Declaration of interests (2018)

Pursuant to paragraph 17 of the Code of conduct for members of the Parliament Assembly

I, the undersigned, on my honour and in full knowledge of the Code of conduct for members of the Parliamentary Assembly, hereby declare

Ms McCARTHY, Kerry

United Kingdom

Published on: 28/09/2018 15:36:29Pdf version

Remunerated professional activities, offices and positions, in the public or private sector, regular or occasional, whether as an employee, liberal professional or as a self-employed person, exercised or held alongside the exercise of the parliamentary mandate and during the two calendar years preceding the current year of office in the PACE.

Activities, employment positions and offices in corporations, institutions or enterprises, public or private, domestic or foreign, as a director, manager, senior executive, shareholder, including notably on boards of directors, administrative boards or supervisory boards, exercised or held alongside the exercise of the parliamentary mandate and during the two calendar years preceding the current year of office in the PACE.

Participation, whether remunerated or unremunerated, as a member of a management or advisory body (management, supervisory, advisory or administrative board) of institutions or non-commercial enterprises such as NGOs, associations, charities, foundations, clubs, public or private, domestic or foreign, exercised alongside the exercise of the parliamentary mandate and during the two calendar years preceding the current year of office in the PACE.

	Name of the institution or enterprise, and position held	Amount of income (if remunerated)	Expenses covered
C1	Member of Steering Group of Feeding Bristol (a charity) and No Cold Homes initiative

Occasional activities, mandates, missions and positions, whether remunerated or unremunerated, as consultant, advisor, expert, lobbyist, lecturer, etc performed alongside the exercise of the parliamentary mandate and during the two calendar years preceding the current year of office in the PACE, including abroad.

Membership of friendship groups or interparliamentary relations groups.

	Friendship groups and position held (chair, vice-chair or member)
E1	Chair of the Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) and Food Waste APPG Vice-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development: Fruit and Vegetable Farmers; Music; Ticket Abuse; for Tibet; for Somaliland. And Vice-Chair of the Performers’ Alliance and Protect our Waves APPGs

Support, whether financial or in terms of staff or material, donations, including sponsorships and money gifts granted by third parties (additional to that provided by the national parliament and the national political party), accepted during the previous calendar year.

	Type of support	Donor's identity (name, function and address/country)
F1	Donation of £10,000GBR to 2017 general election campaign	Musicians Union, 60-62 Clapham Road, London SW9 0JJ
F2	Donation of £5,000GBR to 2017 general election campaign	Political Animal Lobby, 57 Queen Anne Street, London W1G 9JR
F3	Donation of £2,000GBR to 2017 general election campaign	UK-EU Open Policy Ltd, 11 Manchester Square, London W1U 3PW

Gifts, of a value in excess of 200 €, and other benefits and hospitality (such as meals, travel, transportation, accommodation, sporting or cultural events, etc.), offered by a legal or natural person, including when they are bestowed abroad, accepted during the previous calendar year.

Trips and visits abroad and sponsored travels, where the travel, accommodation or subsistence expenses were covered in full or in part by a third party, whether a legal or natural person (other than your national parliament, your national government, or the Parliamentary Assembly), either by public or private funds, during the previous calendar year.

	Type and description of the expenses covered, date and place	Donor's identity (name, function and address/country)
H1	Travel to and accommodation to visit Dhramshala (totalling £848.41GBR), the headquarters of the Central Tibetan Administration, Tibetan exile administration, Tues 25th – Fri 28th September 2018. Purpose to meet with Tibetan political leaders including the President of the CTA, members of the Cabinet, Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile and other Tibetan Parliamentarians, as well as visits to Tibetan cultural institutions and meetings with Tibetan NGOs	The Office of Tibet, London, 1 Culworth Street, London NW8 7AF, United Kingdom.

Miscellaneous – any other relevant interests which do not fall into the other categories mentioned which might influence the performance of my duties in the Parliamentary Assembly, in particular as rapporteur or member of an election observation mission.


I1	Patron (unpaid) of Music Venues Trust, FoodCycle and The Vegan Society

Declaration of any relevant economic, commercial, financial or other interests, whether professional or personal, of the spouse and other family members, as well as paid or voluntary staff, which might influence the performance of my duties in the Parliamentary Assembly, in particular as rapporteur or member of an election observation mission.

Comments or explanatory statement in connection with this declaration.