REGISTER OF LORDS’
INTERESTS
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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, Dods (Group) plc (public affairs and policy communications) Non-executive Director, RM plc (education service company)
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 afterdinner speakers) Education consultant, Boston Consulting Group and GEMS Education (international only; no advice to UK clients or government) Royalties are received as author of various books 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
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)
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) 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 Sutton, Surrey SM2, from which rental income is received Property in Wimbledon, London SW19 Property in Cobham, Surrey KT11
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)
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 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 Chicago, USA, 17-21 April 2014; travel and accommodation was provided by Sound Vision and Radio Islam Visit to New York, 13-17 November 2014, for a fundraising event organized by Sound Vision based in Chicago, USA; all travel and accommodation costs paid by Sound Vision Visit to Barcelona, 6-8 February 2015, as guest of Nida-e-Kashmir, an organisation based in Barcelona, for Kashmir Solidarity Day; all travel and accommodation was paid by hosts Visit to Islamabad, Pakistan, 27 November - 1 December 2014 ; all travel and accommodation costs paid by Alshair Fiyaz
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, 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 (a)
Director and Vice President, International Dialogue Initiative (not-for-profit company registered in the State of Maryland, USA) Director and Member, Board of Trustees, the Climate Parliament (not-for-profit company and registered charity)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
Senior Research Fellow, Harris Manchester College, 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 Research Associate in the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford
Category 10: Non-financial interests (d)
Chairman of Trustees, National Liberal Club Trustee, 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 Vice Chairman, Gulf Policy Forum Trustee, Methuen Trust, Corsham Trustee, Liberal Party Supplementary Pension Fund
ALLAN OF HALLAM, LORD
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 Council, Open Rights Group
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Member of Advisory Council, Hansard Society
ALLEN OF KENSINGTON, LORD
Category 1: Directorships
Director, Global Radio Group (media and publishing holding company) Director, Classic FM Limited (subsidiary of Global Radio Group) Director, Global Music Television Limited (subsidiary of Global Radio Group) Director, Global Radio Acquisitions Limited (subsidiary of Global Radio Group) Director, Global Radio Holdings Limited (subsidiary of Global Radio Group) Director, Global Radio Limited (subsidiary of Global Radio Group) Director, Global Radio Services Limited (subsidiary of Global Radio Group) Director, This is Global Limited (subsidiary of Global Radio Group) Director, Get A/S (Norwegian cable company) Director, Boparan Holdings Limited (food company) Director, Grandmet Management Ltd (management consultancy) Director, Grandmet Development Ltd (property development) Director, ISS A/S (facilities) Director, ISS World Services A/S (facilities)
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Management Consultant, Goldman Sachs PIA Management Consultant, Boparan Holdings Ltd Management Consultant, Xsequor Partners Management Consultant, Global Radio Group
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
Grandmet Management Ltd (management consultancy) Grandmet Development Ltd (property development)
Category 4: Shareholdings (b)
ISS A/S (facilities) ITV plc (media) Standard Media Index (information services)
Category 6: Sponsorship
An Executive Assistant is provided by Global Radio Group and two Assistants are provided by Grandmet Management Ltd
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chair, Join In Trust
ALLI, LORD
Category 1: Directorships
Silvergate Retail Ltd Silvergate Media Ltd Silvergate PPL Ltd Silvergate Media Holdings Ltd Vampire Squid Productions Ltd Monkey WTB Ltd Fairytale HD Ltd QAM Building Management Ltd Castaway Holdings Ltd Castaway Television Productions Ltd BM Creative Management Ltd Olga TV Ltd Silvergate Investments Ltd (investment company)
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
Castaway Television (tv production) BM Creative Management Ltd (artist management) Silvergate Investments Ltd (investment company) Olga TV Ltd (tv production)
Category 5: Land and property
Property in Guyana Property in Islington, North London
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
Chancellor, De Montfort University
Category 10: Non-financial interests (c)
President, National Youth Theatre Trustee, Crimestoppers
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Charley Parsons Foundation
ALLIANCE, LORD
Category 1: Directorships
Chairman, N Brown Group plc (retailing through direct home shopping; fulfilment and financial services)
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
Anglo-Eastern Trust Limited (financial services & investment; Dubai subsidiaries engaged in telecommunications) Mazrek Limited (Israel-based R&D company, specialising in fuel injection systems for diesel engines)
Category 4: Shareholdings (b)
N Brown Group plc (retailing through direct home shopping; fulfilment and financial services) Dane Properties Limited (property investment company) Caspet Securities Inc (investing in gold exploration) Affirmative Finance Limited (money lending) IDenta Corp (US OTC market company based in Israel, supplying testing kits for drugs and explosives internationally) Huntsworth plc (international public relations) Tuxedo Money Solutions Ltd (provider of pre-paid cards as alternative to debit/credit cards) Royal Bank of Scotland Lloyds TSB SPDR Gold Trust Bank of America Vedanta (mining) Persimmon (house building) Lupus Capital plc (industrial assets) Tau Capital plc (investment in Kazakhstan) Bank of Ireland Vallar plc (international mining) Hatehof (Israeli-based rescue vehicles) Metail Limited (3D and digitalised marketing services)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
Director, Alliance Family Foundation Limited Member, Advisory Board, Community Security Trust
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
Director, Weizmann Institute Foundation Member, Board of Governors, Tel Aviv University
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Next Century Foundation
ALTON OF LIVERPOOL, LORD
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Director, Liverpool John Moores University Foundation for Citizenship Occasional income from journalism and writing
Category 6: Sponsorship
Occasional research assistance is provided by the Right To Life Charitable Trust on a pro bono basis (from 01 11 14)
Category 7: Overseas visits
Visit to Washington DC, 25-29 June 2014, to attend conference; cost of travel and accommodation met by Coptic Solidarity Visit to Tokyo and Seoul, 25 October to 1 November 2014, to participate in an international forum on orphans sponsored by the Soongsil Kongsaeng Welfare Foundation, and supported by Nippon Foundation; cost of travel and accommodation met by Nippon Foundation
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
Advisory Committee, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Category 10: Non-financial interests (d)
Pro Bono Board Member, Human Liberty (not-for-profit human rights group)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Chesterton Institute Board Member, Institute for Religion and Public Policy (Washington DC) Trustee, The Christian Heritage Centre (registered charity) Board Member, Aid To The Church In Need (registered charity) Trustee, Building Bridges (project for dialogue and reconciliation)
ANDREWS, BARONESS
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Consultant on culture and heritage to the Welsh government
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Kids in Museums Chair, Foundations Independent Living Trust Vice President, National Parks Association
ANELAY OF ST JOHNS, BARONESS
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
In receipt of ministerial salary as Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Category 5: Land and property
Residential holding in Dorset
ARCHER OF WESTON-SUPER-MARE, LORD
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Novelist
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
Artdeal Limited (art dealers)
Category 4: Shareholdings (b)
Corporate Dynamics Limited (investment holding company) Between 10% and 50% share of profits in various theatrical productions: Grease on Tour; Chicago UK Tour; The Bodyguard; Dirty Dancing; Cats on Tour
Category 5: Land and property
Property in London from which rental income is received Urban property in Tyne & Wear and North Shields from which rental income is received
ARMSTRONG OF HILL TOP, BARONESS
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Member, Advisory Board, GovNet Communications (publisher and event organiser)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales Member of Board of Well North (organisation to tackle health inequalities) Chair, Tony Blair Sports Foundation Trustee, Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative (AGI) Trustee, VSO UK and Chair of VSO Federation Council Chair, Changing Lives (formerly Cyrenians (Tyneside and North East)) Trustee, Northern Education Trust (a Board for a new chain of Academies)
ARMSTRONG OF ILMINSTER, LORD
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, RVW Trust Trustee, Derek Hill Foundation
ARRAN, EARL OF
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Member of Lloyd's: marine, non-marine, aviation; motors
Category 10: Non-financial interests (c)
Trustee, Chelsea Physic Garden
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Certain family trusts President, Children's Country Holidays Fund
ASHCROFT, LORD
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
BCB Holdings Ltd (financial services in Belize) SUSD Asset Management (Holdings) Limited (property development) Shellshock Limited (cash shell) Political Holdings Limited (provides information on political process, conferences and publishing) Gusbourne plc (wine producer) Strand Associates Limited (corporate finance; investor in other companies) Mayfair Limited (nominee company) Anne Street Partners Holdings Pty Ltd Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited (holding company for interests in the Caribbean, notably in the Turks & Caicos Islands, and in Latin America) QNV Holdings Pty Ltd (construction)
Category 4: Shareholdings (b)
GHG London Holdings Limited (property development) Dods (Group) plc (political information, public affairs and policy communication specialist) Jaywing plc (formerly WeAre20:20 plc) (email marketing) Flooved Limited (provides online textbook services for students)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
Chancellor, Anglia Ruskin University Prime Minister's Special Representative for Veterans' Transition (working with all government departments to ensure military personnel get support they need when making transition to civilian life)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (c)
Trustee, Imperial War Museum (as well as Foundation)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (d)
Treasurer, International Democrat Union
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Crimestoppers Trustee, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Trustee, Prospect Education (technology trust) Advisory Board Member, Institute for Justice Sector Development President and Trustee, The West India Committee
ASHDOWN OF NORTON-SUB-HAMDON, LORD
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Member, Advisory Board of Group Silverline Limited (Yeovil, Somerset) Fees from frequent but not regular newspaper articles for The Times, Guardian and Independent; payment for lectures, appearances and workshops, including appearances for the Royal College of Defence Studies and the Defence Academy, and BBC; and in connection with publication of books "A Fortunate Life" and "A Brilliant Little Operation" Speaking engagement, 7 July 2014, Retail Week Dinner, London Speaking engagement, 19 September 2014, Oxford Analytica, Woodstock Speaking engagement, 23 September 2014, Jupiter Asset Management, London Speaking engagement, 30 September 2014, Henderson Global Investment, London Speaking engagement, 10 Dec 2014, Buckingham University, London Speaking engagement, 1 December 2014, Standard Life, London Speaking engagement, 26 November 2014, Shared Services, London Speaking engagement, 16 January 2014, Grant Thornton, London Speaking engagement, 19 February 2014, Lloyds, Guernsey Speaking engagement, 26 June 2014, Insurance Insider (London), Clacton-on-Sea