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	'''Philip Charles Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham''' (born 15 September in Peckham South London, 1942) is founder of carpet retailer, [[Carpetright]].		'''Philip Charles Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham''' (born 15 September in Peckham South London, 1942) is founder of carpet retailer, [[Carpetright]].

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−	<br>	+	For an up-to-date list of donations by Philip Harris, search the Electoral Commission website:<ref>[http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/Donations?currentPage=1&rows=10&sort=Value&order=desc&tab=1&open=filter&et=perpar&date=Reported&from=2016-04-01&to=2016-05-03&prePoll=true&postPoll=false&optCols=AccountingUnitsAsCentralParty&optCols=IsSponsorship&optCols=RegulatedDoneeType&optCols=CompanyRegistrationNumber&optCols=Postcode&optCols=NatureOfDonation&optCols=PurposeOfVisit&optCols=DonationAction&optCols=ReportedDate&optCols=IsReportedPrePoll&optCols=ReportingPeriodName&optCols=IsBequest&optCols=IsAggregation Donor Search], ''Electoral Commission'', accessed 25 May 2016</ref>
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-'''Philip Charles Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham''' (born 15 September in Peckham South London, 1942) is a Conservative member of the [[House of Lords]] and businessman.
+'''Philip Charles Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham''' (born 15 September in Peckham South London, 1942) is founder of carpet retailer, [[Carpetright]].
-Harris is a member of [[The Leader's Group]], the premier [[Conservative Party]] supporter group. Through an annual membership fee of £50,000 donors are able to secure access to leading members of the party. David Cameron has called Harris a 'great friend'.
+He is a major donor to the [[Conservative Party]] and Conservative member of the [[House of Lords]] and businessman.
 He is a key supporter of market-based education reforms in England.
-==Education reformer==
+Harris is also a Brexiteer and donor to the campaign to take the UK out of the EU.
-Harris is chair of the [[Harris Federation]]. This is a chain of 37 academy and free schools in and around London. Some of these schools, like Downhills Primary School, were forced by the government to join Harris against the wishes of the majority parents and governors.
 At the moment companies can’t make a direct profit from operating schools - Harris Federation is non-profit making - but businesses can, and are, increasingly providing a lot of the services schools need. Former education secretary Michael Gove supports profit-making schools, and the government’s ambition to see all 25,000 schools in England privately run, rests on companies being able to make a return on their investment. Academy chains, like the Harris Federation, provide a structure for profit-making state schools.
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 The 'philosophy' of the Harris Federation of schools has been summed up as: 'Good leaders + discipline + uniform = A*.'
-==Conservative donor==
+===Conservative donor===
-Harris made donations to [[David Cameron]] as leader of the Conservative Party. He is considered to be one of his personal friends. He is said to have played a role in convincing Cameron to contest the party's leadership in the summer of 2005. His ties to Cameron came under scrutiny two years later when it appeared that [[Andrew Feldman]], a political associate of his and a fellow donor to Cameron's leadership campaign, used Harris's name to claim privileges accorded to active members of the House of Lords (which Harris, his peerage notwithstanding, had never been.) A report in [[The Independent]] newspaper quoted a senior member of the Lords Privileges Committee as suggesting the allegation shows how fundraising "pollutes our politics". [http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2823089.ece Source]
+Harris is a major donor to the [[Conservative Party]]. As such, he is a member of [[The Leader's Group]], the premier [[Conservative Party]] supporter group. Through an annual membership fee of £50,000 donors are able to secure access to leading members of the party. [[David Cameron]] called Harris a 'great friend'.
 Harris also gave a substantial donation of £120,000 in January 2006 to [[George Osborne]] MP.
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 Harris was made a life peer in 1996 under John Major, and became '''Baron Harris of Peckham''', of Peckham in the London Borough of Southwark.
-==Business Interests==
+===Political donations===
 Recorded by the Electoral Commission:<ref> Electoral Commission [http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/?currentPage=1&rows=20&query=Philip%20Harris&sort=AcceptedDate&order=desc&tab=1&et=pp&et=ppm&et=tp&et=perpar&et=rd&prePoll=false&postPoll=true Search: 'Philip Harris'], accessed 7 May 2015.</ref>
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-==Register of interests==
+===Register of interests===
-===Remunerated directorships===
+====Remunerated directorships====
 *Carpetright plc (and subsidiaries)
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 *Non-executive Director, Arsenal FC (effective November 2005)
-===Regular remunerated employment===
+====Regular remunerated employment====
 *Chairman and Chief Executive, Carpetright plc (and subsidiaries)
 *Chairman, Harris Ventures Ltd (Investment Company)
-===Controlling shareholdings===
+====Controlling shareholdings====
 *Harris Ventures Ltd (Investment Company)
 *HVL4 Ltd (Investment Company)
-===Significant shareholdings===
+====Significant shareholdings====
 *Carpetright plc
 *SCI CASALA (directly related to member's holiday residence)
-===Landholdings===
+====Landholdings====
 *347 acres of woodland investment, Dumfries and Galloway
 *Chairman, Generation Trust, Guys Hospital
 *Trustee, Bacons City Technology College
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 *Trustee and Governor, Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich
-===Office-holder in voluntary organisations===
+====Office-holder in voluntary organisations====
 *Chairman, Prostate Cancer "Investing In Life" Campaign
 *Deputy Chairman, NSPCC National Appeal Board and Executive Committee
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-[[Category:House of Lords|Harris, Philip]][[Category:Conservative Party Donors|Harris, Philip]][[Category:Education Industry]][[Category:Education Reformer|Harris, Philip]]
+[[Category:House of Lords|Harris, Philip]][[Category:Conservative Party Donors|Harris, Philip]][[Category:Education Industry]][[Category:Education Reformer|Harris, Philip]][[Category:Brexit|Harris, Philip]][[Category:Brexit]]

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−	[[Category:House of Lords\|Harris, Philip]][[Category:Conservative Party Donors\|Harris, Philip]][[Category:Education Industry]]	+	[[Category:House of Lords\|Harris, Philip]][[Category:Conservative Party Donors\|Harris, Philip]][[Category:Education Industry]][[Category:Education Reformer\|Harris, Philip]]

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 ==Education reformer==
-Harris is chair of the [[Harris Federation]]. This is a chain of 36 academy and free schools in and around London. Some of these schools, like Downhills Primary School, were forced by the government to join Harris against the wishes of the majority parents and governors.
+Harris is chair of the [[Harris Federation]]. This is a chain of 37 academy and free schools in and around London. Some of these schools, like Downhills Primary School, were forced by the government to join Harris against the wishes of the majority parents and governors.
 At the moment companies can’t make a direct profit from operating schools - Harris Federation is non-profit making - but businesses can, and are, increasingly providing a lot of the services schools need. Former education secretary Michael Gove supports profit-making schools, and the government’s ambition to see all 25,000 schools in England privately run, rests on companies being able to make a return on their investment. Academy chains, like the Harris Federation, provide a structure for profit-making state schools.

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 *[[Business for Sterling]]
 *[[Open Europe]]
 ==References==

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	Harris is a member of [[The Leader's Group]], the premier [[Conservative Party]] supporter group. Through an annual membership fee of £50,000 donors are able to secure access to leading members of the party.		Harris is a member of [[The Leader's Group]], the premier [[Conservative Party]] supporter group. Through an annual membership fee of £50,000 donors are able to secure access to leading members of the party.
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		+	He is a key supporter of market-based education reforms in England.

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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−	[[Category:House of Lords\|Harris, Philip]][[Category:Conservative Party Donors\|Harris, Philip]]	+	[[Category:House of Lords\|Harris, Philip]][[Category:Conservative Party Donors\|Harris, Philip]][[Category:Education Industry]]