Nicholas Soames

Nicholas Soames is a British Conservative MP. He is a director of Aegis Defence Services, and its non-executive chairman since January 2010.

Activities

Overseas visits

Address of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PO Box 21653, Doha, Qatar

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,306.15 for air travel and £621.86 for accommodation; £3,928.01 in total

Destination of visit: Doha, Qatar

Date of visit: 20-22 May 2013

Purpose of visit: to attend the 13th Doha Forum. (Registered 25 June 2013)

Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bahrain

Address of donor: Manama, Bahrain

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Including accommodation, full board and flights: total value £3,700

Destination of visit: Bahrain

Date of visit: 5-8 December 2013

Purpose of visit: Visit organised by the Conservative Middle East Council to attend the IISS

Manama (Registered 16 December 2013)

Links with lobbyists

• Co-Chair of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration, which is administered by MigrationWatch and Quiller Consultants (Registered 9 May 2011)

Circa 2014

• President of the Conservative Middle East Council – The Rt Hon Nicholas Soames MP - Soames was elected as the Honorary President of CMEC in 2007 and previously served as its Chairman from 1997 to 2003.

Affiliations

From the Register of members interests:

• Senior Vice-President, MMC Group; insurance brokers.

Business development and strategic adviser to:

• Investcorp, fund management company.
• Welcome Break, operator of motorway service stations.
• GSC Partners, an investment company.
• Scythian, a management consultancy.

External resources

• James Lyons, Tory toff Nicholas Soames who tried to ban minimum wage takes home £25k bonus, The Mirror, 7 February 2014.</ref>
• Wikipedia Nicholas Soames
• They Work for You Nicholas Soames