Register of Members’ Interests
Last updated: 10 Feb 2020.
1. Employment and earnings
Lay Associate Member of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service, 3 Hardman Street, Manchester M3 3AW; formerly the General Medical Council Fitness to Practice Panel. (Registered 1 December 2011; updated 6 November 2012 and 17 January 2017)
Adviser on communications and marketing strategy to Snowshill Allied Holdings Ltd, and formerly to Aquarium Software Ltd, both of Poplar House, 126a Ashley Road, Hale, Cheshire WA14 2UN. From 1 April 2015 until further notice I expect to receive remuneration of £2,500 a quarter, for a commitment of about 3 hours a quarter. (Registered 17 September 2013; updated 4 October 2013 and 31 May 2015)
From 19 June 2017 a year I receive £26,000 a year (paid monthly) for my role as Editor of
The House Magazine (Dods Parliamentary Services), Level 11, The Shard, 32 London Bridge Rd, London SE1 9SG. Hours: 10 hrs a month. (Updated 31 May 2015, 13 November 2015 and 3 July 2017)
Payments from the
BBC, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, W1A 1AA:
11 February 2019, received £200 for participation on the panel of
Any Questions on
Radio 4 on 18 January 2019. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 11 February 2019)
Payments from Ipsos Mori, 3 Thomas More Square, London E1W 1YW:
31 January 2019, received £200 for completing an opinion survey on 11 December 2018. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 04 February 2019)
2 August 2019, received £200 for completing an opinion survey on 26 June 2019. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 30 August 2019)
Payments from the Telegraph Media Group Limited, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT, for writing articles:
Payment of £230 expected for writing an article on 17 January 2019 for publication on 20 January 2019. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 04 February 2019)
17 May 2019, received £100 for writing an article (unused) in April 2019. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 17 June 2019)
12 July 2019, received £180 for an article published on 25 May 2019. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 25 July 2019)
12 July 2019, received £200 for an article published on 26 May 2019. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 25 July 2019)
22 February 2019, received £400 from Associated Newspapers Limited, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, Kensington London W8 5TT, for an article published on 28 January 2019. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 22 February 2019)
22 April 2019, received £600 from the Mail on Sunday, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT, for an article published on 3 March 2019. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 01 May 2019)
20 May 2019, received £500 for writing an article for publication on 24 March 2019, from
The Sun on Sunday, News
UK & Ireland Limited,
PO Box 151 Peterborough PE7 8YT, Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 17 June 2019)
29 June 2019, received £200 from the
American Institute for Foreign Study, 1 St Albans Grove, London W8 5PN, for speaking to a group of students from
Arizona State University on 23 May 2019. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 25 July 2019)
30 October 2019, received £1,000 from Primary Access and Research, 14 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP, for speech to Artemis fund managers on 9 October 2019. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 13 December 2019)
2. (a) Support linked to an
MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Benjamin Rose
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 09 January 2020)
Name of donor: Flowidea Ltd
Address of donor: 7 Wilson Street, London EC2M 2SN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: company, registration 02463564
(Registered 09 January 2020)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor:
JTI UK
Address of donor: Members Hill, Brooklands Rd, Weybridge KT13 0QU
Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Dinner at the
British Museum for my wife and me, value £600
Date received: 19 March 2019
Date accepted: 19 March 2019
Donor status: company, registration 01501573
(Registered 08 May 2019)
Name of donor:
BP plc
Address of donor: 1
St James’s Square, London SW1Y 4PD
Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to
All England Club on 5 July 2019, including lunch and drinks, value £595
Date received: 5 July 2019
Date accepted: 5 July 2019
Donor status: company, registration 542515
(Registered 11 July 2019)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor:
Cayman Islands Government Office in the United Kingdom
Address of donor: 34 Dover Street, London W1S 4NG England
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): flights and accommodation for myself and my wife, total value £10,459 ( including £4,241 for changing the dates of flights)
Destination of visit: Cayman Islands
Dates of visit: 27 June to 1 July 2019
Purpose of visit: Leading visit by All-Party Cayman Island Group, marking the 60th Anniversary of the Cayman Islands constitution.
(Registered 26 July 2019)
Name of donor:
Government of GibraltarAddress of donor: Gibraltar House, The Strand, London WC2R 1JA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): for me and my spouse, travel with a value of £1,730 and accommodation with a value of £495; £2,225 in total
Destination of visit: Gibraltar
Dates of visit: 5-8 September 2019
Purpose of visit: to attend Gibraltar Day celebrations.
(Registered 08 October 2019)
8. Miscellaneous
I have been given honorary membership of the
Carlton Club for the tenure of my position of Chairman of the 1922 Committee. (Registered 05 September 2012)
From 29 September 2015, member of the Hamblin Educational Trust, a multi-academy trust based at
Altrincham Grammar School For Boys. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 07 December 2016)
From 20 September 2016, unpaid Director of the Centre for
Policy Studies; an independent think tank. (Registered 20 December 2016)
9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses
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