NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES REGISTER OF MEMBERS' FINANCIAL AND OTHER INTERESTS AND RECORD OF MEMBERSHIP OF SOCIETIES REPORT OF THE REGISTER OF MEMBERS' FINANCIAL OR OTHER INTERESTS [top] UPDATED 31 MARCH 2011 Introduction 1. Section 36 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 and Standing Order 31 require the National Assembly to maintain and publish a register of interests of Assembly Members. 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 36(7)(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 31. The responsibility for complying with the duties to register and declare interests rests with Members alone, although they may seek advice from the Assembly Parliamentary Service. Thresholds 3. Part 5 (iv) of the Annex to the Standing Order 31 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 2006 established the threshold for the registration of gifts and hospitality as 0.5% of the basic gross annual salary for an Assembly Member (which is currently approximately £253). 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 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. Table Office Leighton Andrews (Rhondda) – Labour 1 Directorship(s) Director of Powerhouse Building Trust (Unremunerated) Wife is a Director of CTNWC a professional theatre company (Unremunerated) - Ceased Wife is a Director of Better Business Wales (Holdings) Ltd (Unremunerated) - Ceased Wife is a Board Member of Business in the Community (Unremunerated) 2 Employment Wife is BT’s Director for Wales Wife is the Executor of the literary estate of Gwenlyn Parry Wife is the Commissioner for Wales - Equality and Human Rights Commission from 3/12/09 4 Gifts, hospitality etc 2 tickets and hospitality for Falstaff from the Welsh National Opera Tickets and hospitality at Wales v Scotland rugby game for my wife and myself from Media Wales (2010) Ticket and hospitality for Paul McCartney concert on 26 June 2010 from Scottish and Southern Ticket and hospitality at rugby on 13 November 2010 from Media Wales 5 Remuneration or other Wife is BT’s Director for Wales material benefit 8 Land & property I own a flat in London Wife is co-owner of a house in Gwynedd 10 Membership/Chairmanship of My wife is a member of CTNWC - Ceased. bodies in receipt of Assembly My wife is a member of an all Wales programme monitoring funds committee on behalf of Business Wales. I am the author of a book published by Seren, a company which may from time to time be in receipt of Arts Council funding. Wife is a Member of the Council of the University of Wales, Bangor - Ceased. Trustee and Member of the Management Board of The Arc Project - Ceased. Vice President Rhondda Sea Cadets. Honorary Professor at Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies (Unremunerated) – extended to June 2014. Member of the University of Cardiff Court (Assembly representative) - Ceased. Wife is a Member of Wales Council of the CBI. Member of the Advisory Group for Asthma UK Cymru – no longer on Advisory Board (notified 26/5/09). Wife is Chair of Business in the Community Wales. Member of Boys and Girls Clubs of Wales. Member of the Rhondda Trust Wife is a member of WAG Reference Group for Economic Summit representing Business Wales/CBI. Mohammad Asghar (South Wales East) – Conservative 2 Employment Councillor – Newport City Council (to cease in May 2008) Proprietor – Accountancy firm Partner in money transfer business in London Spouse works as part time assistant in constituency office. 6 Financial sponsorship All election expenses covered by Plaid Cymru 8 Land & property I own one commercial property in Newport My wife owns two properties – one in London and one in Newport 10 Membership/Chairmanship of Patron of Life Map Planners bodies in receipt of Assembly funds Lorraine Barrett (Cardiff South and Penarth) – Labour 1 Directorship(s) Unremunerated Director of Penarth Youth Project (Charitable Trust) 2 Employment Spouse is self employed music agent/manager I am in receipt of occasional fees as a humanist celebrant 6 Financial sponsorship Election sponsorship from Transport and General Workers Union (£500) 10 Membership/Chairmanship of I am a Governor at Headlands School, NCH, Penarth – Ceased bodies in receipt of Assembly September 08 funds Patron of Marie Curie Hospice, Penarth Chair of Trustees Makers Guild Wales I am a Governor at Albert Road Primary School, Penarth (No longer a Governor from 23/6/09) Member of the RSPCA Member of the Badger Trust Member of the British Humanist Association Member of the National Secular Society Mick Bates (Montgomeryshire) – Liberal Democrat 1 Directorship(s) Primestock Producers (Farmers’ Co-operative) Unremunerated Directorship of Vestri – a not for profit social enterprise supporting community regeneration. Community Interest Company to distribute community benefit moneys from windpower in an independent and strategic manner – Ceased 14 May 2010 Anglesey Renewable Energy Developments Ltd – Ceased 1 January 2011 Unremunerated Director/Chair of NASEG (National Assembly Sustainable Energy Group) - Ceased 1 January 2011 2 Employment Wife is a Headteacher employed by Powys County Council – ceased August 2009 Primary School Inspector - ESTYN Partner in ‘MJ and BM and DT Bates’ farming business with wife and son. 4 Gifts, Hospitality etc. Tickets from British Gas for myself and my spouse for Wales v England RBS Six Nations rugby match 5 Remuneration or other Vodaphone mast on my land for which I receive payment material benefit 8 Land and Property Farm in Llanfair Caereinion, Welshpool. 10 Membership/Chairmanship of Chair – NASEG – National Assembly Sustainable Energy Group bodies in receipt of Assembly (not in receipt of Assembly funds). funds Chair – VESTRI – Not for profit social enterprise supporting community regeneration (not in receipt of Assembly funds). Peter Black (South Wales West) – Liberal Democrat 2 Employment Councillor – City & County of Swansea. Wife employed by District Land Registry for Wales as a translator. Amended 24/2/09 – Wife employed as a translator jointly by Swansea Council and Neath Port Talbot Council 4 Gifts, Hospitality etc. Ticket and hospitality to Swansea City v Nottingham Forest from Swansea Council 5 Remuneration or other £11,940 as a Councillor for City and County of Swansea. material benefit Remuneration as a Councillor for City and County of Swansea changed to £12,334. Sub-let one room of regional office to Swansea and Gower Liberal Democrats – funds paid back to National Assembly for Wales. 6 Financial sponsorship Election sponsorship from Welsh Liberal Democrats (£22,000) and South Wales West Liberal Democrats (£8,000). 8 Land & property Home in Swansea. 10 Membership/Chairmanship of Member – Council of Swansea University and Court of bodies in receipt of Assembly Governors. funds Member – City and County of Swansea Member of Governing body of Pentrehafod Comprehensive School Vice President of Heart of Wales Line Travellers’ Association Nicholas Bourne (Mid and West Wales) – Conservative 2 Employment Barrister (non practising) Author Occasional lecturer Occasional fees for broadcasting 4 Gifts, hospitality, etc Ticket and hospitality for Wales V Japan Rugby World Cup from WRU Ticket and hospitality for Wales v Scotland match from WRU Two tickets plus hospitality for the Wales v Canada match from WRU 2 tickets for concert and dinner to celebrate Wales Millennium Centre’s 5th birthday (14 November 09) from Wales Millennium Centre. Two tickets and hospitality at the England V Wales rugby game from National Grid 2 tickets and hospitality for the Wales v France RBS Six Nations 2010 from the WRU. Hospitality and ticket for Prince William Cup – Wales v South Africa 2010 from the WRU. 2 bottles of wine from Global Specialised Services Ticket and hospitality from WRU for Wales v Fiji (19/11/10) Ticket and hospitality from WRU for Wales v Ireland - 2011 5 Remuneration or other Non practising barrister, visiting lecturer at University of Hong material benefit Kong (less than £5000) Publisher of legal text books (less than £5000) Broadcasting and editorial work for the written media 9 Names of Companies British Airways (Shareholdings) Rolls Royce British Airports Authority Royal Bank of Scotland 10 Membership/Chairmanship of Vice President of the Heart of Wales Line Travellers bodies in receipt of Assembly Association funds Vice President of Usk House, Brecon Angela Burns (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire) – Conservative 1 Directorship(s) Spouse/Partner – Korus Group Ltd – Ceased Spouse/Partner – Korus Services Ltd (until 6 July 2007) Husband is a Director of Korus Consulting Ltd only (Ceased) Spouse is a Director of RHS.com Ltd, an Internet shopping service.