Register of Interests - Members of the House of Lords
- Commercial Arbitrator
- President, The Academy of Experts (professional society and accrediting body for expert witnesses of all disciplines)
- Director, Embignell Limited (Chair of subsidiary, Union Income Benefit Holdings Limited)
- Chair, Norlife
- Director, Work 4 A Living UK Limited
- President, William Morris Society (charity)
- On leave of absence; exempt from registration
- A Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)
- Member, Master Gunners Committee
- Member, House of Lords Appointments Commission (interest ceased 30 June 2020)
- Non-executive Advisory Board Member, The National Archives
- Director, Industry and Parliament Trust (private limited company by guarantee without share capital; use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Volunteering Research
- Member, Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Sponsor Board (appointed by House of Lords)
- Vice-President, Local Government Association
- Member of Advisory Council, National Council for Voluntary Organisations
- Trustee, Community Action Suffolk
- Trustee, Industry and Parliament Trust (registered charity) (and Director of associated company)
- Managing Partner (operating as a sole trader), Scriven Consulting (public services consulting company that works in UK, South East Asia, and Africa); clients include Botswana Public Services College & Directorate of Public Services Management, Government of Botswana; The National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN), Government of Malaysia; Crown Agents; Eden & Partners; Robertson Group
- Residential holding in Huddersfield owned jointly with husband, from which rental income is received
- Residential holding in Sheffield owned jointly with husband, from which rental income is received
- Member, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Vice-President, Local Government Association
- Holiday home, Cornwall, from which rental income is received
- Chairman of Directors, and Director, Douglas-Hamilton (D Share) Ltd (small family company: agriculture and property; the member’s financial interest derives from his directorship, which is now paid an annual sum above the registration threshold)
- Director, Lennoxlove House Limited
- Lennoxlove House Limited
- Diversified investment portfolio in McInroy & Wood Income Fund, managed by third party
- As a member interested in the work of the Industry and Parliament Trust, the member attends breakfast meetings and dinners which during the course of the calendar year may amount to more than £300 in value
- As a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces, from time to time the member receives hospitality and invitations to events including from the UK Defence Forum which during the course of the calendar year amount to more than £300 in value
- Director, Douglas-Hamilton Investments Ltd (company no SC343289: no financial benefit)
- Chairman, The Selkirk Charitable Trust
- President, International Rescue Corps
- President, Veterans Housing Scotland (formerly Scottish Veterans' Garden City Association) (national charity)
- Trustee, Lennoxlove Charitable Trust
- Director 66/67 Cadogan Place Limited (freehold holding company owned by long leaseholders of flats at 66/67 Cadogan Place, London; inactive before 2008)
- 66/67 Cadogan Place Limited (building service)
- Member, Wine Cooperative of Grimaud
- Small agricultural land holding in Provence with appellation controlle (AC) vineyard and olive trees; registered Exploitant Viti-Vinicole (French peasant farmer) and trading as Prignon Valley Wines managing other small British owned vineyards
- Partner, Payne Hicks Beach, Solicitors, London WC2
- 5000 £1 Ordinary Shares (50%), Chatham Archive and Document Storage Company Limited
- Member, Advisory Council, London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Member, Endowment Committee, Royal Opera House
- Trustee, Broad Cairn Foundation
- Trustee, Glen Beg Foundation
- Trustee, Royal Opera House Endowment Fund
- Director, London School of Economics and Political Science
- In receipt of payments from Penguin Random House for book entitled 'What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract’ to be published in March 2021
- Member, Supervisory Board, Siemens AG (global technology and engineering)
- Space Central Residents Management Limited
- Board Member, Russell Group of Universities
- Director, Space Central Residents Management Limited (no clients, freehold management)
- Honorary Bencher, Middle Temple
- Trustee, The British Museum
- Trustee, The British Museum Friends and Director of associated company
- Board Member, Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Board Member, Per Jacobsen Foundation
- International Board Member, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)
- Sharkey Associates Limited (management consultancy)
- Sharkey Associates Limited
- Sharkey Associates Limited (management consultancy)
- Flat in London (interest ceased 17 July 2020)
- House in the Isle of Wight
- Unremunerated Board Director, New City Agenda Ltd (a not-for-profit think tank aiming to develop ideas and research on financial services policy)
- Unremunerated Board Member, Full Fact (independent fact checking organisation which is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales)
- Member of Council (including membership of the Council’s Remuneration Committee), University College London
- Chair, Association of Medical Research Charities
- Chair, Specialised Health Care Alliance (campaigns on behalf of people with rare and complex conditions in need of specialised care)
- Trustee, Turn2us (charity)
- Director, Battenhall Limited (public relations services)
- Partner/Consultant, Primary Access & Research Limited (industrial and political research, corporate fundraising)
- Battenhall Limited
- Primary Access & Research Limited
- Apartment in Switzerland from which rental income is received
- Director, Primary Access & Research Limited (industrial and political research, corporate fundraising)
- Trustee, Conservative Agents' Superannuation Fund
- Chairman, National Conservative Convention
- FIM Sustainable Timber and Energy LP
- Farmland in Oxfordshire which is let to a farming business (interest ceased 27 July 2020)
- Property in London SW15 from which rental income is received
- Trustee, Malaria Consortium
- Chairman and Director, Courtlands Property & Investments Ltd
- Chairman and Director, Lygon Property Investments Ltd
- Chairman, Mercantile General International plc (agriculture and mining in Sudan)
- Director, Silk Route Global Limited (imports)
- Courtlands Property & Investments Ltd
- Lygon Property Investments Ltd
- Mercantile General International plc (see category 1)
- Sheikh Abdullah Foundation
- Silk Route Global Limited (see category 1)
- Courtlands Property & Investments Ltd
- Lygon Property Investments Ltd
- Silk Route Global Ltd (imports)
- A shareholder in Courtlands Property & Investments Ltd which owns private and commercial properties in Merseyside, Northumberland and North Yorkshire and rents them on a commercial basis (interest in private properties ceased 25 August 2020)
- A shareholder in Lygon Property Investments Ltd which owns private and commercial properties in Bromley and Crystal Palace and rents them on a commercial basis and also is involved in property development (interest in private property in Crystal Palace and property development ceased 25 August 2020)
- Chairman and Trustee, National Muslim War Memorial Trust
- Chairman, Guru Nanak Worldwide
- Chairman, UK-Nepal Trade & Investments Forum
- Chairman and Trustee, Sheikh Abdullah Foundation (registered charity)
- Member of the Advisory Committee, Africa International Business Forum (AIBF) (interest ceased 25 August 2020)
- Patron, Orphans in Need
- Visiting Professor, King's College London
- Trustee, Norwich Cathedral
- The Jane Goodman Charitable Trust
- Air Products & Chemicals Inc (industrial gases)
- American Tower Corporation (wireless and broadcast communications)
- Estée Lauder Companies Inc (cosmetics manufacturer)
- Halma plc (electronic and electrical equipment)
- Linde plc (industrial gases and engineering)
- Lonza Group AG (healthcare)
- Mastercard Inc (financial services)
- MI Thornbridge Global Opportunities Fund (interest ceased 5 June 2020)
- Microsoft Corporation (technology)
- Segro plc (property)
- Stryker Corporation (medical equipment)
- Thermo Fisher Scientific (life sciences)
- Top Glove Corporation Bhd (glove production)
- Trustee, The Jane Goodman Charitable Trust and Director of associated company
- Trustee, The Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust
- The member receives one day per week of assistance with her parliamentary work from an intern employed by the Good Faith Partnership (interest ceased 15 August 2020)
- Non-stipendiary curate in the Church of England
- Vice President, Bible Society
- Vice President, Nepacs (North East Prisoners' Family Support)
- Chief Executive Officer, BenevolentAI Ltd (development and application of artificial intelligence for scientific innovation)
- BenevolentAI Ltd (artificial intelligence)
- CognitionX Ltd (artificial intelligence)
- Flat in London NW8
- Flat in London WC2
- House and property in Northamptonshire
- Commissioner, Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity, Copenhagen
- Council Member, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington DC
- Founder and Board Member, Child Dignity in the Digital World
- Founder and Board Member, WeProtect Global Alliance
- Member, AI and Pandemic Response Subgroup, Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI)
- Member, Child Protection Implementation Taskforce
- Member, Tackling Extremism in Communities Implementation Taskforce
- Multi-stakeholder Experts Group Plenary Chair, Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI)
- Steering Committee Co-chair, Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI)
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