Lords' Registered Interests
22 registered interests in the House of Lords register
No registrable interests
Speaking engagement, 7 May 2024, Enable, Glasgow (travel and accommodation expenses included)
Speaking engagement, 24 November 2023, Enable, Glasgow (travel and accommodation expenses included)
Speaking engagement, 26 September 2023, Network Rail, London (travel expenses included)
Chair, Institute of Directors Commission on ‘The future of inclusive business: harnessing diverse talent for success’ (to examine key barriers to recruitment, retention and progression of individuals from underrepresented groups, with specific reference to disability, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation)
The member receives research support from a PhD student from King’s College London, as part of a training scheme for which the student receives a stipend (interest ceased 31 May 2022)
Vice President, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Chair, Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) Disability Commission (which produced the Now Is The Time report and feeds into Prime Minister’s National Disability Strategy) (interest ceased 31 March 2021)
Chair, Assistive Technology Commission to explore and recommend improvements in the provision of assistive technology to disabled people (interest ceased 23 May 2023)
Trustee, DFN Foundation
Trustee, Council of Christians and Jews (interest ceased 15 December 2023)
Visit to South Africa, 30 April - 10 May 2019, as guest of South African Jewish Board of Deputies, to address Yom HaShoah ceremonies in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Durban and attend associated meetings and charity events; flight costs paid by British High Commission; accommodation costs met by hosts
The Member has full-time assistance from a researcher to assist with parliamentary work on disability equality; the costs of the staff member are met by the Pears Foundation (an independent, British family foundation, rooted in Jewish values, that takes private money every year and invests it in good causes, promoting understanding of key issues through research and education programmes; driving engagement in social progress across the UK and globally, particularly in young people, and supporting organisations) from 1 April 2022 until 30 September 2022 (interest ceased 30 September 2022)
Governor, Motability (a charity) (interest ceased 30 September 2021)
Visit to Republic of Ireland, 18-20 May 2018, as guest of ‘Don’t Screen Us Out’, to make the Irish media aware of the consequences for disabled human beings of the recent referendum
Visit to Poland, 8-12 April 2018, as guest of ‘March of the Living UK’ on tour of Holocaust memorial sites
Lay Member, Queen Square Brain Bank & Neuro-Resource Management Board
Commissioner, Equality and Human Rights Commission (four-year term from 21 April 2017) (interest ceased 12 December 2017)
Trustee, National Council for Palliative Care (interest ceased 30 June 2017)
Visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, 18-23 September 2016, with a parliamentary delegation organised by All-Party Britain-Israel Parliamentary Group; travel was funded by Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs; accommodation was funded by Cedarsoak Ltd