Nigel Griffiths

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Nigel Griffiths (born 20 May 1955, Glasgow) is a Labour MP for Edinburgh South. He was Deputy Leader of the House of Commons until 2007, and before that has held a number of government positions, including Minister for Construction, Minister for Competition and Consumer Affairs, Minister for Coal Health Compensation, Minister for Small Businesses and Minister for Enterprise.[1]


He resigned from Government in March 2007 over his opposition to funding new Trident nuclear submarines.[2]


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  • Non-executive Director, (remunerated)[3] Jabbar Group, Glasgow, 2007-2010 - Global business company focusing on technology, architecture, master planning, city developers, corporate and retail travel, human resource management, media, leisure and international property investment[4] Approved by ACOBA subject to "12 months after leaving office, he should not be personally involved in lobbying the Government on behalf of the Jabbar Group"[5][6]
  • Non-executive,[7] Public Interest Foundation - associated charitable foundation. Role was approved by ACOBA, who, "saw no difficulty, provided he did not become personally involved in lobbying the Government for 12 months after leaving office."[5] The precise wording in Griffiths register of interests is 'Remunerated directorships: The Jabbar Group and Public Interest Foundation (non-executive); an infrastructure company and associated charitable foundation.'[8] This is odd as Griffiths is not registered as a director of Public Interest foundation and in its accounts of February 2008 it declares that it did no business and has no resources.[9]

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  1. Griffiths, Nigel, Nigel Griffiths Biography, accessed 25 November 2008.
  2. Griffiths, Nigel, Nigel Griffiths Biography, accessed 25 November 2008.
  3. UK Parliament, Register of Members' Interests, accessed 25 November 2008.
  4. Jabbar Group, About Jabbar Group, accessed 25 November 2008.
  5. 5.0 5.1 The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Ninth Report 2006-2008 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 6 November 2014
  6. Changes to the Register of Members' Interests Nigel Griffiths They Work For You, accessed 6 November 2014
  7. UK Parliament, Register of Members' Interests, accessed 25 November 2008.
  8. UK Parliament, Register of Members' Interests, accessed 25 November 2008.
  9. Public Interest Foundation Abbreviated financial Statements for the period ended 29 February 2008