Gifts and Hospitality 2008-2013

The amount spent on hospitality/gifts giving details of each gift/hospitality given, including what was specifically given; how much it cost; and whether it was given to a MLA, staff member, guest, etc. 

Please find a link to the Register of Members’ Interests which details financial interest or other material benefit which a Member receives which might reasonably be thought by others to influence his or her actions, speeches or votes in the Assembly, or actions taken in his or her capacity as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.  Details of the rules governing the registration and declaration of Members’ Interests are included in the link below. 

http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/Your-MLAs/Register-of-Interests/

http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/Your-MLAs/Code-of-Conduct/The-Code-of-Conduct-together-with-the-Guide-to-the-Rules-Relating-to-the-Conduct-of-Members-amended-and-reissued-by-the-Committee-on-Standards-and-Privileges-for-2013-14/

Please find, attached at Appendix A, information maintained by the Secretariat in relation to gifts and hospitality provided and received.  Please note, the values of a number of gifts are not known and in some instances, only summary details are available.  

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