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House of Lords Minute REGISTER OF LORDS’ INTERESTS _________________ The following Members of the House of Lords have registered relevant interests under the code of conduct: ABERDARE, L. Category 1: Directorships Director, WALTZ Programmes Limited (training for work/apprenticeships in London) Category 10: Non-financial interests (a) Director, F.C.M. Limited (recording rights) Category 10: Non-financial interests (c) Trustee, National Library of Wales Trustee, Berlioz Society Trustee, St John Cymru-Wales Category 10: Non-financial interests (e) Trustee, West Wycombe Charitable Trust ADAMS OF CRAIGIELEA, B. Nil No registrable interests ADDINGTON, L. Category 1: Directorships Chairman, Microlink PC (UK) Ltd (computing and software) Category 8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality One ticket for final of men's badminton, Olympic Games, 5 August 2012; two tickets for opening ceremony of Paralympic Games, 29 August 2012, as a part of duties as a parliamentary ambassador for the London Olympic Games 2012 * 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, L. 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, L. 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. Education consultant, Boston Consulting Group and GEMS Education (international only; no advice to UK clients or government) Speaking engagement, 11 June 2012, Institute of Travel and Tourism Annual Conference Member of Advisory Board, TSL Education Ltd Occasional speaker, JLA Speaker Bureau (specialist agency for keynote and after- dinner speakers) Speaking engagement, 17 April 2013, Institute of Travel and Meetings Speaking engagement, 17 May 2013, British Council of Offices Speaking engagement, 27 Feb 2013, Deloittes public services conference Royalties are received as author of various books Speaking engagement, 20 March 2013, Interserve conference Category 10: Non-financial interests (d) Chair, Progress Board member, Policy Network Chair, Institute for Public Policy Research Category 10: Non-financial interests (e) Non-executive Director, Baker Dearing Educational Trust Non-executive Director, Edge Foundation (vocational education charity) Trustee, Teach First (teacher recruitment charity) AFSHAR, B. 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, L. Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc. In receipt of ministerial salary as Lord in Waiting Category 5: Land and property Property in Sutton, Surrey SM2, from which rental income is received Property in Wimbledon, London SW19 Category 10: Non-financial interests (a) Guest presenter/host on faith issues, MTA International (satellite television service for the Ahmadi community) AHMED, L. Category 1: Directorships Blackhorn Properties Limited (property development) Redbrick Homes Limited (property development) Director, Newbond Investments Limited (real estate; remuneration from Reliance UK Border Agency Escorting (see category 2) is received through this company) Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc. Adviser on Diversity, Reliance UKBA Escorting (provides escorting services both in-country and overseas on behalf of UK Border Agency) (until June 2013) Business development manager, Kilnhurst Business Park, Rotherham Chancellor, British Institute of Technology and E-Commerce (expenses and loss of earnings only, for attending meetings and conferences) Category 4: Shareholdings (a) Newbond Investments Limited (real estate) 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 Gujranwala, Pakistan, 19-26 December 2012, to attend a meeting at the invitation of Awais Ceramics Industry; travel costs met by hosts Visit to Sri Lanka, 28 November - 1 December 2012; all travel and accommodation provided by Tauba Group Visit to Sudan, 2-6 May 2013, to attend a Peace Conference at the University of Khartoum; all travel and accommodation costs were met by the University Visit to Beirut, 2-6 August 2012; all travel and accommodation costs paid by British Institute of Technology and E-commerce Visit to Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa, 4-8 July 2012; all travel and accommodation met by Al-Gazali School/College, Pretoria Visit to Ancona, Italy, 6-9 September 2012, for conference/retreat with a group called The Concordia; all travel and accommodation costs met by them Visit to Oslo, 25-26 May 2012; accommodation costs met by Islamic Cultural Centre in Oslo Visit to Toronto, Canada, 1-4 June 2012; all travel and accommodation costs met by Friends of Kashmir in Toronto Category 10: Non-financial interests (d) Member of International Expert Team, Institute for Research of Genocide, Canada Fazaldad Human Rights Organisation Category 10: Non-financial interests (e) Chairman, Better Tomorrow Institute for Education (charitable school in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan) Joseph Interfaith Foundation ALDERDICE, L. Category 1: Directorships President, ARTIS (Europe) Ltd (research and risk modelling, including psychology of terrorism and political violence; notional remuneration) 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 Berlin, 12-13 December 2013, to attend meeting of parliamentarians from Europe and North Africa on the topic of relations between the two regions in light of the ‘Arab Spring’; overnight accommodation and travel costs met by German Ministry of Foreign Affairs Category 10: Non-financial interests (b) Senior Research Fellow, Harris Manchester College, 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 for Reform Chairman, World Federation of Scientists' Permanent Monitoring Panel on Motivation for Terrorism Trustee, Methuen Trust, Corsham Co-Chairman, International Dialogue Initiative Trustee, Liberal Party Supplementary Pension Fund Vice Chairman, Gulf Policy Forum Member, Board of Trustees, The Climate Parliament (registered charity) ALLAN OF HALLAM, L. Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc. Director of Policy EU, Facebook Category 3: Clients My role at Facebook includes the provision of advice on public affairs to my employer based on my previous expertise rather than on my membership of the House of Lords Category 4: Shareholdings (b) Facebook Inc (holding of Restricted Stock Units which could be realised if company becomes public) Category 10: Non-financial interests (d) Member of Advisory
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