Register of Interests

Find out more about the categories used in this register.

1(a)(i) – I have been appointed to or nominated by the Authority to the following body/ies and which I am a member of or hold a position of general control or management (not including Authority Committees):

• Chair of TfL
• Chair of Homes and Communities Agency London Board
• Co-Chair Olympic Board
• Co-Chair Crossrail High Level Forum
• Chair, Olympic Park Regeneration Steering Group
• Chair, London Crime Reduction Board
• Chair, London Health Improvement Board
• Co-Chair of Advisory Panel (to establish London local Enterprise Partnership)

1(a)(ii)(aa) – I am a member of or hold a position of general control or management of the following body/ies that exercise functions of a public nature:

1(a)(ii)(bb) – Details of membership or holding a position of general control or management in a charitable body:

• Member, Henley & District Agricultural Assn
• Member, Henley 100 Club
• Member, Islington Canoe Club
• President , Anglo Turkish Society
• Honorary Member, Carlton Club
• Patron, The Iris Project
• Patron, Downside Up, British-Russian Charity in support of children with Downs Syndrome
• Honorary Patron, The English Music Festival
• Patron, Classics for all

• Ex officio Patron, London Action Trust

• Honourable Patron - London Tigers

• Ex officio Patron, The Mayor’s Academies Limited (“MAL”)
• Ex officio Patron, The Mayor's Fund
• Ex officio Patron, Legacy List
• Ex officio Patron, Thames Diamond Jubilee River Pageant
• Ex officio Patron, Mayor’s Fund for Young Musicians
• Honorary Fellow of Royal Institute British Architects

1(a)(ii)(cc) – I am a member of or hold a position of general control or management of the following body/bodies whose principle purposes include the influence of public opinion or policy:

• Patron, Fastrack, Young Professionals in the Conservative Party
• President, Islington Conservative Association
• Member, Conservative Party

1(a)(iii) – Details of any employment/self-employment/business:

• Author
• Writing, Broadcasting

1(a)(iv) – Name(s) of employers/people who have appointed me to work for them:

• The Daily Telegraph (Column Writer)
• Mail on Sunday, occasional book reviews
• Spectator, occasional diaries

• Harper Collins Publishers UK
  Overseas secondary rights contracts include:
  Alpina (Russia), Fushosha Co Ltd (Japan), Nakladatelstvi Leda (Czech), Thyrathen/Epilogi (Greece), Garzanti Libri SPA (Italy), Verlage Haffmans & Tolkemitt (Germany), Penguin (USA)

1(a)(v) – Names of any people/body that have made any payment to me in respect of my election or any expenses incurred by me in carrying out my duties:

• None

1(a)(vi) – Name of any person or body having a place of business or land in the Authority's area and in which I have a beneficial interest in a class of securities of that person exceeding the nominal value of £25,000, or one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that person or body/those bodies (whichever is the lower):

• None

1(a)(vii) – Any contract between the Authority and me, or a firm connected to me or a person or body described in 1 (a)(vi) above:

• None

1(a)(viii) – Any gifts or hospitality received from any person which has an estimated value of £25 or more:

• Gifts and hospitality register

1(a)(ix) – Any land which is in the area of the Authority and in which I have a beneficial interest (including your own home):

• Sensitive Information (within paragraph 14(3) of the Code of Conduct)

1(a)(x) – Any land where the landlord is the Greater London Authority and the tenant is me or a firm in which I am a partner, a company of which I am a remunerated director, or a person or body described in 1(a)(vi) above:

• None

1(a)(xi) – Any land in the Authority's area in which I have a licence (alone or jointly with others) to occupy for 28 days or longer:

• None

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