Register of Members’ Interests
Last updated: 9 Oct 2017.
1. Employment and earnings
From 14
December 2016, consultant to Lynn’s Country Foods Ltd, a processor and distributor of sausages in the United Kingdom, of Down Business Park, 46 Belfast Road, Downpatrick BT30 9UP. Until further notice I expect to receive £2,000 for 4 hrs every other month (24 hrs a year) to a total of £12,000 per annum. First payment received on 25
January 2017. (Registered 27 January 2017; updated 22
February 2017)
Payment of £4,399.06 expected from the Northern Ireland Meat Exporters Association Ltd (NIMEA), Lissue House, 31 Ballinderry Road, Lisburn BT29 2SL in return for a speech on 1
March 2017. Hours: 5 hrs. Travel and accommodation also provided. (Registered 08 March 2017)
2. (a) Support linked to an
MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor: J C Bamford Excavators Ltd
Address of donor: Rocester, Staffordshire ST14 5JP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,000 for my association's fighting fund
Donor status: company, registration 0792807
(Registered 07
July 2017)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from
UK sources
Name of donor: Randox Laboratories Ltd
Address of donor: 55 Diamond Road, Crumlin BT29 4QY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Dinner for my wife and me at the Randox Polo International event at Gleneagles, total value £240.
Date received: 10
September 2016Date accepted: 10 September 2016
Donor status: company, registration
NI 15738
(Registered 04
October 2016)
Name of donor: Randox Laboratories Ltd
Address of donor: 55 Diamond Road, Crumlin BT29 4QY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Dinner at the Randox Polo event at Bushmills, NI, total value £240 and estimated equivalent accommodation cost for two nights, value £200; total £440
Date received: 17-18 September 2016
Date accepted: 17 September 2016
Donor status: company, registration NI 15738
(Registered 04 October 2016)
Name of donor: UK 2020 Ltd
Address of donor: America House, Rumford Court, Rumford Place, Liverpool L3 9DD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: reimbursement for travel expenses (£52.67), two nights accommodation (£157), meals and sundries (£176.65) for UK 2020 events at
Conservative Party Conference; total £386.32
Date received: 4
November 2016Date accepted: 4 November 2016
Donor status: company, registration 09245454
(Registered 24 November 2016)
Name of donor:
BBC Northern IrelandAddress of donor: BBC Blackstaff House, Bruce St, Belfast BT2 7GX
Amount of donation or nature of value if donation in kind: reimbursement for expenses to appear on BBC ‘Spotlight’ programme 21 March 2017; flights £238.43; hotel £149.90; total value £388.33
Date received: 19 April 2017
Date accepted: 19 April 2017
Donor status: company, registration RC000057
(Registered 21 April 2017)
Name of donor: Randox Laboratories Ltd
Address of donor: 55 Diamond Road, Crumlin BT29 4QY
Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Dinner for my wife and me at the Randox Polo International event at Gleneagles, Scotland, value £240; ticket for polo match and afternoon tea value £60; total £300
Date received: 9 September 2017
Date accepted: 9 September 2017
Donor status: company, registration NI 15738
(Registered 03 October 2017)
Name of donor: Randox Laboratories Ltd
Address of donor: 55 Diamond Road, Crumlin BT29 4QY
Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Dinner for two nights at the Randox Polo event at Bushmills, Northern Ireland, value £260; ticket for polo match and afternoon tea value £30; estimated equivalent accommodation cost for two nights, value £250; total £540
Date received: 15-16 September 2017
Date accepted: 15 September 2017
Donor status: company, registration NI 15738
(Registered 03 October 2017)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor:
BASF, The Chemical Company
Address of donor: BASF
SE,
AP/K-L1555, 67177 Limburgerhof, Germany
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): travel £560; accommodation £170; hospitality approx. £100; total value £830, reimbursed on 6 January 2017.
Destination of visit: BASF Ludwigshafen, Germany
Dates of visit: 8-9 December 2016
Purpose of visit: Invited to speak on the agrochemical industry.
(Registered 27 January 2017)
Name of donor: Tönissteiner Kreis
Address of donor: Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft, Breite Strasse 29, 10178
Berlin, GermanyEstimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): travel £510; accommodation approx. £100; hospitality approx. £100; total value £710. Expenses reimbursed on 21 January 2017.
Destination of visit: Berlin, Germany
Date of visit: 20-21 January 2017
Purpose of visit: Speaking at Tönissteiner Kreis Annual Conference.
(Registered 22 February 2017)
Name of donor: Harvard Club Hamburg e.V.
Address of donor: c/o Brӧdermann Jahn Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH,
ABC-Straße 15, 20354
Hamburg, GermanyEstimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): travel £374.88; accommodation £228; hospitality approx. £124; total value £726.88.
Destination of visit: Hamburg, Germany
Dates of visit: 19-20 July 2017
Purpose of visit: Invited to speak to the Harvard Club Hamburg.
(Registered 15
August 2017)
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
A share in buildings and agricultural land at Bunbury and Spurstow, Cheshire: (i) and (ii). (Updated 23
December 2014)
A share in buildings attached to my house near
Ellesmere, Shropshire: (i) and (ii). (Updated 23 December 2014)
A share of a house in London: (i) and until 16 October 2016 (ii). (Registered 23 December 2014; updated 24 November 2016 and 21 February 2017)
8. Miscellaneous
Unpaid Chairman of UK2020 Ltd, a company limited by guarantee, which is a political think tank. The company meets my expenses associated with speaking engagements for it. (Registered 26
August 2016)
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