Grimsby MP Lia Nici - should she explain payments?
WHY is Grimsby MP Lia Nici receiving monies from private donors?
The question is legitimate given the current furore over lobbying and over politicians accepting monies from individuals and/or organisations who may be seeking to influence policy-making.
Based on the latest Register of MPS' Financial Interests, Martin Vickers (Con, Cleethorpes) and Victoria Atkins (whose Louth constituency embraces villages such as Holton-le-Clay and Tetney) seem to have no questions to answer.
Ms Nici is also a member of North East Lincolnshire Council, but has ceased claiming remuneration from the Town Hall coffers.
But who is Ian McVeigh who gifted her £10,000 in October last year? Is he one of her constituents? And for what purpose did he make the donation? And for what purpose did she accept it?
And who are Stalbury Trustees who chipped in with £5,000 to help local party funds?
Maybe it is all entirely appropriate and justifiable, but public perception is important.
In the interests of openness and transparency, Grimsby's MP should clarify why she accepted these payments and how the cash will be allocated.
Below are the entries of the three MPs in the Register as updated earlier this month, plus - by way of comparison - that of the Prime Minister.
Nici, Lia (Great Grimsby)
1. Employment and earnings
Payments from North East Lincolnshire Council, Town Hall Square, Grimsby DN31 1HU, for my role as a Councillor:
28 February 2020, received £1,064.41. Hours: 24 hrs. (Registered 08 April 2020)
31 March 2020, received £1,064.41. Hours: 21 hrs. (Registered 08 April 2020)
30 April 2020, received £646.66. Hours: 13 hrs. (Registered 13 May 2020)
29 May 2020, received £646.26. Hours 17 hrs. (Registered 29 June 2020)
30 June 2020, received £321.64. hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 02 July 2020)
19 March 2020, received £1,000 from CPO Media, Centre4, Wootton Road, Grimsby DN33 1HE, for producing a video. Hours: none since my election. (Registered 08 April 2020)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Stalbury Trustees
Address of donor: 31 Hill Street, London W1J 4LS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: company, registration 01430799
(Registered 13 May 2020)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: Ian McVeigh
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Date received: 8 October 2020
Date accepted: 30 October 2020
Donor status: individual
(Registered 13 November 2020)
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
House in Grimsby, owned jointly with my husband: (i). (Registered 08 January 2020)
8. Miscellaneous
Until 28 February 2021, Councillor, North East Lincolnshire Council. From 1 July 2020 onwards, I received no allowances for this role. (Registered 02 July 2020; updated 15 March 2021)
Vickers, Martin (Cleethorpes)
9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses
I employ my wife, Ann Vickers, as part-time Junior Secretary.
Atkins, Victoria (Louth and Horncastle)
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
From 13 April 2018, house in London: (i) and (ii). (Registered 19 April 2018)
8. Miscellaneous
Barrister, currently not practising. (Registered 06 June 2015)
From 27 January 2020, member of the Connected Coast Board, a joint board for the Mablethorpe and Skegness Towns Fund. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 28 January 2020)
Johnson, Boris (Uxbridge and South Ruislip)
1. Employment and earnings
Payments from Hodder and Stoughton UK, Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ, via United Agents, 12-26 Lexington St, London W1F 0LE:
8 April 2020, received £7,013.01 for royalties on book already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 29 April 2020)
28 July 2020, received £1,203.28 for royalties on book already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 24 August 2020)
30 September 2020, received £6,000.57 for royalties on book already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 14 October 2020)
20 January 2021, received £1,471.64 for royalties on book already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 05 February 2021)
10 March 2021, received £742.60 for royalties on book already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 25 March 2021)
Payments from HarperCollins UK, 1 London Bridge St, London SE1 9GF, via Rogers, Coleridge and White Ltd, 20 Powis Mews, London W11 1JN:
2 April 2020, received £2,279.86 for royalties on books already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 28 April 2020)
28 October 2020, received £2,406.12 for royalties on books already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 05 November 2020)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Simon Blagden
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Gift hamper, value £350
Date received: 30 April 2020
Date accepted: 30 April 2020
Donor status: individual
(Registered 12 May 2020)
Name of donor: Mohammad Chohan
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Gift hamper, value £750
Date received: 30 April 2020
Date accepted: 30 April 2020
Donor status: individual
(Registered 12 May 2020)
Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport for three people; value £3,060
Date received: 16 August 2020
Date accepted: 16 August 2020
Donor status: company, registration 01991017
(Registered 04 September 2020)
Name of donor: Lord Philip Harris of Peckham
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Gift hamper with a value of £500, which has been donated to a good cause
Date received: 15 December 2020
Date accepted: 15 December 2020
Donor status: individual
(Registered 11 January 2021)
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
From 25 January 2018, a 20% share of a residential property in Somerset: (i) and (ii). (Registered 17 January 2019; updated 06 February 2019)
From 19 July 2019, a 50% share of a residential property in London: (i), and from 16 December 2019, (ii). (Registered 07 August 2019; updated 23 December 2019)
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