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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, Lord Category 1: Directorships Director, WALTZ Programmes Limited (training for work/apprenticeships in London) Director, Twist Partnership Limited (promoting leadership through learning) Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc. Publications Consultant, Freemasons' Grand Charity (irregular employment) Category 10: Non-financial interests (c) Trustee, Berlioz Society Trustee, St John Cymru-Wales Category 10: Non-financial interests (e) Trustee, West Wycombe Charitable Trust ACTON, Lord Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc. Barrister (non-practising) ADAMS OF CRAIGIELEA, Baroness Nil No registrable interests ADDINGTON, Lord Category 7: Overseas visits Visit to India, 26 September-4 October 2009, under auspices of Liberal Democrats Friends of India; business class flights and accommodation paid for by Government of India 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 Non-executive Director, St Vincent Healthcare (retains 5% shares in this organisation) 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 Category 4: Shareholdings (b) St Vincent Healthcare Category 5: Land and property Flat in London 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 ADONIS, Lord Category 5: Land and property Flat in London N7 owned jointly with wife, from which rental income is received 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 Two unpaid researchers (part-time) Category 10: Non-financial interests (e) Commissioner, UK Drug Policy Commission Chair, Communication Committee, British Muslim Research Centre AHMED, Lord Category 1: Directorships Blackhorn Properties Limited (property development) Redbrick Homes Limited (property development) Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc. Business development manager, Kilnhurst Business Park, Rotherham Category 4: Shareholdings (a) Kilnhurst Business Park, Rotherham Category 5: Land and property Guest House in Doncaster Kilnhurst Business Park, Rotherham Category 7: Overseas visits Visit to Gaza, Palestine, 14-18 January 2010; all expenses paid by European Campaign to End the Siege of Gaza Visit to Geneva, 31 January-1 February 2010; all expenses paid by History and Culture of East Research Institute Visit to Barcelona, 5 February 2010; day-return paid for by Pakistan/Spanish Forum Visit to Pakistan, 11-15 March 2010, to attend Intellectual Forum in Sialkot; expenses met by hosts Accommodation in Geneva, 18 March 2010, provided by the Kashmir American Council Visit to Malaysia, 29 March-1 April 2010; costs of travel and accommodation met by Fiscal City Capital Visit to Detroit and Cincinnati, USA, 20-23 May 2010, for fundraising events organised by Human Development Foundation (HDF); travel and accommodation expenses met by HDF Visit to Istanbul, 27-30 May 2010, as guest of British Institute of Technology and E-Commerce; all expenses met by hosts Visit to Fez, Morocco, 4-7 June 2010, as a speaker at the Fez Festival; travel and accommodation expenses met by Festival organisers Visit to Jerusalem, 8-10 July 2010; all travel and accommodation costs met by Middle East Monitor Category 10: Non-financial interests (a) Newbond Investments Limited Category 10: Non-financial interests (b) Chancellor, British Institute of Technology and E-Commerce Category 10: Non-financial interests (d) 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 Trust ALDERDICE, Lord Category 1: Directorships President, ARTIS (Europe) Ltd (research and risk modelling, including psychology of terrorism and political violence; notional remuneration) Non-executive Director, Barefoot Management Asia Ltd Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc. Adviser, Barefoot Investments Asia LLC Member, Independent Monitoring Commission appointed by British and Irish Governments Retired Consultant Psychiatrist Occasional speeches, lectures and broadcasts Category 4: Shareholdings (a) ARTIS (Europe) Ltd Category 7: Overseas visits Visit to Delhi and Pune, India, 26 September-4 October 2009, under auspices of Liberal Democrats Friends of India; costs met by Government of India Participated in all-party political talks in Baghdad, Iraq, 19-22 November 2009, hosted by Speaker of Iraqi National Parliament; costs met by Iraq Helsinki Project Attended and gave keynote address at 4th Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO) in Singapore, 12-16 April 2010; costs met by Government of Singapore 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 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 ALLENBY OF MEGIDDO, Viscount Category 10: Non-financial interests (e) President, Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society ALLI, Lord Category 1: Directorships Castaway Television Productions Ltd Chorion Ltd asSeenonScreen Holdings plc BM Creative Management Ltd Olga TV Ltd Silvergate Investments Ltd 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 4: Shareholdings (b) Planet Acquisitions Ltd (intellectual property) ASOS plc (online retail fashion) Shine (tv production) Category 5: Land and property 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 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 RIT Capital (investments) SPDR Gold Trust Bank of America Punch Taverns Motors Liquidation Company Vedanta (mining) Persimmon (house building) Lupus Capital plc (industrial assets) Tau Capital plc (investment in Kazakhstan) Hyperdynamics (energy) 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 1: Directorships Non-executive Director, Banner Financial Services, now part of R3 Group Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc. Director, Liverpool John Moores University Foundation for Citizenship Occasional income from journalism for The Universe Media Group Limited Category 6: Sponsorship Occasional research assistance provided by All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group Category 7: Overseas visits Visit,
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