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REGISTER of MEMBERS' FINANCIAL INTERESTS As at 6 REGISTER OF MEMBERS’ FINANCIAL INTERESTS as at 6 February 2017 _________________ Abbott, Ms Diane (Hackney North and Stoke Newington) 1. Employment and earnings 21 March 2016, received £4,000 via Speakers Corner (London) Ltd, Unit 31, Highbury Studios, 10 Hornsey Street, London N7 8EL, from Thompson Reuters, Canary Wharf, London E14 5EP, for speaking and consulting on a panel. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 06 April 2016) 4. Visits outside the UK Name of donor: Muslim Charities Forum Address of donor: 6 Whitehorse Mews, 37 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7QD Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): for a member of staff and myself, return flights to Nairobi £5,170; one night's accommodation in Hargeisa £107.57; one night's accommodation in Borama £36.21; total £5,313.78 Destination of visit: Somaliland Date of visit: 7-10 April 2016 Purpose of visit: to visit the different refugee camps and charities (development) in regards to the severe drought in Somaliland. (Registered 18 May 2016) Name of donor: British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce Address of donor: Bleicherweg, 128002, Zurich, Switzerland Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights £200.14; one night's accommodation £177, train fare Geneva to Zurich £110; total £487.14 Destination of visit: Geneva and Zurich, Switzerland Date of visit: 28-29 April 2016 Purpose of visit: to participate in a public panel discussion in Geneva in front of British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce, its members and guests. (Registered 18 May 2016) Name of donor: Oxford and Cambridge Club of Nigeria Address of donor: Secretariat 5th Floor, 72 Broad Street, Lagos, Nigeria Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): for myself and a member of staff, accommodation, breakfast and dinner £1,155.88 plus flights at an estimated value of £1,405, total £2,560.88 Destination of visit: Nigeria Date of visit: 29 May - 2 June 2016 Purpose of visit: to deliver speech on education and visit education and maternal health development projects. (Registered 27 June 2016) 1 8. Miscellaneous Since December 2015, a trustee of the Diane Abbott Foundation, which works to excel and improve education. (Registered 26 October 2016) Abrahams, Debbie (Oldham East and Saddleworth) 2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: UNISON Address of donor: Arena Point, 1 Hunts Bank, Manchester M3 1UN Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: printing of newsletters, value £1,285 Donor status: trade union (Registered 02 February 2016) Name of donor: UNISON Address of donor: 130 Euston Road, London, NW1 2AY Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Secondment, via the Labour Party, of a researcher for 2 days a week from 6 July 2016 to 6 April 2017; value £14,120.34. This is to support me in my Shadow front bench role. Donor status: trade union (Registered 11 August 2016; updated 17 October 2016 and 10 January 2017) 6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year Joint ownership with my daughter of terraced house in Nottingham: (i). Adams, Nigel (Selby and Ainsty) 2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a) Name of donor: Calverts Carpets Limited Address of donor: 29-33 Westgate, Thirsk YO7 1HL Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,300 Date received: 12 July 2016 Date accepted: 12 July 2016 Donor status: company, registration 03861858 (Registered 27 July 2016) Name of donor: Simon Chappell Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £14,600 Date received: 13 July 2016 Date accepted: 13 July 2016 Donor status: individual (Registered 27 July 2016) Name of donor: Mr Alexander Temerko Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £16,300 Date received: 13 July 2016 2 Date accepted: 13 July 2016 Donor status: individual (Registered 27 July 2016) Name of donor: Kearby Cliff LLP Address of donor: 3 Greengate, Cardale Park, Harrogate HG3 1GY Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,450 Date received: 28 July 2016 Date accepted: 28 July 2016 Donor status: limited liability partnership, registration OC390757 (Registered 29 July 2016) Name of donor: Mr Sanjeev Gupta Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £11,350 Date of receipt: 15 September 2016 Date of acceptance: 15 September 2016 Donor status: individual (Registered 22 September 2016) 3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources Name of donor: ITV Plc Address of donor: The London Television Centre, Upper Ground, London SE1 9LT Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: in my capacity as a member of the Culture, Media and Sport select committee, a ticket to the National Television Awards to the value of £1,012.40 Date received: 20 January 2016 Date accepted: 20 January 2016 Donor status: company, registration 4967001 (Registered 02 March 2016) Name of donor: ITV Plc Address of donor: The London Television Centre, Upper Ground, London SE1 9LT Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: two tickets for the Six Nations Rugby Championship at Twickenham, total value £2,109.60 Date received: 12 March 2016 Date accepted: 12 March 2016 Donor status: company, registration 04967001 (Registered 12 April 2016) 4. Visits outside the UK Name of donor: Simec Uskmouth Power Limited Address of donor: West Nash Road, Nash, Newport NP18 2BZ Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights and accommodation with a total value of £2,885 Destination of visit: United Arab Emirates Date of visit: 29 March - 2 April 2016 Purpose of visit: to attend EU Referendum event for expats and meetings regarding energy and biomass. (Registered 12 April 2016) 3 Name of donor: (1) Eggborough Power Ltd (2) Drax Power Ltd Address of donor: (1) Eggborough Power Station, Eggborough DN14 0BS (2) Drax Power Station, Drax YO8 8PH Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Air travel with a value of approximately £2,850 (2) Accommodation costs with a value of approximately £2,100 Destination of visit: Florida, USA Dates of visit: 5-9 November 2016 Purpose of visit: to attend the sixth United States Industrial Pellet Association Conference and deliver keynote speech in my capacity as Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Biomass. (Registered 30 November 2016) 6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year One mixed use commercial and residential property in Selby, North Yorkshire, co- owned with my wife: (i) and (ii). One residential property in York co-owned with my wife: (i) and (ii). (Registered 13 May 2015) From 18 March 2016, one residential property in Leeds co-owned with my wife: (i) and from 10 May 2016 (ii). (Registered 18 March 2016; updated 10 May 2016) 8. Miscellaneous Unpaid director of NGC Networks Ltd and NGC Network Services Ltd, and company secretary of the latter. I also have a shareholding, which is below the registrable level, in each company. (Registered 11 October 2016) 9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses I employ my spouse, Claire Adams, as part-time Office Manager. Afriyie, Adam (Windsor) 6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year Flat in London: (i). 7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital Axonn Media Ltd (formerly Adfero Ltd); news and information services company. Connect Support Services Ltd; IT services company. Brafton Media Incorporated; news and information services company. Adfero Media Ltd; news and information services company. (Registered 26 March 2013) 4 Ahmed-Sheikh, Ms Tasmina (Ochil and South Perthshire) 1. Employment and earnings Weekly newspaper column in The National, Newsquest Media Group, Newsquest (Herald and Times) Ltd, 200 Renfield Street, Glasgow, G2 3QB. Paid £150 per week, until further notice. Hours: approx 2 hrs per week. (Registered 04 June 2015) 3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources Name of donor: Gleneagles Hotel Ltd Address of donor: Auchterarder, Perthshire PH3 1NF Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: For one night’s accommodation and hospitality for me and a guest with a total of £715 Date received: 8 September 2016 Date accepted: 8 September 2016 Donor status: company, registration SC097000 (Registered 05 October 2016) 4. Visits outside the UK Name of donor: Immigrant Council of Ireland Address of donor: Independent Law Centre, 2 St Andrews Street, Dublin, Ireland Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Travel and accommodation for a member of staff and me, total value approx. £940 Destination of visit: Dublin Date of visit: 21-22 February 2016 Purpose of visit: To support the launch of a report on islamaphobia with the Immigrant Council of Ireland. (Registered 02 March 2016) Name of donor: United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs Address of donor: Al Bateen, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): travel and accommodation with a total value of £2,800 Destination of visit: United Arab Emirates Date of visit: 1-6 April 2016 Purpose of visit: to meet with Government Ministers, Members of the Federal National Council and senior business figures to build on the bilateral relationship and promote trade and investment ties. (Registered 12 April 2016) 6.
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