Registered interests
Interests registered across 7 categories. Data from the UK Parliament Register of Members' Interests.
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation (4)
Name of donor: Tratos UK Limited Address of donor: 50 Randles Road Knowsley Business Park Prescot Merseyside L34 9HX Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,276.55 direct mail and printing costs for a constituency-wide newsletter. The total cost was split across two payments; this entry relates to the first payment. Donor status: company, registration 01524815 (Registered 9 February 2026)
Name of donor: Tratos UK Limited Address of donor: 50 Randles Road, Knowsley Business Park, Prescot, Merseyside L34 9HX Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,276.56 direct mail and printing costs for a constituency-wide newsletter. The total cost was split across two payments; this entry relates to the second and final payment. Donor status: company, registration 01524815 (Registered 4 March 2026)
Name of donor: Heather Craven Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 for my campaign fund, held by my local party association. Donor status: individual (Registered 14 April 2026)
Name of donor: Heather Craven Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 for my local party association. Donor status: individual (Registered 14 April 2026)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a) (1)
Name of donor: Michael Fry Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: pro bono legal advice on planning, provided to me, to a maximum value of £1,500 (+VAT), value £1,800 Date received: 14 September 2025 Date accepted: 14 September 2025 Donor status: individual (Registered 6 October 2025)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (14)
Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group for Italy Address of donor: c/o House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Provision of refreshments for a meeting held in my capacity as Chair of the APPG Italy, value £35.90 Date received: 24 February 2026 Date accepted: 24 February 2026 Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account) (Registered 25 March 2026)
Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group for Italy Address of donor: c/o House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Provision of refreshments for myself and a member of staff during a meeting held in my capacity as Chair of the APPG Italy, value £32.40 Date received: 17 March 2026 Date accepted: 17 March 2026 Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account) (Registered 25 March 2026)
Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group for Italy Address of donor: c/o House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Provision of refreshments for a meeting held in my capacity as Chair of the APPG Italy, value £9.80 Date received: 21 January 2026 Date accepted: 21 January 2026 Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account) (Registered 25 March 2026)
Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group for Italy Address of donor: c/o House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Taxi fare in connection with my role as Chair of the APPG Italy, value £11 Date received: 9 February 2026 Date accepted: 9 February 2026 Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account) (Registered 25 March 2026)
Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group for Italy Address of donor: c/o House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Taxi fare in connection with my award of Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy, value £19.20 Date received: 10 March 2026 Date accepted: 10 March 2026 Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account) (Registered 25 March 2026)
Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group for Italy Address of donor: c/o House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Provision of refreshments for a meeting held in my capacity as Chair of the APPG Italy, value £15.20 Date received: 19 January 2026 Date accepted: 19 January 2026 Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account) (Registered 25 March 2026)
Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group for Italy Address of donor: c/o House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Provision of refreshments for a meeting held in my capacity as Chair of the APPG Italy, value £5.48 Date received: 28 January 2026 Date accepted: 28 January 2026 Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account) (Registered 25 March 2026)
Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group for Italy Address of donor: c/o House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Provision of lunch for a staff member in connection with my duties as Chair of the APPG on Italy, value £6.45 Date received: 13 February 2026 Date accepted: 13 February 2026 Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account) (Registered 25 March 2026)
Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group for Italy Address of donor: c/o House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Provision of drinks for myself and 45 guests in connection with my award of Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy, value £192.38 Date received: 10 March 2026 Date accepted: 10 March 2026 Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account) (Registered 25 March 2026)
Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group for Italy Address of donor: c/o House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Taxi fare for me and a member of staff in my capacity as Chair of the APPG Italy, value £3.80 Date received: 9 February 2026 Date accepted: 9 February 2026 Donor status: other (APPG Bank Account) (Registered 25 March 2026; updated 2 April 2026)
Name of donor: Italian Embassy in London Address of donor: 4-5 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6JP Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Approximate value of refreshments provided to me and a member of staff following an APPG meeting, value £140 Date received: 9 February 2026 Date accepted: 9 February 2026 Donor status: other (Italian Embassy in London) (Registered 27 March 2026; updated 2 April 2026)
Name of donor: Italian Embassy in London Address of donor: 4-5 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6JP Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Approximate value of refreshments for myself and 45 guests following the ceremony at which I was conferred the title of Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy., value £828 Date received: 10 March 2026 Date accepted: 10 March 2026 Donor status: other (Italian Embassy in London) (Registered 27 March 2026)
Name of donor: Italian Embassy in London Address of donor: 4-5 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6JP Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: My member of staff attended a reception at the Italian Embassy in London, at which refreshments were provided. The approximate value per person is declared below. The threshold for registration was reached on 10 March 2026., value £70 Date received: 2 February 2026 Date accepted: 2 February 2026 Donor status: other (Italian Embassy in London) (Registered 1 April 2026)
Name of donor: Italian Embassy in London Address of donor: 4-5 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6JP Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: My member of staff and their guest attended a reception at the Italian Embassy in London, at which refreshments were provided. The approximate value for two people is outlined below., value £140 Date received: 19 March 2026 Date accepted: 19 March 2026 Donor status: other (Italian Embassy in London) (Registered 2 April 2026)
4. Visits outside the UK (1)
Name of donor: (1) Italian IPU Group (2) All Party Parliamentary Group for Italy (3) Dr Maurizio Bragagni (4) Italian Parliament Address of donor: (1) Protocol Office, Chamber of Deputies, Piazza del Parlamento 24, 00186 Rome (2) House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA (3) private (4) Camera dei Deputati Palazzo Montecitorio - Piazza Montecitorio 00186 - Rome (Italy) Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Lunch for me and a member of my staff (£95.52). Tour of the Colosseum for myself, a member of my staff and one guest (£169.80), value £265.32 (2) Flights for a staff member and a guest (£368.15), meals for myself, my staff member and a guest (£270.87), transport for myself, my staff member and a guest (£250.21), other incidental costs (£100.21), value £989.44 (3) For myself, my staff member and one guest: Transport (£284.45), accommodation (£156.30), meals (£273.57) & other costs (£26.07), value £740.39 (4) Presentation of symbolic, parliamentary items exchanged between me, as Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Italy, and the various senior Italian select committee chairs we met. Estimated value of ceremonial items is, value £275 Destination of visit: Italy Dates of visit: 5 October 2025 to 12 October 2025 Purpose of visit: As Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Italy, the group received an invite from the Chair of the British Friendship Group in the Italian Parliament, as well as an additional invite to visit two factories run by an Anglo-Italian business. The visit to the Italian Parliament was organised by the Italian Interparliamentary Union. The Group met with over 40 senior Italian MPs and Senators (including chairs of Italian parliamentary select committees) in both Houses of the Italian Parliament, as well as undertaking meetings with representatives of the British expat community and at the British School at Rome. Some members of the group also visited two factories run by an Anglo-Italian business company. (Registered 29 October 2025)
6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year (2)
Type of land/property: Residential property (Flat) Number of properties: 1 Location: London Ownership details: owned jointly with my wife Rental income: from 1 June 2016 (Registered 2 June 2015; updated 28 June 2016 and 11 October 2016)
Type of land/property: Residential property (Flat) Number of properties: 1 Location: Glasgow Rental income: from 1 June 2016 (Registered 2 June 2015; updated 28 June 2016 and 11 October 2016)
8. Miscellaneous (4)
Non-practising solicitor in England and Wales; member of the Law Society of England and Wales. Date interest arose: 18 July 2019 (Registered 22 October 2015; updated 23 July 2019)
Non-practising solicitor and notary public in Scotland. Date interest arose: 31 October 2016 (Registered 22 October 2015; updated 9 November 2016)
I am an executive committee member of the Lutterworth and District Action Group (unpaid). Date interest arose: 4 October 2025 (Registered 21 October 2025)
I received the title of Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy on Tuesday 10 March 2026. Date interest arose: 10 March 2026 (Registered 19 March 2026)
9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses (1)
Name: Dr Maria Costa Relationship: Spouse Role: Office Manager Working pattern: Full time (Registered 20 April 2016; updated 26 July 2024)