Summary
This edition of the
Register
of Members' Interests (HC 436) records Members' Interests as at 26 March
2007.
The main purpose of the Register is to encourage transparency by
providing information of any pecuniary or other material benefit which an MP
receives, which might reasonably be thought by others to influence his or her
actions, speeches or votes in Parliament.
Declarations can fall
under any of ten headings:
- Remunerated directorships
- Remunerated employment, office, profession, etc.
- Clients
- Sponsorship, financial or material support
- Gifts, benefits and
hospitality from a UK source
- Overseas visits
- Overseas
benefits and gifts
- Land and property
- Registrable shareholdings
- Miscellaneous or unremunerated
interests.
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If you are interested in the workings of the party political system - in
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Items of interest include:
- William
Hague’s income from speaking and writing engagements
- Deputy Prime
Minister John Prescott‘s visit to Philip Anschutz's ranch
- Tony
Blair’s holidays at Sir Cliff Richard's and Bee Gee Robin Gibb's homes.