Registered Interests
The Register of Members’ Financial Interests is updated fortnightly online when the House is sitting, and less frequently at other times. Interests remain in the Register for twelve months after the interest has ended.
The interests set out below are those included in the most recently published version of the Register. All versions of the Register can be found here.1. Employment and earnings
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Payments from Yonder, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT, for surveys:
- 27 January 2022, received £65. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2022)
- 7 February 2022, received £65. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2022)
- 11 February 2022, received £75. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2022)
- 16 March 2022, received £75. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2022)
- 4 April 2022, received £75. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2022)
- 4 August 2022, received £75. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2022)
- 17 August 2022, received £75. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2022)
- 25 September 2022, received £75. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2022)
- 28 October 2022, received £75. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2022)
- 11 November 2022, received £75. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2022)
- 23 November 2022, received £75. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2022)
- 29 November 2022, received £75. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2022)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
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Name of donor: Stoke Park Ltd
Address of donor: Stoke Park, Park Rd, Stoke Poges SL2 4PJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality for a match at Lord's Cricket Ground, value £1,898
Date received: 15 September 2023
Date accepted: 15 September 2023
Donor status: company, registration 02732069
(Registered 12 October 2023; updated 16 October 2023)
4. Visits outside the UK
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Name of donor: Devan Parekh
Address of donor: private
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Airfare Heathrow to Mumbai £3,371.64, airfare Mumbai to Ahmedabad £85, hotel accommodation for three nights £240; total value £3,696.64
Destination of visit: India
Dates of visit: 5-9 January 2023
Purpose of visit: To attend the Global Centenary Celebrations of Pramukh Swami Maharaj of Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Sanstha.
(Registered 7 February 2023) -
Name of donor: Alliance for Public Awareness
Address of donor: Union House, 111 New Union Street, Coventry CV1 2NT
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights £458.81, accommodation £61.29 and sustenance £43.77; total value £563.87
Destination of visit: Manëz, Albania
Dates of visit: 23-24 February 2023
Purpose of visit: To visit a refugee camp in Manëz.
(Registered 28 February 2023) -
Name of donor: (1) Travelio (2) Marwah Studio
Address of donor: (1) 63-66, 5th floor suite, 23 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8BQ (2) Fc14/15, Sector 16A, Film City, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201301, India
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Flights accommodation, sustenance and fuel for travel to Jaipur, value £3,000 (2) Flights accommodation, sustenance and fuel for travel to Jaipur, value £3,410
Destination of visit: Delhi
Dates of visit: 12-17 February 2023
Purpose of visit: To strengthen relations between the UK Parliament and Indian Government in my capacity as Chair of the APPG India.
(Registered 17 March 2023) -
Name of donor: Parliament of Azerbaijan
Address of donor: The Milli Majlis, 1 Parliament Avenue, Baku AZ1152
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights £2,464, accommodation £471, sustenance £123, local travel £47, total value £3,105
Destination of visit: Baku, Azerbaijan
Dates of visit: 4-8 April 2023
Purpose of visit: To visit to the Parliament of Azerbaijan and the minefields in my capacity as Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Azerbaijan.
(Registered 25 April 2023) -
Name of donor: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Address of donor: FICCI, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi 110001
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation and meals, value £5,400
Destination of visit: India
Dates of visit: 9-15 April 2023
Purpose of visit: As part of APPG India (Trade and Investment) delegation to visit India in my capacity as Co-Chair.
(Registered 26 April 2023) -
Name of donor: APPG for Cricket (using part sponsorship from Greene King Brewing & Retailing Ltd)
Address of donor: Westgate Brewery, Bury St Edmunds IP31 1QT
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Travel by train, accommodation, and food for my wife and me, value £1,430.94
Destination of visit: Netherlands
Dates of visit: 23-25 June 2023
Purpose of visit: Parliamentary cricket trip with All Party Parliamentary Cricket Group/Lords & Commons Cricket.
(Registered 28 June 2023) -
Name of donor: Alliance for Public Awareness
Address of donor: Union House, 111 New Union Street, Coventry CV1 2NT
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Travel £276, accommodation and food £85, total value £361
Destination of visit: Paris
Dates of visit: 30 June - 1 July 2023
Purpose of visit: To speak at the Free Iran conference in my capacity as Co-President of the British Committee for Iran Freedom.
(Registered 30 August 2023)
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
- Six buy-to-let properties in Welwyn Garden City owned jointly with my wife: (i) and (ii).
8. Miscellaneous
- From 4 July 2018, Director of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role. (Registered 24 August 2023)
- From 30 November 2022, a Member of the British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union Executive Committee. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 17 November 2023)
9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses
- I employ my wife, Nicola Blackman, as Office Manager.