Register of Members’ Interests
Last updated: 4 Mar 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)
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)
8. Miscellaneous
From 15 September 2016, unremunerated director of Political Quarterly Publishing Company Ltd. (Registered 12 October 2016)
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