Full title
The Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Name
Matthew Taylor
Party/group
Liberal Democrat
Joined the Lords
16 July 2010
Biography
UK Parliament
| Post |
Date |
|
Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Innovation and Skills)
|
2006-07
|
| Committee |
House |
Date |
|
Environmental Audit Committee
|
Commons
|
1997-97
|
|
Environment
|
Commons
|
1995-97
|
| Constituency |
Date |
| Truro & St Austell |
1997-10 |
| Truro |
1987-97 |
Professional life
| Job title |
Organisation |
Date |
| Chair |
Strategic Partnership, St Austell Eco-Communities |
2010- |
| Non-Executive Director |
South West Water |
2010- |
| Chair |
National Housing Federation |
2009- |
| Executive Director |
Taylor & Garner Ltd |
2009- |
Public life
| Post |
Organisation |
Date |
| Founder/Chair |
Rural Coalition |
2009-12 |
Member's focus
| Policy |
| Agriculture, animals, food and rural affairs |
| Economy and finance |
| Energy and environment |
| Housing and planning |
| Parliament, government and politics |
| Sustainable communities |
| Strategic communications |
| Rural communities |
Register of Interests
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1: Directorships
- Director, Taylor & Garner Ltd (company set up with wife, providing management consultancy, media articles/interviews, and related services on environmental issues, housing, sustainability and strategic communications; payments for the Member's work for South West Water, Mayfield Market Towns and National Housing Federation (see category 1), and for Strategic Partnership Board for St Austell Eco-town (see category 2) are made to Taylor & Garner Ltd. Payments are also made to Taylor & Garner Ltd from time to time for ad hoc consultancy services as listed above provided by Lord Taylor, recently Dunsfold Park Ltd, Cornwall Concrete Products Ltd and LXB Retail Properties plc (through their subsidiary Living Villages (Jersey) Ltd)
- Non-executive Director, South West Water Ltd (water and sewerage services)
- Chair and Non-executive Director, National Housing Federation (trade body for housing associations in England) (see also category 10(a))
- Non-executive Director, Mayfield Market Towns Ltd (developing sustainable communities)
- Chair and Non-executive Director, Bridgehall Real Estate Limited (development company)
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2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Chair, Strategic Partnership Board for St Austell Eco-town (funded by Eco-Bos Development Limited, Cornwall County Council and Homes and Communities Agency)
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3: Clients
- I provide occasional public affairs advice to the National Housing Federation; to South West Water, Bridgehall and Mayfield Market Towns through my role as non-executive director; and as Chair of St Austell Eco-town Strategic Partnership Board
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4: Shareholdings (a)
- Taylor & Garner Ltd owned jointly with wife (see category 1)
- Mayfield Market Towns Ltd (see category 1)
- Bridgehall Real Estate Limited (see category 1)
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10: Non-financial interests (a)
- Director, NHF Property and Services Ltd (by virtue of post of Chair of National Housing Federation recorded in category 1)
- Director, National Housing Federation Investments Ltd (by virtue of post of Chair of National Housing Federation recorded in category 1)
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10: Non-financial interests (c)
- Trustee/Director, Gwithian Chapel (charity maintaining building)