Register of Interests - Members of the House of Lords
- Non-executive Chairman, Northern Gritstone Limited (investment company established to facilitate commercialisation of university science and technology related IP in north of England)
- Speaking engagement, 17 January 2023, Northern Housing Consortium summit, Manchester (fee donated to SHINE education charity)
- Speaking engagement, 30-31 January 2023, M&G conference, London (fee donated to SHINE education charity)
- Speaking engagement, 7 February 2023, Standard Chartered event, London
- AMR Diagnostics Limited (medical research investment vehicle)
- Thames Temese Holdings Limited (property investment vehicle)
- Thames Temese Management Limited (dormant company acting as nominee/bare trustee)
- Thames Temese Management Limited (dormant company acting as nominee/bare trustee)
- Thames Temese Holdings Limited (property investment vehicle)
- AMR Diagnostics Limited (medical research investment vehicle)
- Abaka Holdings Limited (finance)
- Aescuvest GmbH (crowdfunding platform)
- AMTE Power plc (formerly AMTE Power Ltd) (manufacturing)
- Anthemis Group SA (finance)
- Atom Bank plc (banking)
- Azelio AB (renewables)
- O&C Ltd (trading as Bottletop) (fashion - accessories)
- Callsign Inc (security)
- Educate School Services Ltd (school support service)
- Enterprise Investment Exchange Limited (finance)
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc (banking)
- HD Insurance Ltd (insurance)
- Huozhi Limited (philanthropy/banking)
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd/Hong Kong (banking)
- Kano Computing Limited (educational computing company)
- Leapfrog Investments Group Limited (finance)
- Pagatech Holdings Limited (telecommunications)
- Palantir Technologies Inc (formerly Palantir Holdings Limited) (technology)
- Penelope Chilvers Limited (fashion – footwear)
- RANE Network Inc (security)
- Trenton Holdings LLC (formerly Second Home Limited) (real estate)
- Ten West Group (record label)
- Tide Holdings Limited (banking)
- Truphone Limited (telecommunications)
- Wonderush Limited (HowNow) (video production)
- Valeon Group Inc (formerly Zailairen Valeon Information Technology Cayman Inc (education technology)
- Testcard Ltd (medtech)
- Urban Jungle Services Ltd (insurance)
- Net Purpose Limited (financial services)
- Onto Holdings Limited (electric automotive)
- Duke Street Bio Limited (pharma/biotech)
- Zen Educate Limited (education)
- Algorithmiq Inc (life sciences)
- Northern Gritstone Limited (investment company)
- Chair, International Advisory Board, Productivity Insights Network+ Programme, coordinated by Sheffield University
- Director, Thames Temese Management Limited (dormant company acting as nominee/bare trustee)
- Director, Thames Temese Holdings Limited (property investment vehicle)
- Director, AMR Diagnostics Limited (medical research investment vehicle)
- Director, Thames Brighton Limited (property investment vehicle)
- Director, Thames Castle Eight Limited (property investment vehicle)
- Commissioner, Times Health Commission (set up to consider the future of health and social care in England in the light of the pandemic, the growing pressure on budgets, the A&E crisis, rising waiting lists, health inequalities, obesity and the ageing population)
- Trustee, SHINE (education charity)
- Vice Chair and Board Member, The Northern Powerhouse Partnership
- Member, Shelter Social Housing Commission
- Chair and Trustee, The Seacombe Charitable Trust
- ALL Women’s Welfare Association Limited
- Chair of Trustees, African Women’s Welfare Association (also Director, ALL Women’s Welfare Association Limited)
- President, Nigerian Organisation of Women
- Elder, Global Afrikan Congress
- On leave of absence; exempt from registration
- No registrable interests
- Medical Practitioner (non-practising)
- Income is received from Methuen Publishing and Haus Publishing for writing books; and formerly from international consultancy work
- John Lewis plc (retail)
- Goldfinch Pictures Ltd (film production) (interest ceased 26 April 2023)
- Amazon.com Inc (retail)
- Intermediate Capital Group plc (specialist asset management)
- Microsoft Corporation (software)
- Nestle SA (foods) (interest ceased 17 November 2022)
- Visa Inc (financial services)
- Roche Holding AG (medicines and diagnostics) (interest ceased 17 November 2022)
- Abbott Laboratories (healthcare)
- Costco Wholesale Corporation (retail)
- Experian plc (consumer credit reporting company)
- Nvidia Corporation (computer hardware)
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc (life sciences tools and services) (interest ceased 17 November 2022)
- Accenture plc (professional services)
- Danaher Corporation (science and Technology) (interest ceased 17 November 2022)
- Intuitive Surgical (surgical robotic products)
- Johnson & Johnson (healthcare)
- Linde plc (industrial and engineering)
- Nextura Energy (renewable energy)
- Diageo (drinks)
- President, River Thames Society
- Director, Dessna Company Ltd (private trading company)
- Executive Chairman, Zander Group Ltd (including subsidiary Clearearth Ltd) (environmental remediation company)
- Non-executive Chairman, Meteor Capital Group Ltd (including subsidiaries Meteor Asset Management and Meteor Investment Management)
- Director, Ferravale Ltd (insurance)
- Non-executive Director, Group DF (Ukrainian/international group of companies)
- Director, Intec International Ltd (mining remediation company)
- Zander Corporation Limited (dormant company)
- Clearearth Ltd (environmental remediation company)
- Zander Group Ltd (environmental remediation company)
- Dessna Company Ltd (private trading company)
- Dessna Company Ltd (private trading company)
- Zander Group Ltd (environmental remediation company)
- Ferravale Ltd (insurance)
- Fexol Group (oil remediation)
- Dragon Harvest UK (soil remediation)
- Earl of Oxford's Mells Estate
- Director, Stopford International Limited
- Director, Zander Corporation Limited (dormant company)
- Director, Fexol Group (oil refining remediation)
- Director, Dragon Harvest UK (soil remediation)
- Director, Birmingham Biotech (formerly Wholepower Biotech UK) (medical testing)
- Director, British Ukrainian Society (interest ceased 30 January 2023)
- Trustee and Director, Ukrainian Catholic Foundation
- Member, Advisory Council, Council on Geostrategy
- In receipt of episcopal stipend
- Book royalties are received from Church House Publishing
- Member, Advisory working group on New Data, Ada Lovelace Institute (travel expenses and an honorarium are paid) (interest ceased 19 April 2023)
- Contract with ITV Studios Limited to participate as a contributor in a television factual-based drama series as a consultant and adviser
- Fee received from Mail on Sunday for article on policing, 9 February 2023
- Member, Property Redress Scheme Advisory Council
- Member, Cosmetic Redress Advisory Council
- President (formerly Vice President), Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel
- Vice President, Jewish Leadership Council
- Member, Advisory Board of Community Security Trust
- Member, Advisory Board of Jewish Volunteering Network
- Honorary President, National Liberal Club Commonwealth Forum
- On leave of absence; exempt from registration
- Practising member of the Bar
- Contributes occasional column on legal issues to newspapers
- The member received £15,000 in professional fees as a barrister from the Danish Customs and Tax Administration on 13 January 2023; a further £500,000 on 27 March 2023; a further £500,000 on 26 May 2023; and a further £100,000 on 14 July 2023
- The member received £150,000 in professional fees as a barrister from Nexperia (semiconductor manufacturer) on 25 November 2022 and a further £225,000 on 2 December 2022
- The member received £195,000 in professional fees as a barrister from the government of the United Arab Emirates on 10 March 2023
- The member received £2,000 in professional fees as a barrister from the government of Mauritius on 21 April 2023; a further £4,000 on 5 May 2023; and a further £9,000 on 6 September 2023
- The member received £10,750 in professional fees as a barrister from the government of the Cayman Islands on 12 May 2023; and a further £3,000 on 10 August 2023
- Various properties (flats) in London (owned by wife) from which rental income is received
- Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford
- Bencher, Gray's Inn
- Chairman, British Legal Friends of Hebrew University, Jerusalem
- House in Kenton, Middlesex owned jointly with wife from which rental income is received
- Member of Court, University of Bedfordshire
- Member of Court, University of Hull
- Trustee, Anne Frank Educational Trust
- Trustee, Rathbone Trust
- President, The Gandhi Foundation
- Trustee, Wells for India
- Independent Non-executive Director, Babcock International Group (defence and security engineering services)
- Lord Chamberlain of HM the King's Household
- Flitcham Limited (non-trading intellectual property company)
- Strategic advice given to Telicent (software start-up company) (unremunerated but member has shares)
- Director, Flitcham Limited (non-trading intellectual property company)
- Visiting Professor, Northumbria University
- Trustee and Director, The Royal Collection Trust (charity)
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Two tickets received from Global Media & Entertainment to Classic FM Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 10 October 2022.
- One ticket received from Sony Music to attend the Mercury Music Prize, 18 October 2022
- Two tickets received from David Ross, for Nevill Holt Opera, Nevill Holt Hall, Leicestershire, 24 June 2023
- Member of Court, Newcastle University
- Trustee, Cambridge Union Society (charity)
- Charity Consultant (non-practising)
- Member, House of Lords Appointments Commission
- Member benefits from one day of research assistance per week from a practising medic on the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Parliamentary Scholar Programme (interest ceased 18 July 2023)
- Director and Vice President, British Board of Film Classification
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Chair and Director, Yorkshire County Cricket Club
(interest ceased 24 March 2023)
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Chair, Social Work England
(interest ceased 31 March 2023) - Senior Independent Director (non-executive), Cygnet Health Care
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Chair, Independent Health Providers Network (IHPN)
(interest ceased 16 March 2023)
- KYA Global Ltd (developing international education links, health and social care advice and philanthropic activities)
- International Deaf Empowerment Foundation (interest ceased 30 September 2022)
- Community Innovations Enterprise Limited Liability Partnership (advice and research on community cohesion, community engagement in areas of criminal justice, mental health and philanthropic activities)
- Senior Partner, Community Innovations Enterprise Limited Liability Partnership (CIE LLP) (advice and research on community cohesion, community engagement in areas of criminal justice, mental health and philanthropic activities)
- Director, KYA Global Ltd (developing international education links, health and social care advice and philanthropic activities)
- Co-chair, Breaking Barriers Innovations, (independent research programme to inform the improvement of public services)
- Adviser, Global Policy Institute, Queen Mary University, London
- Director, Parkplay Limited (provides free play activities in local authority parks and social areas for all communities to promote healthy lifestyles) (interest ceased 2 November 2022)
- Director, KJS Opportunities Ltd (tech innovation company)
- Director and Chair, Areobic Technologies Limited (climate change food waste reduction company)
- Director, UK Inertia Business & Consulting Limited (sports, media and events advice and consultancy)
- Chair, Advisory Board, India Business Group
- Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Dementia, University of Salford
- Vice President, Institute of Healthcare Management
- President, Bradford Courts Chaplaincy Service (Bradford based charity providing support for those engaged in the criminal justice system)
- President, National Appropriate Adult Network (NAAN) (national organisation ensuring network of appropriate adults for children and vulnerable adults detained or interviewed by Police)
- President (formerly Vice President), Royal Society for Public Health
- Trustee, New Era Foundation and Director of associated company (charity that has been established to tackle three key social problems; youth unemployment, lack of safe spaces and activities and lack of activities to develop emotional intelligence; by reducing offending/unemployment by providing education, training and employment thereby creating safer places and safer communities)
- Trustee, International Deaf Empowerment Foundation and Director of associated company (interest ceased 30 September 2022)
- Emeritus Professor (formerly Professor of Obstetrics & Consultant Obstetrician, Ninewells Hospital), University of Dundee (retired)
- Member, UK-Israel Science Council
- Member, Advisory Board, Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG)
- Occasional income from writing and speaking engagements
- Adviser, Hutchison Europe (telecomms, property, transport)
- Member of Advisory Council of Vontobel Asset Management (fixed annual fee)
- Chancellor, Oxford University
- International Adviser, Praemium Imperiale, Japan Art Association
- Trustee, the Tablet Journal
- Senior Adviser, Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP (UK and European based private equity)
- Lockheed Martin Corporation (global security company)
- Royal Dutch Shell plc (oil and gas)
- Vodafone Group plc (telecommunications)
- Legal and General (life assurance and asset management)
- Phoenix Group Holdings (closed life assurance funds consolidator)
- Persimmon plc (UK housebuilder)
- HSBC plc (global banking services)
- Director, Kids & Us English S.L.U. (education and English language)
- Director, Project Kids Holding S.L.U. (education and English language)
- Director, Project Edu4Kids S.L. (education and English language)
- Caparo Holdings (US) Limited (UK holding company of North American based manufacturing businesses)
- Caparo Group Limited (UK holding company of UK based businesses involved in property, hotels and investments)
- Together with Paul family members jointly and indirectly interested in the whole of the share capital of a number of businesses in UK and internationally; the shares are held through family trusts and principal businesses are: Caparo Group Limited (hotels and property); Caparo Holdings (US) Limited (manufacturing in North America); Caparo India Limited (conference and leisure centre in India); Caparo Engineering India Limited (manufacturing in India); Caparo Financial Solutions Limited (Indian non-banking financial company); Caparo Management SA (industrial products sales, warehousing and distribution in Middle East)
- Farmland, Buckinghamshire, from which rental income is received
- Two cottages, Buckinghamshire, from which rental income is received when tenanted
- Three apartments in Coppet, Switzerland, from which rental income is received when tenanted
- The member's PA is paid by Caparo plc and does some work in connection with the member's parliamentary duties (interest ceased 19 April 2023)
- Chancellor, University of Wolverhampton
- Chair of Trustees, Ambika Paul Foundation (charity)
Contact details
Members of the House of Lords may contact the Registrar of Lords' Interests as follows:
Telephone: 020 7219 3120
Post: Registrar of Lords' Interests, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW
Email: lordsregistrar@parliament.uk
Related information
Read the Code of Conduct and the standards expected of Members of the House of Lords in discharging their parliamentary and public duties
House of Lords code of Conduct
List of All-Party Groups made up of MPs and Members of the Lords
Register of the financial interests of journalists accredited to the Parliamentary Press Gallery
Register of Journalists' InterestsRegistration forms
Registration form for Members of the House of Lords
- Registration form for Members Microsoft Word (1.5 MB)
- Registration form for Members PDF version (170 KB)
Registration form for Members' staff