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Tom Watson

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This page shows how Tom Watson's entry in the Register of Members' Interests has changed over time, starting at the most recent and working back to the earliest we have managed to parse. Please be aware that changes in typography/styling at the source might mean something is marked as changed (ie. removed and added) when it hasn't; sorry about that, but we do our best with the source material.

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7 May 2013 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Received payment of £75 for completing survey on 4 April 2013. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to local party. (Registered 9 April 2013)
  • Received payment of £75 for completing survey on 4 April 2013. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to local party. (Registered 9 April 2013)

22 April 2013 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

 
  • Received payment of £75 for completing survey on 4 April 2013. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to local party. (Registered 9 April 2013)

8 April 2013 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Received payment of £75 for completing survey on 1 March 2013. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to local party. (Registered 4 March 2013)
  • Received payment of £75 for completing survey on 1 March 2013. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to local party. (Registered 4 March 2013)

11 March 2013 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

 
  • Received payment of £75 for completing survey on 1 March 2013. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to local party. (Registered 4 March 2013)

4 February 2013 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Payment of £1,500 from Hat Trick Productions Ltd, 10 Livona St, London W1F 8AF, for appearance on ‘Have I Got News For You’. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 9 January 2012)
  • I have attended the following events in respect of the publication of a book I have co-authored, for which I have a contract with Penguin Books, 80 The Strand, London WC2R 0RL. (Registered 14 May 2012)
  • Received payment of £75 for completing survey on 7 December 2012. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to local party.(Registered 7 December 2012)
  • Received payment of £75 for completing survey on 10 January 2013. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to local party. (Registered 11 January 2013)
  • I have attended the following events in respect of the publication of a book I have co-authored, for which I have a contract with Penguin Books, 80 The Strand, London WC2R 0RL. (Registered 14 May 2012)
  • Received payment of £75 for completing survey on 7 December 2012. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to local party.(Registered 7 December 2012)
  • Received payment of £75 for completing survey on 10 January 2013. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to local party. (Registered 11 January 2013)

18 January 2013 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Received commission of £310.16 on sales of this book via my blog and Twitter feed, for the period 1 January 2012 to 6 December 2012. No additional hours. (Registered 7 December 2012)
  • Received commission of £310.16 on sales of this book via my blog and Twitter feed, for the period 1 January 2012 to 6 December 2012. No additional hours. (Registered 7 December 2012)
  • Received payment of £75 for completing survey on 7 December 2012. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to local party.(Registered 7 December 2012)
  • Received payment of £75 for completing survey on 10 January 2013. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to local party. (Registered 11 January 2013)

19 December 2012 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

 
  • Received commission of £310.16 on sales of this book via my blog and Twitter feed, for the period 1 January 2012 to 6 December 2012. No additional hours. (Registered 7 December 2012)

3 December 2012 - View full entry

6. Overseas visits

  • Name of donor: Unite the Union
    • Address of donor: 128 Theobalds Rd, London WC1X 8TN
  • Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Flights and hotel; total cost £6,300
  • Destination of visit: Los Angeles, USA
  • Date of visit: 20-23 October 2011
  • Purpose of visit: to visit the News Corporation Annual General Meeting in the United States in order to raise the issue of company reform as a result of the UK police investigation into phone hacking.
  • (Registered 14 November 2011)
 

5 November 2012 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Received £10,812 in royalties from Allen Lane Publishers (Penguin Books, 80 The Strand, London WC2 0RL) in respect of a book which I co-authored. Hours: 175 hrs. (Registered 22 October 2012)
  • Received £10,812 in royalties from Allen Lane Publishers (Penguin Books, 80 The Strand, London WC2 0RL) in respect of a book which I co-authored. Hours: 175 hrs. (Registered 22 October 2012)

22 October 2012 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • I have attended the following events in respect of the publication of a book I have co-authored, for which I have a contract with Penguin Books, 80 The Strand, London WC2R 0RL, and for which I have received no payments to date. (Registered 14 May 2012)
  • Received payment of £75 for completing survey on 23 August 2012. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to local party. (Registered 7 September 2012)
  • I have attended the following events in respect of the publication of a book I have co-authored, for which I have a contract with Penguin Books, 80 The Strand, London WC2R 0RL. (Registered 14 May 2012)
  • Received £10,812 in royalties from Allen Lane Publishers (Penguin Books, 80 The Strand, London WC2 0RL) in respect of a book which I co-authored. Hours: 175 hrs. (Registered 22 October 2012)
  • Received payment of £75 for completing survey on 23 August 2012. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to local party. (Registered 7 September 2012)

1 October 2012 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

    13 May 2012, I spoke on a panel and signed books at the Writing on the Wall Festival, Liverpool. Address: The Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre, 4 Princes Road , Liverpool ,
    13 May 2012, I spoke on a panel and signed books at the Writing on the Wall Festival, Liverpool. Address: The Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre, 4 Princes Road, Liverpool,
  • Received payment of £75 for completing survey on 23 August 2012. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to local party. (Registered 7 September 2012)

3 September 2012 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

    13 May 2012, I spoke on a panel and signed books at the Writing on the Wall Festival, Liverpool. Address: The Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre, 4 Princes Road, Liverpool,
  • Received payment of £75 for completing survey on 17 July 2012. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to local party. (Registered 20 July 2012)
    13 May 2012, I spoke on a panel and signed books at the Writing on the Wall Festival, Liverpool. Address: The Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre, 4 Princes Road , Liverpool ,
  • Received payment of £75 for completing survey on 17 July 2012. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to local party. (Registered 20 July 2012)

30 July 2012 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

 
  • Payments from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for completing opinion surveys:
  • Received payment of £75 for completing survey on 17 July 2012. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to local party. (Registered 20 July 2012)

9 July 2012 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Payments from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA, for opinion research:
  • Payment of £75, received 26 May 2011, for opinion research in March 2011. Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to constituency party. (Registered 13 June 2011)
  • Payment of £75, received 16 June 2011, for opinion research in May 2011. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 28 June 2011)
  • Payment of £1,500 from Hat Trick Productions Ltd, 10 Livona St, London W1F 8AF, for appearance on ‘Have I Got News For You’. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 9 January 2012)
  • Payment of £1,500 from Hat Trick Productions Ltd, 10 Livona St, London W1F 8AF, for appearance on ‘Have I Got News For You’. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 9 January 2012)

25 June 2012 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • I have attended the following event in respect of the publication of a book I have co-authored, for which I have a contract with Penguin Books, 80 The Strand, London WC2R 0RL, and for which I have received no payments to date. (Registered 14 May 2012)
  • I have attended the following events in respect of the publication of a book I have co-authored, for which I have a contract with Penguin Books, 80 The Strand, London WC2R 0RL, and for which I have received no payments to date. (Registered 14 May 2012)

11 June 2012 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • I have attended the following event in respect of the publication of a book I have co-authored, for which I have a contract with Penguin Books, 80 The Strand, London WC2R 0RL, and for which I have received no payments to date. (Registered 14 May 2012)
  • 13 May 2012, I spoke on a panel and signed books at the Writing on the Wall Festival, Liverpool. Address: The Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre, 4 Princes Road, Liverpool,
    I have attended the following event in respect of the publication of a book I have co-authored, for which I have a contract with Penguin Books, 80 The Strand, London WC2R 0RL, and for which I have received no payments to date. (Registered 14 May 2012) 13 May 2012, I spoke on a panel and signed books at the Writing on the Wall Festival, Liverpool. Address: The Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre, 4 Princes Road, Liverpool,

14 May 2012 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

 
  • I have attended the following event in respect of the publication of a book I have co-authored, for which I have a contract with Penguin Books, 80 The Strand, London WC2R 0RL, and for which I have received no payments to date. (Registered 14 May 2012)
    • 13 May 2012, I spoke on a panel and signed books at the Writing on the Wall Festival, Liverpool. Address: The Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre, 4 Princes Road, Liverpool, L8 1TH . Travel and accommodation for one night were met by the organisers; cost £180. Hours: 17 hrs including travel. (Registered 14 May 2012)

30 April 2012 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Payment of £75 from Populus, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT, received 18 March 2011, for opinion research in February 2011. Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to constituency party. (Registered 21 April 2011)
  • Payments from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA, for opinion research:
  • Payments from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA, for opinion research:

30 January 2012 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Payments from Guardian News and Media Ltd. Address:, 1 Scott Place, Manchester M3 3GG.
  • Received £100 for 2 articles in the Guardian. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 22 September 2010)
  • Payment of £75 from Populus, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT, received 18 March 2011, for opinion research in February 2011. Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to constituency party. (Registered 21 April 2011)
  • Payment of £1,500 from Hat Trick Productions Ltd, 10 Livona St, London W1F 8AF, for appearance on ‘Have I Got News For You’. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 9 January 2012)
  • Payment of £75 from Populus, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT, received 18 March 2011, for opinion research in February 2011. Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to constituency party. (Registered 21 April 2011)
  • Payment of £1,500 from Hat Trick Productions Ltd, 10 Livona St, London W1F 8AF, for appearance on ‘Have I Got News For You’. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 9 January 2012)

13 January 2012 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

 
  • Payment of £1,500 from Hat Trick Productions Ltd, 10 Livona St, London W1F 8AF, for appearance on ‘Have I Got News For You’. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 9 January 2012)

13 December 2011 - View full entry

6. Overseas visits

    Address of donor: 128 Theobalds Rd, London WC1X 8TN
  • (Registered 14 November 2011)
    Address of donor: 128 Theobalds Rd, London WC1X 8TN
  • (Registered 14 November 2011)

16 November 2011 - View full entry

6. Overseas visits

 
  • Name of donor: Unite the Union
    • Address of donor: 128 Theobalds Rd, London WC1X 8TN
  • Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Flights and hotel; total cost £6,300
  • Destination of visit: Los Angeles, USA
  • Date of visit: 20-23 October 2011
  • Purpose of visit: to visit the News Corporation Annual General Meeting in the United States in order to raise the issue of company reform as a result of the UK police investigation into phone hacking.
  • (Registered 14 November 2011)

19 July 2011 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Payment of £75, received 16 June 2011, for opinion research in May 2011. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 28 June 2011)
  • Payment of £75, received 16 June 2011, for opinion research in May 2011. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 28 June 2011)

6 July 2011 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Payment of £75 from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA, received 26 May 2011, for opinion research in March 2011. Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to constituency party. (Registered 13 June 2011)
  • Payments from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA, for opinion research:
  • Payment of £75, received 26 May 2011, for opinion research in March 2011. Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to constituency party. (Registered 13 June 2011)
  • Payment of £75, received 16 June 2011, for opinion research in May 2011. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 28 June 2011)

20 June 2011 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Received £85 for a comment article in the Guardian. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 16 June 2010)
  • Payment of £75 from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA, received 26 May 2011, for opinion research in March 2011. Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to constituency party. (Registered 13 June 2011)

16 May 2011 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Payment of £75 from Populus, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT, received 18 March 2011, for opinion research in February 2011. Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to constituency party. (Registered 21 April 2011)
  • Payment of £75 from Populus, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT, received 18 March 2011, for opinion research in February 2011. Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to constituency party. (Registered 21 April 2011)

3 May 2011 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

 
  • Payment of £75 from Populus, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT, received 18 March 2011, for opinion research in February 2011. Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to constituency party. (Registered 21 April 2011)

10 January 2011 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Received £100 for 2 articles in the Guardian. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 22 September 2010)
  • Received £100 for 2 articles in the Guardian. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 22 September 2010)

20 December 2010 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Regular column in PA News. Address: Public Affairs News, Westminster Tower, 3 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SP. (Up to £5,000)
  • Received £85 for a comment article in the Guardian. Address: Guardian News and Media Ltd, 1 Scott Place, Manchester M3 3GG. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 16 June 2010)
  • Payments from Guardian News and Media Ltd. Address:, 1 Scott Place, Manchester M3 3GG.
  • Received £85 for a comment article in the Guardian. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 16 June 2010)
  • Received £100 for 2 articles in the Guardian. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 22 September 2010)

22 November 2010 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Received £200 for July 2009. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)
  • Received £200 for September 2009. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)
  • Received £200 for November 2009. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)
 

6 September 2010 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Regular column in PA News. Address: Public Affairs News, Westminster Tower, 3 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SP. (Up to £5,000)
  • Received £200 for July 2009. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)
  • Received £200 for September 2009. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)
  • Received £200 for November 2009. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)
  • Regular column in PA News. Address: Public Affairs News, Westminster Tower, 3 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SP. (Up to £5,000)
  • Received £200 for July 2009. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)
  • Received £200 for September 2009. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)
  • Received £200 for November 2009. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)
  • Received £85 for a comment article in the Guardian. Address: Guardian News and Media Ltd, 1 Scott Place, Manchester M3 3GG. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 16 June 2010)

10 December 2009 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Regular column in PA News. Address: Public Affairs News, Westminster Tower, 3 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SP. (Up to £5,000)
  • Received £200 for July 2009. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)
  • Received £200 for September 2009. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)
  • Received £200 for November 2009. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)
  • Regular column in PA News. Address: Public Affairs News, Westminster Tower, 3 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SP. (Up to £5,000)
  • Received £200 for July 2009. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)
  • Received £200 for September 2009. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)
  • Received £200 for November 2009. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)

25 November 2009 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Regular column in PA News. (Up to £5,000) (Fee donated to charity.)
  • Column for public affairs news published by Dodds every two months. (Up to £5,000)
  • Regular column in PA News. Address: Public Affairs News, Westminster Tower, 3 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SP. (Up to £5,000)
  • Received £200 for July 2009. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)
  • Received £200 for September 2009. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)
  • Received £200 for November 2009. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)

14 October 2009 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

 
  • Column for public affairs news published by Dodds every two months. (Up to £5,000)

16 June 2008 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

 
  • Regular column in PA News. (Up to £5,000) (Fee donated to charity.)

1 November 2005 - View full entry

5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)

  • As a member of the Public Policy Advisory Committee of the RAC Foundation I receive complimentary membership of the RAC Club.
 

6. Overseas visits

  • 17-20 April 2004, to the United Arab Emirates, as guest of the Government of the UAE. The cost of flights and accommodation was met by the Government of the UAE. (Registered 20 May 2004)
 

28 January 2005 - View full entry

5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)

  • 9 September 2003, two complimentary tickets to the Mercury Music Prize from the British Phonographic Institute. (Registered 22 January 2004)
 

6. Overseas visits

  • 25-30 May 2003, to Tennessee, USA, to view the decommissioning of nuclear facilities. Flights and accommodation paid for by Nirex. (Registered 22 January 2004)
  • 6-10 October 2003, to Taiwan as a guest of the Government of Taiwan. Flights and accommodation paid for by the Government of Taiwan. (Registered 22 January 2004)
  • 17-20 April 2004, to the United Arab Emirates, as guest of the Government of the UAE. The cost of flights and accommodation was met by the Government of the UAE. (Registered 20 May 2004)
  • 17-20 April 2004, to the United Arab Emirates, as guest of the Government of the UAE. The cost of flights and accommodation was met by the Government of the UAE. (Registered 20 May 2004)

16 July 2004 - View full entry

6. Overseas visits

 
  • 17-20 April 2004, to the United Arab Emirates, as guest of the Government of the UAE. The cost of flights and accommodation was met by the Government of the UAE. (Registered 20 May 2004)

21 May 2004 - View full entry

6. Overseas visits

  • 4-13 January 2003, to India with a delegation of MPs, sponsored by Labour Friends of India. Airline tickets and hospitality in India provided by the Confederation of Indian Industry and the Government of India. (Registered 23 January 2003)
  • 25-30 May 2003, to Tennessee, USA, to view the decommissioning of nuclear facilities. Flights and accommodation paid for by Nirex. (Registered 22 January 2004)
  • 25-30 May 2003, to Tennessee, USA, to view the decommissioning of nuclear facilities. Flights and accommodation paid for by Nirex. (Registered 22 January 2004)

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Policy and communications adviser to, and member of the executive of, the Guild of Business Travel Agents. Future fees of £9,000 per annum will be distributed as follows: 50% to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust in memory of Dominic McElroy; 50% to the Tribune newspaper.
 

31 January 2004 - View full entry

5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)

 
  • 9 September 2003, two complimentary tickets to the Mercury Music Prize from the British Phonographic Institute. (Registered 22 January 2004)

6. Overseas visits

 
  • 25-30 May 2003, to Tennessee, USA, to view the decommissioning of nuclear facilities. Flights and accommodation paid for by Nirex. (Registered 22 January 2004)
  • 6-10 October 2003, to Taiwan as a guest of the Government of Taiwan. Flights and accommodation paid for by the Government of Taiwan. (Registered 22 January 2004)

4 December 2003 - View full entry

5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)

  • 20 February 2002, two complimentary tickets to the Brit Awards from the British Phonographic Institute. (Registered 21 March 2002)
  • As a member of the Public Policy Advisory Committee of the RAC Foundation I receive complimentary membership of the RAC Club.
  • As a member of the Public Policy Advisory Committee of the RAC Foundation I receive complimentary membership of the RAC Club.

6. Overseas visits

  • 2-10 February 2002, to Japan for a conference with Japanese Parliamentarians. Half of the cost was met by the Japanese Government and half by the British Government. (Registered 8 March 2002)
  • 11-14 May 2002, to Toronto, accompanied by my wife, as the guests of the Guild of Business Travel Agents at their annual conference. (Registered 5 September 2002)
  • 4-13 January 2003, to India with a delegation of MPs, sponsored by Labour Friends of India. Airline tickets and hospitality in India provided by the Confederation of Indian Industry and the Government of India. (Registered 23 January 2003)

26 November 2002 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Occasional fees for opinion surveys. Fees are paid to charity.
  • Policy and communications adviser to, and member of the executive of, the Guild of Business Travel Agents. Future fees of £9,000 per annum will be distributed as follows: 50% to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust in memory of Dominic McElroy; 50% to the Tribune newspaper.

5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)

 
  • As a member of the Public Policy Advisory Committee of the RAC Foundation I receive complimentary membership of the RAC Club.

6. Overseas visits

 
  • 11-14 May 2002, to Toronto, accompanied by my wife, as the guests of the Guild of Business Travel Agents at their annual conference. (Registered 5 September 2002)

14 May 2002 (first entry we have)

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

  • Occasional fees for opinion surveys. Fees are paid to charity.

5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)

  • 20 February 2002, two complimentary tickets to the Brit Awards from the British Phonographic Institute. (Registered 21 March 2002)

6. Overseas visits

  • 2-10 February 2002, to Japan for a conference with Japanese Parliamentarians. Half of the cost was met by the Japanese Government and half by the British Government. (Registered 8 March 2002)