Registered interests
Interests registered across 3 categories. Data from the UK Parliament Register of Members' Interests.
1. Employment and earnings (2)
Role, work or services: Writing reviews Payer: The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP (Registered 1 September 2025)
Role, work or services: Speaking engagement Payer: Primary Access & Research Limited (Political analysis), 22 Friars Street, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2AA (Registered 30 September 2025)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1)
Name of donor: Cliveden Literary Festival Address of donor: SRE Hotels (Cliveden) Ltd 8th Floor South Block, 55 Baker Street, London W1U 8EW Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two nights stay for me and my wife and two children at the Literary Festival at which I was speaking (includes dinner both nights), value £2,302 Date received: 10 October 2025 Date accepted: 10 October 2025 Donor status: company, registration 07844715 (Registered 4 November 2025)
4. Visits outside the UK (2)
Name of donor: Charles McDowell Address of donor: private Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): £731 (Flight (£531), hotel (£200)) Destination of visit: United States (Washington) Dates of visit: 25 April 2025 to 27 April 2025 Purpose of visit: Visit to Washington DC for White House Correspondents' Dinner (Registered 19 May 2025)
Name of donor: Franco-British Colloque Ltd Address of donor: Station House, Station Approach, East Horsley, Surrey KT24 6QX Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Food, accommodation and transfers to/from the hotel, value £920.80 Destination of visit: France Dates of visit: 15 January 2026 to 17 January 2026 Purpose of visit: Attending the Franco-British Colloque 2026 at the Trianon Palace, Versailles, a private forum for facilitating closer and more effective engagement between the UK and France. (Registered 11 February 2026)