Register of Members’ Interests
Last updated: 7 Jan 2019.
1. Employment and earnings
Payment of £1,500 received on 11 July 2018 from
BBC Radio 2, Wogan House, 99 Great Portland Street, London W1A 1AA, for presenting the Jeremy Vine Show from 9 July until 11 July 2018. Hours: approx. 18 hrs. (Registered 24 July 2018)
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)
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:
Swedish RadioAddress of donor:
SE-105 10,
Stockholm, SwedenEstimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation and return flights, approx. value £324
Destination of visit:
Vienna, AustriaDates of visit: 18-19 March 2018
Purpose of visit: Participation in Swedish Radio's RadioDays Europe conference as a
speaker.
(Registered 13 April 2018)
Name of donor: Centre for
European StudiesAddress of donor: Harvard University, 27 Kirkland St,
Cambridge, MA 02138,
USAEstimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation for me and my children for two nights, approx. value £835
Destination of visit: Cambridge, MA
Dates of visit: 5-7 April 2018
Purpose of visit: Participation in a discussion event as a speaker at the Centre for European Studies on 6 April 2018.
(Registered 04 May 2018)
Name of donor:
Boston Red Sox Baseball Club
LPAddress of donor: 4 Yawkey Way, Boston MA 02215
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Three tickets to Boston Red Sox game for me and my children, approx. value £854.06
Destination of visit: Boston
Date of visit: 5 April 2018
Purpose of visit: Visit to opening day game of the Boston Red Sox as a guest of the team owner,
Tom Werner.
(Registered 04 May 2018)
Name of donor:
Institute of PoliticsAddress of donor:
The University of Chicago Institute of Politics, 5707 S. Woodlawn
Chicago, IL 60637
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation for three nights and transfers for me and my children plus return flight for me, approx. value £1,261
Destination of visit: Chicago, IL
Dates of visit: 8–11 April 2018
Purpose of visit: Participation in a series of events as a speaker at the Institute of Politics on 10 April 2018.
(Registered 04 May 2018)
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)
8. Miscellaneous
From 15 September 2016, unremunerated director of Political Quarterly Publishing Company Ltd. (Registered 12 October 2016)
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