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MP Financial Interest
Nigel Huddleston (Conservative - Mid Worcestershire)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Motorsport UK Association Ltd (trading as Motorsport UK)
Address of donor: 141 The Command Works Southern Avenue, Bicester Heritage, Bicester OX27 8FY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality for the British Grand Prix, value £2,000
Date received: 9 July 2023
Date accepted: 9 July 2023
Donor status: company, registration 01344829
(Registered 12 July 2023)
MP Financial Interest
Victoria Prentis (Conservative - Banbury)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Motorsport UK Association Ltd (trading as Motorsport UK)
Address of donor: 141 The Command Works Southern Avenue, Bicester Heritage, Bicester OX27 8FY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality for the British Grand Prix, value £2,000
Date received: 9 July 2023
Date accepted: 9 July 2023
Donor status: company, registration 01344829
(Registered 11 July 2023)
Written Question
Motor Vehicles: Customs
Thursday 7th March 2024

Asked by: Greg Smith (Conservative - Buckingham)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to renegotiate carnet provisions between the UK and EU on the movement of vehicles and parts used in motorsport.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

The UK is committed to maintaining the option of using ATA Carnets for temporary movements of professional equipment to the EU. Carnets can be a simpler and cheaper way to move goods into and out of a customs territory temporarily, compared to submitting full customs import and export declarations and paying duties.

The EU’s Temporary Admission procedure in combination with the UK’s Returned Goods Relief offers another alternative to move items temporarily into the EU and back to the UK without paying import duties. Improved guidance on the temporary movement of goods from the UK has recently been published: https://www.gov.uk/taking-goods-out-gb-temporarily.

The Government is reviewing how we can improve the UK’s own Temporary Admission procedure and simplify processes for individuals and businesses, and has engaged with the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders which included representatives from Motorsport UK. HMRC and HMT are open to further discussions and any specific concerns the motorsport industry has around the options available for temporarily moving goods.

Work to digitalise ATA Carnets and their processes is currently underway as part of a World customs Organisation (WCO) and International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) initiative. The Digital Pilot was launched in February 2019, initially involving the UK and five other countries. To date the UK has successfully processed a number of e-Carnets from Heathrow and is looking to collaborate with more ports to make digital Carnets more readily available. More information is available at https://iccwbo.org/media-wall/news-speeches/icc-new-ata-carnet-app-makes-digital-declarations-and-transactions-possible/

MP Financial Interest
James Sunderland (Conservative - Bracknell)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa - Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain
Address of donor: c/o Embassy of Bahrain, 30 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Return flights, three nights’ hotel accommodation and entry to the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix 2023 (value is estimated), value £9,500
Destination of visit: Bahrain
Dates of visit: 3 March 2023 to 6 March 2023
Purpose of visit: Invited as Co-Chairman of APPG on Motorsport - visit included multiple meetings with senior Ministers from Bahrain Government, Formula 1 and individual race teams to discuss pressing international and domestic issues in motorsport.
(Registered 5 April 2023)
Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 11 Dec 2023
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Greg Smith (Con - Buckingham) My constituency is at the beating heart of motorsport valley and it is critical for motorsport’s future - Speech Link
2: Robert Halfon (Con - Harlow) Central Institute of Technology based in Milton Keynes is also exploring opportunities to work with motorsport - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Ministry of Defence

Mar. 16 2024

Source Page: Ministry of Defence and McLaren team up to drive innovation
Document: Ministry of Defence and McLaren team up to drive innovation (webpage)

Found: McLaren Racing’s cutting-edge Accelerator team, who use knowledge and expertise from years of elite-level motorsport

MP Financial Interest
Chi Onwurah (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
8. Miscellaneous
Member of the Board of the Hamilton Commission, a standalone piece of research in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineering, that will work to improve the representation of black people in UK motorsport.
Date interest arose: 4 August 2020
(Registered 23 November 2020)
MP Financial Interest
Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Motorsport UK
Address of donor: Bicester Motion OX27 8FY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality for GB Grand Prix Qualifier, value £2,000
Date received: 8 July 2023
Date accepted: 8 July 2023
Donor status: company, registration 1344829
(Registered 20 July 2023)
MP Financial Interest
Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: The Goodwood Estate Company Ltd
Address of donor: Goodwood House, Chichester PO18 0PX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: As a member of the APPG for Motorsport, entry to, and hospitality, at the Members’ meeting, plus parking, VIP viewing access and metal badge for five people, value £562.50
Date received: 15 April 2023
Date accepted: 15 April 2023
Donor status: company, registration 553452
(Registered 10 May 2023)
Written Question
Arab States: Motor Sports
Wednesday 3rd April 2024

Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government on which occasions in the past five years a UK ambassador to Bahrain, Saudi Arabia or Qatar has been a guest of the government, a government body or the F1 governing body, at F1 races.

Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

All FCDO Staff are expected to maintain the highest standards of propriety and regularity at all times in line with the Civil Service Code and Diplomatic Service Code. It is recognised across HMG that, for example, the exchange of gifts and hospitality have long been an important part of building relations, particularly overseas. The motorsport industry provides significant economic opportunities for the UK, generating over £10 billion in revenue each year, and UK Ambassadors to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have regularly attended F1 events as part of their official duties. Offers of gifts or hospitality to FCDO officials are recorded and regularly audited under our management assurance processes.