Register of Members’ Interests
Last updated: 12 Aug 2019.
1. Employment and earnings
From September 2018 until December 2018 I and a co-lecturer are delivering 12 weekly lectures (6 lectures each) for Sciences Po, School of Public Affairs, 13 Rue de Universite 75337
Paris, France. Hours: 24 hours co-lecturing plus preparation. Remuneration deferred until December. I expect to receive approximately £6,200 to cover return travel to Paris and accommodation (cost approximately £3,500); and payment as co-lecturer. (Registered 10 October 2018)
4 July 2019, received £301 from the Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU, for writing an article. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 22 July 2019)
2. (b) Any other support not included in
Category 2(a)
Name of donor: Betterworld Ltd
Address of donor: 14
St Mary's Street, Stamford PE9 2DF
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The part funded services of a researcher for four days a week, value £25,000
Date received: 31 May 2017 to 30 September 2018
Date accepted: 31 May 2017
Donor status: company, registration 03408967
(Registered 07 July 2017; updated 01 August 2018)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from
UK sources
Name of donor: Lunar Festival Ltd
Address of donor: 82 Fazeley Street, Birmingham B5 5RD
Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Family weekend ticket to Lunar festival, in which I was participating, plus accommodation for two nights, for me and my family, value £480
Date received: 28 July 2018
Date accepted: 28 July 2018
Donor status: company, registration 08736347
(Registered 15 August 2018)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Department of Philosophy, University of Zurich
Address of donor: Zollikerstrasse 117,
CH-8008 Zurich
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation for two nights, plus reimbursement of £429.25 received on 12 November 2018 for costs of travel. Total approximate value: £649.25.
Destination of visit: Zurich
Dates of visit: 10-12 September 2018
Purpose of visit: Participation in a workshop as a
speaker.
(Registered 13 November 2018)
Name of donor: British-Spanish Tertulias
Address of donor: private
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation for two nights, plus dinner for two evenings for me and my wife, approx. value £692
Destination of visit: 26-28 October 2018
Dates of visit:
Malaga, SpainPurpose of visit: To take part in the Annual Tertulias Forum.
(Registered 27 November 2018)
Name of donor:
The Left Green Movement in Iceland
Address of donor: Túngata 14, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Return flights to Iceland, three nights' accommodation and food, approx. value £712.91
Destination of visit: Reykjavík, Iceland
Dates of visit: 8 -11 February 2019
Purpose of visit: Participation in seminar titled "
Progressive Politics and Global Challenges: Confronting Climate Change and Social Inequalities in an Age of Reaction" as speaker.
(Registered 27 February 2019)
Name of donor: Center for European and Mediterranean Studies, New York University
Address of donor: 285 Mercer St, 7th floor, New York,
NY 10003
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Return flights, one night's accommodation and subsistence, approx. value £1,090
Destination of visit: Florence
Dates of visit: 17-18 March 2019
Purpose of visit: To speak at a conference organised by the Centre for European and Mediterranean Studies.
(Registered 03 April 2019)
Name of donor: Andreas Papandreou Foundation
Address of donor: 87 Piraeus Avenue, 10553,
Athens, GreeceEstimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation, subsistence and return transport from airport to hotel; approx. value £1,900
Destination of visit:
Crete, GreeceDates of visit: 7-12 July 2019
Purpose of visit: participation in Symi Symposium conference.
(Registered 22 July 2019)
Name of donor: Cercle des Economistes
Address of donor: 16, rue Jean Mermoz, 75008 Paris, France
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation, subsistence, theatre tickets and transport from station to hotel; approx. value £2,000
Destination of visit: Aix en
Provence, FranceDates of visit: 5-7 July 2019
Purpose of visit: Participation in panel discussion.
(Registered 24 July 2019)
5. Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK
Name of donor:
Home Base (a foundation of the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Programme)
Address of donor: The Red Sox Foundation, 4 Jersey Street, Boston,
MA 02215
Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Four tickets to New York Yankees Vs Boston Red Sox at
London Stadium, approx. value £2,607 (£651.75 per ticket)
Date received: 29 June 2019
Date accepted: 29 June 2019
Donor status: other (charitable foundation)
(Registered 26 July 2019)
8. Miscellaneous
From 15 September 2016, unremunerated director of Political Quarterly Publishing Company Ltd. (Registered 12 October 2016)
From 24 April 2019, a member of the Advisory Board (unpaid) for
Common Wealth (part of Ownership Futures Ltd), a think tank that designs and promotes ownership models for a democratic and sustainable economy. (Registered 22 May 2019)
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