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==Register of Members Financial Interests entries== | ==Register of Members Financial Interests entries== | ||
See page: [[Liam Fox Register of Members Financial Interests]] | See page: [[Liam Fox Register of Members Financial Interests]] | ||
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| + | *[[David Goss]] - Overseas visits: 6-8 June 2015 to conference in Macedonia, funded by [[Macedonian Ministry of Defence]]; 6-14 November 2015 to Australia with '''Liam Fox''', funded by [[National Australia Bank]] | ||
| + | *[[Thomas Heathcote]] - Overseas visits: 3-4 November 2015 to Tallinn in Estonia, paid for by [[Estonia-Atlantic Treaty Organisation]]; 26 February-5 March 2016 to Bulgaria, Give Us Time charity event, accommodation from Balkan Jewel Hotel Resort, flights from Give Us Time | ||
| + | *[[Oliver Hibberd]] - Overseas visits: 8-10 September 2015 to Poland for security conference, paid for by [[Foundation Institute for Eastern Studies]]; 26 February-5 March 2016 to Bulgaria for Give Us Time charity event, accommodation from Balkan Jewel Hotel Resort, flights from Give Us Time <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmsecret/sponsor-02.htm Register of interests of members' secretaries and research assistants, 23 March 2016], ''parliament.uk'', accessed 20 April 2016</ref> | ||
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
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Liam Fox is the former UK secretary of state for defence from 2010-2011.[1] He resigned this position on 14 October 2011 amid controversy over his association with his friend and unofficial adviser Adam Werritty.[2]
Fox has been the Conservative Party MP for North Somerset since 2010. In the 2015 election, Fox retained his seat with a majority of 23,099.
Contents
Register of Members Financial Interests entries
See page: Liam Fox Register of Members Financial Interests
Staff
- David Goss - Overseas visits: 6-8 June 2015 to conference in Macedonia, funded by Macedonian Ministry of Defence; 6-14 November 2015 to Australia with Liam Fox, funded by National Australia Bank
- Thomas Heathcote - Overseas visits: 3-4 November 2015 to Tallinn in Estonia, paid for by Estonia-Atlantic Treaty Organisation; 26 February-5 March 2016 to Bulgaria, Give Us Time charity event, accommodation from Balkan Jewel Hotel Resort, flights from Give Us Time
- Oliver Hibberd - Overseas visits: 8-10 September 2015 to Poland for security conference, paid for by Foundation Institute for Eastern Studies; 26 February-5 March 2016 to Bulgaria for Give Us Time charity event, accommodation from Balkan Jewel Hotel Resort, flights from Give Us Time [3]
Affiliations
- Atlantic Bridge - Executive Board
- Conservative Friends of Israel - Parliamentary Group
- Young Britons' Foundation - Parliamentary Council
Donations
In September 2005 Fox received £10,000.00 from the chairman of the The Utility Warehouse and son of Basil Wigoder - the former chairman of the Liberal Party, Charles Wigoder.
In November 2005 he received £3,000.000 from businessman and Tory and UKIP donor, Stuart Wheeler.
He has also received £40,000.00 from hedge fund manager and Conservative peer Stanley Fink between 2005 and 2007, in four sums of £10,000.00
Between 2006 and 2008, Fox received £100,500 from private equity firm manager and Tory donor Jon Moulton in three separate donations.
In January 2007 he received £10,000 from Australian businessman Sir Michael Hintze.[4]
Resources
- SHADOW DEFENSE MINISTER FOX PLEDGES CLOSE U.S.-UK COOPERATION IF TORIES GAIN POWER, US Embassy London, 10 December 2009, released by Wikileaks, 30 August 2011.
- Full list of meetings between Liam Fox and Adam Werritty, Guardian Datablog, 10 October 2011.
- Gus O'Donnell, Allegations against Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP, Cabinet Office, 18 October 2011
- Powerbase - Liam Fox Register of Members Financial Interests
Articles
- Liam Fox's "homophobic past" revealed, By Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk • March 9, 2008 - 3:00
- Paul Hutcheon, Revealed: Tory MP's "homophobic" Scot quit student council over gays "flaunting it", Sunday Herald 8 Mar 2008
- Owen Boycott and Nicholas Watt, Liam Fox's Sri Lanka trip makes Foreign Office furious, The Guardian, 15 December 2010.
- Liam Fox, Adam Werritty & the Atlantic Bridge mystery, The First Post, 6 October 2011
- Guardian, Liam Fox and Adam Werritty links, accessed 13 October 2011.
- Rupert Neate, Liam Fox took five MPs to Washington with donor's money, guardian.co.uk, 13 October 2011.
- Polly Curtis, Jason Burke and Rupert Neate, Liam Fox faces fresh questions on Sri Lanka links, Guardian, 13 October 2011.
- Tim Shipman, Christian Gysin and Ian Drury, Tycoons who funded Fox's friend: Right-wing donors paid the bills for pair's globetrotting, dailymail.co.uk, 13 October 2011.
- Jon Swaine, Robert Winnett and James Kirkup, Liam Fox, Adam Werritty, and the $500 bash that went undeclared, Telegraph, 13 October 2011.
- Sam Jones, James Blitz and Elizabeth Rigby, Tory donor’s links add pressure on Fox, FT.com, 13 October 2011.
- James Blitz, Elizabeth Rigby and Kiran Stacey, Doubts grow over how Fox pursues his goals, FT.com, 13 October 2011.
- Deborah Haynes, David Taylor, Fox's friend was funded by private intelligence group, The Times, 14 October 2011.
- Harvey Newton, Fox resignation leaves many questions unanswered, LabourList, 14 October 2011.
- Patrick Wintour, Rupert Neate and Richard Norton-Taylor, Rightwing Tories rally to Liam Fox's side, guardian.co.uk, 14 October 2011.
- Liam Doward, Liam Fox's Atlantic Bridge linked top Tories and Tea Party activists, guardian.co.uk, 15 October.
- Jerry Hayes, Fox: It's All Very Spooky, Dale & Co, 16 October 2011.
- Rupert Neate, Liam Fox report – the unanswered questions, guardian.co.uk, 18 October 2011.
- Kevin O'Sullivan, British Scandal Linked to Pro-Israel Groups, Forward, 28 October 2011, issue of 4 November 2011.
- Peter Foster, US election: Liam Fox 'feeding ideas' to Mitt Romney's Republicans, telegraph.co.uk, 26 August 2012.
- Phil Miller, Liam Fox’s business interests in Sri Lanka drove his parallel immigration policy, Stop Deportations Blog, 29 July 2012.
- Owen Bowcott, Liam Fox settles libel case over Adam Werritty claims, theguardian.com, 29 January 2014.
Notes
- ↑ Her Majesty’s Government, Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.
- ↑ Defence Secretary Liam Fox quits, BBC News, 14 October 2011.
- ↑ Register of interests of members' secretaries and research assistants, 23 March 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 20 April 2016
- ↑ Electoral Commission, Donation search, accessed 20 February 2015
