employed music Agent/Manager. 3 Names of Clients (Services) • Husband has various Rock'n'Roll bands and individual singers. 6 Financial sponsorship • Donations to election 1999; T&GWU £500(member). • Co-operative Party £500 (member), RMT £500. 10 Membership/Chairmanship of • Governor of Albert Road Primary School, Penarth. bodies in receipt of Assembly • Member of the Management Committee of Penarth Citizens funds Advice Bureau. • Husband in process of applying for Grant from the Arts Council of Wales. • Trustee of Penarth Community Arts Project (organisation in receipt of lottery funding to put on art festival/s each year) • Trustee of Penarth Community Development Association (in process of applying for charitable status and in receipt of small start up grant from voluntary services organisation. • Organisations aim is to help other community organisations develop) • Membership of Penarth Citizen Advice Bureau management committee ceased on 28th June 2002. Mick Bates Liberal Democrat (Montgomeryshire) 1 Directorship(s) • Chair Primestock Producers Ltd (Farmer Co-operative). 2 Employment • Partner with wife in farm business. • Wife is Head Teacher, KS2 team-leader for Maths, Inspector for Estyn, Threshold Assessor, ACAC test review group for KS1 Maths and ACAC group on translation for Primary Maths 4 Gifts, hospitality etc • Ticket and hospitality to Rugby 6 Nations Wales v France from BT 8 Land and Property • Change of Family Business. Son has become a partner, now BM, MJ and DT Bates. Value £150,000. • A Vodaphone mast has been constructed on the Farm. 10 Membership/Chairmanship of • Welsh Lamb and Beef Promotions. bodies in receipt of Assembly • Institute of Rural Health. Funds Peter Black Liberal Democrat (South Wales West) 2 Employment • Councillor on City & County of Swansea. • Partner employed by the National Museums & Galleries of Wales (No Longer Relevant). • Wife employed by Swansea Housing Association. 4 Gifts, hospitality, etc. • Business card notecase from Federation of Small Businesses. Model Car from Llandrillo College - value no more than £5. Two dozen bottles of Assembly Ale from Whitbreads. • Cardiff card from Cardiff Marketing worth £12 with up to £50 of claimable benefits. • Leather document case from Tarmac plc. • Lunch provided by the British Medical Association, less than £11. • Ticket and hospitality from British Telecom for Wales v Japan Rugby World Cup game on Saturday 9th October 1999. Ticket and hospitality from Ford UK for Wales v Australia rugby world cup game on Saturday 23rd October 1999. • HTV Year Book worth £27.50 from HTV Wales. Lunch from unison. • Ticket and Hospitality at FA Cup final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on 12 May 2001 from BT; Gift of Small souvenir clock commemorating FA Cup Final. • Two tickets and hospitality at Stereophonics Concert, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff and presented with Stereophonics CD. 5 Remuneration or other • £9180 from position as a Councillor on City and County of material benefit Swansea. • Occasional broadcasting fees from BBC (not usually more than £80). 6 Financial sponsorship • Election Expenses Paid by Liberal Democrats Wales, and by South Wales West Liberal Democrats. 8 Land & property • Residence in Swansea. • My partner owns a Property in Canton, Cardiff, which is let commercially (No Longer Relevant). 10 Membership/Chairmanship of • Member of City and County of Swansea. bodies in receipt of Assembly • Governor Pentrehafod Comprehensive, Swansea. funds • Governor Brynhyfryd Infant and Junior Schools, Swansea. • Governor of University college Swansea. Nicholas Bourne LLB LLM Conservative (Mid and West Wales) 1 Directorship(s) • Director of Wales European Centre 2 Employment • Barrister (non- – practising). Author, occasional Lecturer, occasional fees from broadcasting. 4 Gifts, hospitality, etc. • Ticket and hospitality to opening game of the Rugby World Cup from IRB Cymru on 1/10/99. • Ticket and hospitality to final of the Rugby World Cup on 6/11/99 from British Telecom. • Picture from Milford Haven Conservative Club. • Ticket and hospitality from BT for Wales v England rugby match on 3 February 2001. • Ticket and hospitality from BT to the FA Cup Final at the Millennium Stadium on 12 May 2001. • Ticket and hospitality from Western Power Distribution to see Wales v Tonga - 17.11.01. • Ticket and hospitality from Western Mail to see Wales v Australia - 25.11.01. • Ticket and hospitality from Western Power for Wales v Italy rugby match 02.03.02. • Ticket and hospitality from BT for Wales v Scotland rugby match 06.04.02. • Ticket and Hospitality at the FA Cup Final on 4 May 2002, hosted by BT. 5 Remuneration or other • Non-practising Barrister; visiting lecturer at University of Hong material benefit Kong (less than £5,000), • Tutorial consultant for Tolleys Publishing (less than £5,000); publisher of legal text books - Cavendish Publishing (Less than £5,000) 7 Overseas visits. • Visits to Brussels with the European Affairs Committee. • Travel to Hong Kong and lecture paid for by Hong Kong University. 9 Names of Companies • British Airways, Rolls Royce; Alliance Unichem, British Airports (Shareholdings) Authority, Royal Bank of Scotland (Less than £5,000) Rosemary Butler Labour (Newport West) 1 Directorship(s) • Chair of the Board of the National Industrial and Maritime Museum, Swansea 2 Employment • Husband - retired, in receipt of pension from UWCN. 10 Membership/Chairmanship of • Governor – University of Wales College Newport. RESIGNED bodies in receipt of Assembly AS OF 7.12.99. funds • Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales College Newport. • Chair of NEWCO – Company established to build National Maritime and Industrial Museum at Swansea. • Chair of the Board of the National Industrial and Maritime Museum, Swansea Eleanor Burnham Liberal Democrat (North Wales) 1 Directorship(s) • Director of the Assembly's Broadcasting Board • Trustee of Assembly Pension Fund 2 Employment • Husband is Freelance Consultant to 'Careers Wales' - self employed consultant (Education Business Links). • Niece employed by Hiraethog Environmental Forum, Conwy and Denbighshire CC - Objective One temporary contract until March 2001. 3 Names of Clients (services) • Husband's Clients: Careers Wales. 4 Gifts, hospitality, etc • Ticket and Hospitality to Wales v Italy football match. 7 Overseas visits • SERCO/NED 23&24 January, rail fact-finding visit to the Netherlands (with an overnight stay in Utrecht). Alun Cairns Conservative (South Wales West) 2 Employment • Occasional broadcasting fees & expenses. • Lloyds TSB Bank, 5 Cathedral Road, Cardiff - Employed as Business Development Consultant responsible for staff