Register of Lords' Interests

The Register of Lords' Interests lists every relevant interest registered by Members of the House of Lords. The Register is updated every 15 minutes, except during recess.

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Lord Aberdare
Category 1: Directorships
Director, WALTZ Programmes Limited (training for work/apprenticeships in London)
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
Baroness Adams of Craigielea
Nil
No registrable interests
Lord Addington
Category 1: Directorships
Chairman, Microlink PC (UK) Ltd (computing and software)
Category 7: Overseas visits
Visit to Azerbaijan, 30 May - 3 June 2013, to meet ministers and other political leaders, NGOs and business figures; cost of visit met by European Azerbaijan Society
Category 8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
One ticket for final of men's badminton, Olympic Games, 5 August 2012; two tickets for opening ceremony of Paralympic Games, 29 August 2012, as a part of duties as a parliamentary ambassador for the London Olympic Games 2012
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
Lord Adebowale
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)
Lord Adonis
Category 1: Directorships
Non-executive Director, RM plc (education service company)
Non-executive Director, Dods (Group) plc (public affairs and policy communications)
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Member of Advisory Board, TSL Education Ltd
Occasional speaker, JLA Speaker Bureau (specialist agency for keynote and after-dinner speakers)
Education consultant, Boston Consulting Group and GEMS Education (international only; no advice to UK clients or government)
Speaking engagement, 17 April 2013, Institute of Travel and Meetings
Speaking engagement, 20 March 2013, Interserve conference
Speaking engagement, 27 Feb 2013, Deloittes public services conference
Royalties are received as author of various books
Speaking engagement, 25 June 2013, Capita Management Information Systems Conference
Speaking engagement, 17 May 2013, British Council of Offices
Speaking engagement, 27 June 2013, European Insurance Chief Financial Officers’ Forum
Category 10: Non-financial interests (d)
Chair, Progress
Board member, Policy Network
Chair, Institute for Public Policy Research
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Teach First (teacher recruitment charity)
Non-executive Director, Baker Dearing Educational Trust
Non-executive Director, Edge Foundation (vocational education charity)
Chair, Frontline (social enterprise charity recruiting social workers)
Baroness Afshar
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
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
In receipt of ministerial salary as Lord in Waiting
Category 5: Land and property
Property in Sutton, Surrey SM2, from which rental income is received
Property in Wimbledon, London SW19
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
Guest presenter/host on faith issues, MTA International (satellite television service for the Ahmadi community)
Lord Ahmed
Category 1: Directorships
Blackhorn Properties Limited (property development)
Redbrick Homes Limited (property development)
Director, Newbond Investments Limited (real estate; remuneration from Reliance UK Border Agency Escorting (see category 2) is received through this company)
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Business development manager, Kilnhurst Business Park, Rotherham
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
Kilnhurst Business Park, Rotherham
Newbond Investments Limited (real estate)
Category 5: Land and property
Guest House in Doncaster
Kilnhurst Business Park, Rotherham
Freehold interest in, and ground rent investment from, properties in Sheffield at Cammell Road, Firth Park, Sheffield and Granby Road, Firth Park, Sheffield
Category 7: Overseas visits
Visit to Beirut, 2-6 August 2012; all travel and accommodation costs paid by British Institute of Technology and E-commerce
Visit to Ancona, Italy, 6-9 September 2012, for conference/retreat with a group called The Concordia; all travel and accommodation costs met by them
Visit to Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa, 4-8 July 2012; all travel and accommodation met by Al-Gazali School/College, Pretoria
Visit to Sri Lanka, 28 November - 1 December 2012; all travel and accommodation provided by Tauba Group
Visit to Gujranwala, Pakistan, 19-26 December 2012, to attend a meeting at the invitation of Awais Ceramics Industry; travel costs met by hosts
Visit to Sudan, 2-6 May 2013, to attend a Peace Conference at the University of Khartoum; all travel and accommodation costs were met by the University
Category 10: Non-financial interests (d)
Fazaldad Human Rights Organisation
Member of International Expert Team, Institute for Research of Genocide, Canada
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chairman, Better Tomorrow Institute for Education (charitable school in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan)
Joseph Interfaith Foundation
Lord Alderdice
Category 1: Directorships
President, ARTIS (Europe) Ltd (research and risk modelling, including psychology of terrorism and political violence; notional remuneration)
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Member, UK Committee on Standards in Public Life
Retired Consultant Psychiatrist
Occasional speeches, lectures and broadcasts
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
ARTIS (Europe) Ltd
Category 7: Overseas visits
Visit to Berlin, 12-13 December 2013, to attend meeting of parliamentarians from Europe and North Africa on the topic of relations between the two regions in light of the ‘Arab Spring’; overnight accommodation and travel costs met by German Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
Senior Research Fellow, Harris Manchester College, 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)
Vice Chairman, Gulf Policy Forum
Trustee, Methuen Trust, Corsham
Co-Chairman, International Dialogue Initiative
Trustee, Liberal Party Supplementary Pension Fund
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
Member, Board of Trustees, The Climate Parliament (registered charity)
Lord Allan of Hallam
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
Viscount Allenby of Megiddo
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
President, Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society
Lord Alli
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)
Category 5: Land and property
Property in Islington, North London
Property in Guyana
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
Chancellor, De Montfort University
Category 10: Non-financial interests (c)
President, National Youth Theatre
Trustee, Crimestoppers
Lord Alliance
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
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Director, Liverpool John Moores University Foundation for Citizenship
Occasional income from journalism and writing
Category 7: Overseas visits
Visit to Washington DC, 28 June - 1 July 2012, to participate in a Conference on the Plight of Egypt's Copts and other events in Washington DC; UK Copts and Jubilee Campaign contributed to travel and accommodation costs
Visit to Kenya, 26-28 October 2012, to attend a conference at Strathmore University, Nairobi; cost of accommodation and travel met by the University
Visit to South Korea, 20-30 September 2012, to attend Human Rights Conference sponsored by Hanns Seidel Foundation combined with visit to NE China/N Korea border, partly supported by Building Bridges
Visit to Burma, 22-28 March 2013, in connection with human rights; costs of visit partly met by Christian Solidarity Worldwide and Building Bridges
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
Advisory Committee, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Foundation Governor, Liverpool Bluecoat School
Governor, Stonyhurst College
Trustee, Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, North Korea
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)
Baroness Amos
Nil
On leave of absence; exempt from registration
Lord Anderson of Swansea
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Board Member, Mercy Ships UK (charity)
Baroness Andrews
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Chair, English Heritage
Category 7: Overseas visits
Visit with Personal Secretary to Istanbul, 22-24 May 2013, to participate in the Euro Asia Social Business Forum; no speaking fee was paid but costs of flights and accommodation were met by organisers through Aron Kongre Merkezi Turkizm Organizasyon TIC.A.S
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chair, Foundations Independent Living Trust
Vice President, National Parks Association
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
In receipt of ministerial salary as Government Chief Whip
Category 5: Land and property
Residential holding in Dorset
Lord Archer of Weston-Super-Mare
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
Urban property in Tyne & Wear and North Shields from which rental income is received
Property in London from which rental income is received
Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Member, Advisory Board, GovNet Communications (publisher and event organiser)
Non-executive Director, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (2 days a month)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
Chair, Community Energy Solutions
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
Governor, Castleview Enterprise Academy, Sunderland
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chair, Tony Blair Sports Foundation
Trustee, Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative (AGI)
Trustee, VSO UK and Chair of VSO Federation Council
Chair, Cyrenians (Tyneside and North East)
Trustee, Northern Education Trust (a Board for a new chain of Academies)
Trustee and Board Member, WAVE Trust (ending child abuse)
Lord Armstrong of Ilminster
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, RVW Trust
Trustee, Derek Hill Foundation
Trustee, Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation
Trustee, Wells Cathedral School Foundation
Earl of Arran
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
Lord Ashcroft
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited (holding company for Caribbean and Central American interests)
QNV Holdings Pty Ltd (construction)
BCB Holdings Ltd (financial services in Belize)
SUSD Asset Management (Holdings) Limited (property development)
Restore plc (document storage services)
Shellshock Limited (cash shell)
Political Holdings Limited (provides information on political process, conferences and publishing)
Shellproof plc (wine producer)
Strand Associates Limited (corporate finance; investor in other companies)
Mayfair Limited (nominee company)
Anne Street Partners Holdings Pty Ltd
Category 4: Shareholdings (b)
Flooved Limited (provides online textbook services for students)
Jaywing plc (formerly WeAre20:20 plc) (email marketing)
Tottenham Hotspur plc
Dods (Group) plc (political information, public affairs and policy communication specialist)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
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)
Chancellor, Anglia Ruskin University
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)
President and Trustee, The West India Committee
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Crimestoppers
Trustee, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Trustee, Prospect Education (technology trust)
Advisory Board Member, Institute for Justice Sector Development
Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Adviser, Good Governance Group (G3) (advice on security and governance issues world-wide)
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, 11 October 2012, Grant Thornton, London
Speaking engagement, 11 October 2012, Clive Conway Associates - Ilkley Literary Festival, Ilkley
Speaking engagement, 18 October 2012, Wealth Management Conference, Chandler's Cross
Speaking engagement, 24 October 2012, in London, for the University of Buckingham
Speaking engagement, 12 June 2012, in Brussels; Conference Board
Speaking engagement, 13 June 2012, Clive Conway Associates, Lichfield
Speaking engagement, 5 July 2012, CIPFA Conference, Liverpool
Speaking engagement, 10 December 2012, J.P. Morgan Asset Management Global Insurance Solutions CIO Forum, Buckingham
Speaking engagement, 25 January 2013, Conway productions, Pitlochry
Speaking engagement, 28 January 2013, Conway Productions, Clacton-on-Sea
Category 7: Overseas visits
Speaking visit to Ottawa, Canada, 18-20 June 2012, at invitation of CIDA (Canadian Government); cost of flights met by Canadian Government
Category 10: Non-financial interests (d)
Member of Advisory Board, Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
President, UNICEF (UK)
Board Member, Interpeace (Geneva)
Lord Ashton of Hyde
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Member of Advisory Council, Century Capital LLP (private equity partnership in Boston, Mass, USA)
GRF Services Limited (service company for Faraday Underwriting Limited (insurance) and Faraday Reinsurance Co Limited (insurance))
Category 4: Shareholdings (b)
Albemarle Retail Properties LLP (commercial property)
Albemarle Leisure LLP (commercial property)
Smilepod Hygiene Ltd (dental services)
Marsh Inc (insurance broking/financial services)
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ)
Barclays Bank plc
Category 5: Land and property
Farm and cottages in Gloucestershire owned jointly with wife, from which rental income is received
Property in Eastbourne, East Sussex and Wrexham, North Wales, from which rental income is received
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
Chairman, THHK Limited (company owning hunt kennels and land)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Lloyd's Patriotic Fund (registered charity)
Trustee, Heythrop Hunt Charitable Trust
Trustee, Ashton Charitable Trust
Baroness Ashton of Upholland
Nil
On leave of absence; exempt from registration
Viscount Astor
Category 1: Directorships
Ancroft Tractors Ltd (farm machinery dealer)
Cliveden Securities Ltd (corporate financial advice)
Networkers International plc (recruitment services)
Silvergate Media Limited (media rights)
Vampire Squid Productions Limited (entertainment)
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Partner, Tarbert Estate Partnership (farm and sporting tenant)
Consultant, Canadian Overseas Petroleum (UK) Ltd (oil & gas)
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
Cliveden Securities Ltd (corporate financial advice)
Ancroft Tractors Ltd (farm machinery dealer)
Category 5: Land and property
Residential holdings in Oxfordshire
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
Old Berkshire Hunt Ltd (hunting and related activities)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (c)
Stanley Spencer Gallery, Cookham, Berkshire
Lord Astor of Hever
Category 5: Land and property
Residential holdings and stables in Kent
Residential holding in York
Category 7: Overseas visits
Visit with family to Oman, 29 December 2012 - 6 January 2013, for New Year Celebrations and official meetings as guest of Government of Oman; all travel expenses for myself and my family paid for by myself; accommodation paid for by Government of Oman
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
Holder of ministerial office as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence, but not in receipt of ministerial salary
President, Durand Group (historical research)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Astor of Hever Trust
Member, Regimental Council, The Life Guards
Lord Attenborough
Nil
On leave of absence; exempt from registration
Earl Attlee
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
In receipt of ministerial salary as Lord in Waiting
Serving Officer (Major), Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Territorial Army
Member, REME Institution (as serving REME officer)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (c)
President, The Thornycroft Register (organisation for owners of Thornycroft Vehicles in varying states of preservation)
Lord Avebury
Category 1: Directorships
CL Projects Ltd (computer hardware & software; provides management advice to Cook Lubbock & Co, a partnership in which it has a 50% interest)
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Chartered Engineer (non-practising)
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
Controlling interest in CL Projects Ltd (computer hardware & software; provides management advice to Cook Lubbock & Co, a partnership in which it has a 50% interest)
Category 5: Land and property
390 acres arable land in Northamptonshire
Category 10: Non-financial interests (d)
President, Kurdish Human Rights Project
President, TAPOL (Indonesian Human Rights)
President, Advisory Council for the Education of Romanies and Travellers (ACERT)
Chairman, Cameroon Campaign Group
Co-chair, Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Silbury Fund
Trustee, Friends of Alola Foundation
Chairman, Maurice Lubbock Memorial Fund

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