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MP Financial Interest
Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Esplanade Vale Media Limited (trading as British Muslim TV)
Address of donor: Victoria Chambers, 40 Wood Street, Wakefield WF1 2HB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Domestic flights and transportation (£741.13); hotels and entry fees (£258.95); and food (£38), value £1,038.08
Destination of visit: Pakistan
Dates of visit: 29 September 2023 to 7 October 2023
Purpose of visit: Production of tourism documentary, undertaken as Chair of the APPG on Britain-Pakistan Trade and Tourism.
(Registered 12 October 2023)
MP Financial Interest
Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)
Original Source (16th October 2023)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Esplanade Vale Media Limited (trading as British Muslim TV)
Address of donor: Victoria Chambers, 40 Wood Street, Wakefield WF1 2HB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Domestic flights and transportation (£741.13); hotels and entry fees (£258.95); and food (£38); total value £1,038.08
Destination of visit: Pakistan
Dates of visit: 29 September - 7 October 2023
Purpose of visit: Production of tourism documentary, undertaken as Chair of the APPG on Britain-Pakistan Trade and Tourism.

Westminster Hall
Partner and Spousal Visas: Minimum Income - Tue 23 Apr 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Siobhan Baillie (Con - Stroud) She has a trade in the UK as a beauty therapist with her online business, and she has considered coming - Speech Link
2: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) tying the hands of hospitality and tourism businesses. - Speech Link
3: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) sends out about the status of Britain in the world. - Speech Link
4: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberavon) profoundly damaging impact on the lives of couples and families all over Britain? - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill
Committee stage - Tue 12 Sep 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: None perverse consequences for wildlife conservation and for communities in areas outside Great Britain where - Speech Link
2: Earl of Caithness (CON - Excepted Hereditary) It can affect other wildlife and tourism. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LDEM - Life peer) Although not perfect, this Bill is short and to the point and bans the import into Great Britain of a - Speech Link
4: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) Annexes A and B of our wildlife trade regulations implement appendices 1 and 2 of CITES in Great Britain - Speech Link
5: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) Annexes A and B of our wildlife trade regulations implement appendices 1 and 2 of CITES in Great Britain - Speech Link

Deposited Papers

Apr. 22 2024

Source Page: I. List of ministerial responsibilities. 88p. II. List of non-ministerial departments and executive agencies. 22p. III. Letter dated 19/04/2024 from Alex Burghart MP to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee regarding documents for deposit, and copying them for deposit in the House libraries. 1p.
Document: APRIL_2024_List_of_Ministerial_Responsibilities.pdf (PDF)

Found: List of non-ministerial departments and executive agencies. 22p. III.

Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Tue 14 Nov 2023
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Lord Bilimoria (XB - Life peer) It will greatly enhance trade, business and investment between our two countries, and we need to invest - Speech Link
2: Baroness Doocey (LD - Life peer) In 2022 tourism spend in the EU was up by 98% compared with 2019; in Britain it was down by 28%. - Speech Link
3: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) keen magnet for tourism domestically and from around the world. - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Select Committee
Submission from the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities to the Committee, 18 September 2023
 Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum

Correspondence Sep. 18 2023

Committee: Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Found: close relationship with another country, including the First Minister who has described Pakistan

Select Committee
Formal minutes for Session 2023-24

Formal Minutes May. 29 2024

Committee: National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Found: royalties received from publication of “Boots on the Ground: Britain and her Army since 1945”, Profile

Lords Chamber
Ukraine - Fri 26 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) Instability and war could bring refugees and migrants, huge disruption to trade and energy shortages, - Speech Link
2: Lord Bilimoria (XB - Life peer) in Lebanon; and Pakistan and Iran attacking each other, let alone China and Taiwan and what might happen - Speech Link
3: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) he cannot win.There needs to be a stockpile strategy to sustain and support Ukraine and rearm Britain - Speech Link
4: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The new Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation will further strengthen the enforcement of our trade - Speech Link

Parliamentary Research
WTO: Challenges and Opportunities - CBP-9942
Jan. 31 2024

Found: WTO: Challenges and Opportunities