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Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: 31 August 2021
Michelle Thomson
In that respect, I, too, was excited about box 3.1, which started to get into that sort of thing.
My next question follows on from that and is on the similar theme of GDP per capita. We know that there are endless debates about how effective that is as a measure, although it is internationally understood and you rightly use it. However, what, if any, thinking have you done about measures in addition to GDP per capita, given its known and understood crudity, and particularly as we start to move to the so-called wellbeing economy, which I know is somewhat amorphous at the moment?
Economy and Fair Work Committee
Meeting date: 23 June 2021
Michelle Thomson
I also refer members to my entry in the register of members’ interests. I receive income from residential buy-to-let properties and I am a shareholder in a property management company, but I receive only a benefit in kind in the form of life cover and no other income. I am a former MP and I have been asked to continue as an ambassador for a Westminster all-party parliamentary group for fair business banking, for which I receive no income.
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: 22 June 2021
Michelle Thomson
I nominate Kenneth Gibson.
Kenneth Gibson was chosen as convener.
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: 22 June 2021
Michelle Thomson
Good morning, everybody. I am a former employee of Standard Life and of the Royal Bank of Scotland, but I hold no shares in them.
I am a sole trader of Thomson Holdings, which is a property investment company for buy-to-let residential property. I receive some income from that, which is declared in the register of interests.
I am a director of Senza Rit Ltd, which is a property management company for residential property. I receive a benefit in kind in the form of life cover, but I receive no income from that. That is declared in the register of interests.
I am a former adviser to the Northern Ireland Assembly all-party group on fair banking and finance, for which I received no remuneration, and I am a current ambassador of the Westminster all-party parliamentary group for fair business banking, for which I receive no remuneration.