Liam Fox

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Liam Fox is the former UK Secretary of State for Defence.[1] He resigned this position on 14 October 2011 amid controversy over his association with Adam Werritty.[2]

Register of Members Financial Interests entries

Register as at 6 January 2010

4. Sponsorship or financial or material support Contributions to staffing and running of private office from:

Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 Date of receipt: 14 July 2009 Date of acceptance: 14 July 2009 Donor status: individual (Registered 17 July 2009)

Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,500 Date of receipt: 17 July 2009 Date of acceptance: 17 July 2009 Donor status: individual (Registered 17 July 2009)

Address of donor: Investors in Private Capital Limited, 25 Harley Street, London W1G 9BR Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5000 Date of receipt: 14 August 2009 Date of acceptance: 14 August 2009 Donor status: Company, registration no. 05204672 (Registered 24 August 2009 )

Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5000 Date of receipt: 2 November 2009 Date of acceptance: 2 November 2009 Donor status: individual (Registered 3 November 2009 )

Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5000 Date of receipt: 11 November 2009 Date of acceptance: 11 November 2009 Donor status: individual (Registered 18 November 2009)

Address of donor: c/o Turcan Connell, Princes Exchange, 1 Earl Grey Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9EE. Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5000 Date of receipt: 7 December 2009 Date of acceptance: 7 December 2009 Donor status: company, registration number SC343164 (Registered 9 December 2009)

5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)

  • In my capacity as Shadow Foreign Secretary (2005-06) and Shadow Defence Secretary (from January 2006), I have received upgrades from Virgin Atlantic on some flights connected with overseas visits for which I have met my own flight and accommodation costs. (The details of these overseas visits have been provided to the office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.)
  • I receive honorary membership of the Carlton Club. (Registered 10 November 2008)
  • 26-27 January 2009, to Warton in Lancashire, to visit BAe Systems for a tour of facilities and briefing meetings as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence. My return flights from London to Warton and one night's accommodation were provided by BAe Systems. (Registered 10 February 2009)
  • My wife and I received tickets for the 'Black and White Party' on 4 February 2009, paid for by Mr James Reuben. (Registered 3 March 2009)

6. Overseas visits

  • 28 May-1 June 2008, to Singapore, as part of an invitation to the International Institute for Strategic Studies 2008 Shangri-la Dialogue in my capacity as Shadow Defence Secretary. My flights and accommodation in Singapore were paid for by the IISS. (Registered 17 June 2008)
  • 18-23 June 2008, to New York, USA, to attend and speak at a dinner and reception for the Jewish Institute for National Affairs (JINSA) in my capacity as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence. My return business class airfare from London to New York and one night's accommodation were met by JINSA. (Registered 3 July 2008)
  • 19-22 June 2008, to Colorado, USA, to attend and speak at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) World Forum in my capacity as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence. My return flights from New York to Vail, Colorado were provided by Brevan Howard Asset Management. My accommodation, ground transportation and meals were paid for by the AEI. (Registered 3 July 2008)
  • 27 July-4 August 2008, to Washington DC and Chicago in my capacity as Shadow Defence Secretary, to attend the Atlantic Bridge 2008 Transatlantic Leadership Exchange and to attend and speak at the 35th Annual American Legislative Exchange Council meeting. My return transatlantic flights were paid for by the Atlantic Bridge. My accommodation in Washington, internal flight to Chicago, accommodation in Chicago and conference expenses were paid for by the American Legislative Exchange Council. (Registered 19 August 2008)
  • 14-17 October 2008, to New York to attend the US Presidential Debate as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence. My outbound flight to New York was provided by Mr Michael Hintze of the CQS Group. (I met my own return flight and accommodation costs in New York.) (Registered 14 November 2008)
  • 7-10 December 2008, to Israel, to attend and speak at The Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies Conference on Counterinsurgency as Shadow Defence Secretary. My return business class flights and two nights' accommodation in Tel Aviv were paid for by the conference organisers. (Registered 18 December 2008)
  • 11-14 March 2009, to Sri Lanka in my capacity as Shadow Defence Secretary for a fact-finding visit at the invitation of the Government of Sri Lanka. My flights from London to Colombo, Colombo to Dubai (for non-registrable visit) and my accommodation costs in Colombo were paid for by the Sri Lankan Government. (Registered 23 March 2009)

25-31 May 2009, to Hong Kong and Singapore, as part of an invitation to the International Institute for Strategic Studies 2009 Shangri-la Dialogue in my capacity as Shadow Defence Secretary. I paid for my own flights and accommodation in Hong Kong and Singapore. I received a flight upgrade on my outbound flight to Hong Kong from Cathay Pacific Airlines and a hotel room upgrade in Hong Kong and Singapore from The Mandarin Oriental Hotel. (Registered 5 June 2009)

  • Name of donor: The Kingdom of Bahrain

Address of donor: Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain, 30 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8QB. Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Approx. £1,400, for two nights accommodation. Destination of visit: The Kingdom of Bahrain Date of visit: 21-23 July 2009 Purpose of visit: To meet with the King of Bahrain as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence. (Registered 5 August 2009)

Address of donor: 1) 40 George Street, London W1U 7DW 2) High Commission for Sri Lanka, 13 Hyde Park Gardens, London W2 2LU Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): 1) Return flight costs to be paid: £1778 2) Hotel accommodation in Colombo: £950 Destination of visit: Colombo, Sri Lanka Date of visit: 27-30 August 2009 Purpose of visit: Meetings with the President of Sri Lanka and the Foreign Minister, including visits within the country. (Registered 23 September 2009)

Address of donor: 40 George Street, London W1U 7DW. Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3000 for return flight Destination of visit: Colombo, Sri Lanka. Date of visit: 14 - 17 November 2009. Purpose of visit: to attend the Sri Lanka Freedom Party national convention and for meetings with the President of Sri Lanka and the Foreign Minister. (Registered 20 November 2009)

9. Registrable shareholdings (a) Arrest Ltd.[3]

Register as at 24th January 2011

4. Sponsorship or financial or material support

(a) Donations to my constituency party or association, which have been or will be reported by my party to the Electoral Commission:

Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,900. (This donation was given to the constituency association, who will report it to the Electoral Commission.) Donor status: individual (Registered 20 May 2010)

(b) Support in the capacity as an MP: Contributions to staffing and running of private office from:

Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 Date of receipt: 18 January 2010 Date of acceptance: 18 January 2010 Donor status: individual (Registered 29 January 2010)

Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £50,000 (given to me in my previous capacity as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence) Date of receipt: 26 January 2010 Date of acceptance: 26 January 2010 Donor status: individual (Registered 29 January 2010)

5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)

  • In my capacity as Shadow Foreign Secretary (2005-06) and Shadow Defence Secretary (from January 2006), I have received upgrades from Virgin Atlantic on some flights connected with overseas visits for which I have met my own flight and accommodation costs. (The details of these overseas visits have been provided to the office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.)
  • Name of donor: Mr Stanley Fink

Address of donor : private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: my wife and I received tickets to the Conservative Party’s general election fundraising dinner (value: £700) Date of receipt of donation: 1 February 2010 Date of acceptance of donation: 1 February 2010 Donor status: individual (Registered 11 February 2010)

Address of donor : 69 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1PJ Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: renewal of honorary membership; value £790 Date of receipt of donation: 1 January 2011 Date of acceptance of donation: 1 January 2011 Donor status: Company, registration number 00573221 (Registered 14 January 2011) 6. Overseas visits

  • Name of donor: 1) Government of Sri Lanka

2) Sri Lanka Development Trust Address of donor:1) High Commission for Sri Lanka, 13 Hyde Park Gardens, London W2 2LU 2) 50 Lothian Road, Festival Square, Edinburgh EH3 9WJ Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): 1) Hotel accommodation for my wife and me in Colombo; value £900 2) Return business class flight to Colombo; value £2650 Destination of visit: Colombo, Sri Lanka Date of visit: 14-18 February 2010 Purpose of visit: to undertake a series of meetings and discussions with the Government of Sri Lanka exploring practical ways of facilitating investment in social infrastructure projects across Sri Lanka. (Registered 15 March 2010)[4]

Register as at 28th September 2011

5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK) In my capacity as Shadow Foreign Secretary (2005-06) and Shadow Defence Secretary (from January 2006), I received upgrades from Virgin Atlantic on some flights connected with overseas visits for which I have met my own flight and accommodation costs. (The details of these overseas visits have been provided to the office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.)

Address of donor : 69 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1PJ Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: renewal of honorary membership; value £790 Date of receipt of donation: 1 January 2011 Date of acceptance of donation: 1 January 2011 Donor status: Company, registration number 00573221 (Registered 14 January 2011)

Address of donor: 5th floor, 33 Chester Street, London SW1X 7BL Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: flight from Washington DC to Farnborough valued at £10,439 Date of receipt of donation: 24 May 2011 Date of acceptance of donation: 19 May 2011 Donor status: Company, registration number 03691917 (Registered 27 June 2011)[5]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Her Majesty’s Government, Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Defence Secretary Liam Fox quits, BBC News, 14 October 2011.
  3. ↑ FOX, Dr. Liam (Woodspring), The Register of Members' Financial Interests as at 6 January 2010, www.parliament.uk, accessed 17 October 2011.
  4. ↑ FOX, Dr. Liam (North Somerset), The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1 As at 24th January 2011, www.parliament.uk, accessed 17 October 2011.
  5. ↑ FOX, Dr. Liam (North Somerset), The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1 As at 28th September 2011, www.parliament.uk, accessed 16 October 2011.
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