Register of Lords' Interests

The following Members of the House of Lords have registered relevant interests under the Code of Conduct:

All Members of the House of Lords biography pages will contain the current Registered Interest data for each Member. The list of all biography pages can be found here;
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Last updated 07:02 04 March 2013

ABERDARE, Lord

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, National Library of Wales

Trustee, Berlioz Society

Trustee, St John Cymru-Wales

Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)

Trustee, West Wycombe Charitable Trust

ADAMS OF CRAIGIELEA, Baroness

Nil

No registrable interests

ADDINGTON, Lord

Category 1: Directorships

Chairman, Microlink PC (UK) Ltd (computing and software)

Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

Media training given by the Member to the Daily Mail Group Trust (December 2011)

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

ADEBOWALE, Lord

Category 1: Directorships

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))

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))

Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

Board Member, NHS Commissioning Board

Chief Executive Officer, Turning Point (social care registered charity)

Occasional income from broadcasting is paid to Turning Point

Commissioner, Audit Commission

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)

ADONIS, Lord

Category 1: Directorships

Non-executive Director, Dods (Group) plc (public affairs and policy communications)

Non-executive Director, RM plc (education service company)

Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

Education consultant, Boston Consulting Group and GEMS Education (international only; no advice to UK clients or government)

Member of Advisory Board, TSL Education Ltd

Occasional speaker, JLA Speaker Bureau (specialist agency for keynote and after-dinner speakers)

Speaking engagement, 1 May 2012, Office Depot Ltd, Strategic Thinking Forum

Speaking engagement, 9 May 2012, Independent Schools' Bursars Association Annual Conference

Speaking engagement, 11 June 2012, Institute of Travel and Tourism Annual Conference

Speaking engagement, 27 Feb 2013, Deloittes public services conference

Royalties are received as author of various books

Category 10: Non-financial interests (d)

Chair, Progress

Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)

Non-executive Director, Baker Dearing Educational Trust

Non-executive Director, Edge Foundation (vocational education charity)

Trustee, Teach First (teacher recruitment charity)

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

Four unpaid researchers (part-time)

Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)

Commissioner, UK Drug Policy Commission

Chair, Communication Committee, British Muslim Research Centre

AHMAD OF WIMBLEDON, Lord

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)

AHMED, Lord

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.

Adviser on Diversity, Reliance UKBA Escorting (provides escorting services both in-country and overseas on behalf of UK Border Agency) (until June 2013)

Business development manager, Kilnhurst Business Park, Rotherham

Chancellor, British Institute of Technology and E-Commerce (expenses and loss of earnings only, for attending meetings and conferences)

Category 4: Shareholdings (a)

Newbond Investments Limited (real estate)

Kilnhurst Business Park, Rotherham

Category 5: Land and property

Freehold interest in, and ground rent investment from, properties in Sheffield at Cammell Road, Firth Park, Sheffield and Granby Road, Firth Park, Sheffield

Guest House in Doncaster

Kilnhurst Business Park, Rotherham

Category 7: Overseas visits

Visit to Dubai and Qatar, 4-9 January 2012; travel costs were met by Council for European Palestinian Relations (CEPR); two days' accommodation was paid by Government of Qatar

Visit to Strasbourg, 21 January 2012, to attend a COJEP International (Council for Justice, Equality and Peace) human rights award ceremony; COJEP International paid for travel to Strasbourg and one night's accommodation (Member paid for return flight)

Visit to Barcelona, 3-4 February 2012, as guest of Counsellor General of Pakistan; cost of two nights' accommodation (but not travel) met by Counsellor General of Pakistan

Visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia, 6-8 May 2012; travel costs met by Mr Aamer Sarfraz and two nights' accommodation provided by Pakistan Ambassador

Visit to Oslo, 25-26 May 2012; accommodation costs met by Islamic Cultural Centre in Oslo

Visit to Toronto, Canada, 1-4 June 2012; all travel and accommodation costs met by Friends of Kashmir in Toronto

Visit to Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa, 4-8 July 2012; all travel and accommodation met by Al-Gazali School/College, Pretoria

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 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

Category 10: Non-financial interests (d)

Member of International Expert Team, Institute for Research of Genocide, Canada

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 Foundation

ALDERDICE, Lord

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.

Retired Consultant Psychiatrist

Occasional speeches, lectures and broadcasts

Member, UK Committee on Standards in Public Life

Category 4: Shareholdings (a)

ARTIS (Europe) Ltd

Category 7: Overseas visits

Visit to Tunisia, 31 March - 3 April 2012, with group of Parliamentarians to meet with the President of Tunisia, the President and Vice-President of the Parliament of Tunisia and other senior political figures; costs of visit, including travel and accommodation, organized and paid for by Council for European-Palestinian Relations.

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)

Trustee, National Liberal Club

Chairman of Trustees, National Liberal Club

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

Trustee, Methuen Trust, Corsham

Co-Chairman, International Dialogue Initiative

Trustee, Liberal Party Supplementary Pension Fund

Vice Chairman, Gulf Policy Forum

Member, Board of Trustees, The Climate Parliament (registered charity)

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)

Category 5: Land and property

Property in Guyana

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)

Bank of Ireland

Vallar plc (international mining)

Hatehof (Israeli-based rescue vehicles)

Metail Limited (3D and digitalised marketing services)

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)

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 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 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 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 Kenya, 26-28 October 2012, to attend a conference at Strathmore University, Nairobi; cost of accommodation and travel met by the University

Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)

Trustee, Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, North Korea

Advisory Committee, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Foundation Governor, Liverpool Bluecoat School

Governor, Stonyhurst College

Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)

Trustee, The Christian Heritage Centre (registered charity)

Trustee, Chesterton Institute

Board Member, Institute for Religion and Public Policy (Washington DC)

AMOS, Baroness

Nil

On leave of absence; exempt from registration

ANDERSON OF SWANSEA, Lord

Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)

Board Member, Mercy Ships UK (charity)

ANDREWS, Baroness

Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

Chair, English Heritage

Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)

Chair, Foundations Independent Living Trust

Vice President, National Parks Association

ANELAY OF ST JOHNS, Baroness

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

ARCHER OF WESTON-SUPER-MARE, Lord

Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

Novelist

Category 4: Shareholdings (a)

Andartis Limited (art dealers)

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, London; The New Grease on Broadway Limited Partnership; Grease on Tour; The Sound of Music UK Tour; Flashdance The Musical; Chicago UK Tour

Category 5: Land and property

Property in London from which rental income is received

Urban property in Tyne & Wear and North Shields from which rental income is received

ARMSTRONG OF HILL TOP, Baroness

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 and Board Member, WAVE Trust (ending child abuse)

Trustee, Northern Education Trust (a Board for a new chain of Academies)

ARMSTRONG OF ILMINSTER, Lord

Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)

Trustee, RVW Trust

Trustee, Derek Hill Foundation

Trustee, Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation

Trustee, Wells Cathedral School Foundation

ARRAN, Earl

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

ASHCROFT, Lord

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)

Dods (Group) plc (political information, public affairs and policy communication specialist)

Sportstalk Limited (sports based internet television service)

Flooved Limited (provides online textbook services for students)

WeAre20:20 plc (formerly Digital Marketing Group plc) (email marketing)

Tottenham Hotspur plc

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

ASHDOWN OF NORTON-SUB-HAMDON, Lord

Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

Speaking engagement, 10 February 2012, Legal Business magazine

Speaking engagement, 21 February 2012, Finance and Leasing Association

Speaking engagement, 16 March 2012, Clive Conway Productions, Ludlow

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, 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, 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

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"

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)

ASHTON OF HYDE, Lord

Category 1: Directorships

CEO, Faraday Underwriting Limited (insurance)

CEO, Faraday Reinsurance Co Limited (insurance)

Faraday Holdings Limited (insurance)

Faraday Capital Limited (insurance)

GRF Services Limited (insurance)

Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

Member of Advisory Council, Century Capital LLP (private equity partnership in Boston, Mass, USA)

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)

Zurich Financial Services AG (insurance-based financial services provider)

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ)

Nestle S.A. (consumer goods)

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, Heythrop Hunt Kennels Limited

Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)

Trustee, Lloyd's Patriotic Fund (registered charity)

Trustee, Heythrop Hunt Charitable Trust

Trustee, Ashton Charitable Trust

ASHTON OF UPHOLLAND, Baroness

Nil

On leave of absence; exempt from registration

ASTOR OF HEVER, Lord

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)

President, Durand Group (historical research)

Holder of ministerial office as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence, but not in receipt of ministerial salary

Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)

Trustee, Astor of Hever Trust

Member, Regimental Council, The Life Guards

ASTOR, Viscount

Category 1: Directorships

Silvergate Media Limited (media rights)

Vampire Squid Productions Limited (entertainment)

Ancroft Tractors Ltd (farm machinery dealer)

Cliveden Securities Ltd (corporate financial advice)

Networkers International plc (recruitment services)

Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

Consultant, Canadian Overseas Petroleum (UK) Ltd (oil & gas)

Partner, Tarbert Estate Partnership (farm and sporting tenant)

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

ATTENBOROUGH, Lord

Nil

Information not yet received

ATTLEE, Earl

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)

AVEBURY, Lord

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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