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

Mr SHEPPARD, Tommy

United Kingdom

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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.

	Activity, employment position, office	Frequency
B1	Director - Salt 'n' Sauce Promotions	Permanent
B2	Board Member of Common Weal, a 'think and do tank' campaigning for social and economic equality in Scotland	Permanent
B3	Council member of the Scottish Independence Convention, an umbrella group bringing together pro-independence parties, groups and organisations to promote the concept and ideals of an independent Scotland.	Permanent
B4	Honorary President of LinkNet, a charity offering direct mentoring to minority ethnic communities in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Scottish Borders and Fife.	Permanent

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 the Editorial Board of Scottish Left Review
C2
C3

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	All Party Parliamentary Group Britain-Palestine (Vice-Chair)
E2	All Party Parliamentary Group Humanism (Vice-Chair)
E3	All Party Parliamentary Group Deafness (Vice-Chair)

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.

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	Delegation to America with British-American Parliamentary Group - not renumerated but flights, accommodation, food and transport paid for. July 2017	British-American Parliamentary Group, Room 638, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA
H2	Visit to the West Bank and Israel - not remunerated but trip paid for - flights, accommodation, food and transport. February 2017	Medical Aid for Palestians, Charity, 33a Islington Park Street, London, N1 1QB, 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.

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.


J1	Share holdings in Salt 'n' Sauce Promotions Ltd; an entertainment company.
J2	Share holdings in The Scottish Comedy Agency Ltd; organising and promoting comedy related entertainment
J3

Comments or explanatory statement in connection with this declaration.