Helicopters, money and Peerages

HAGUE, Rt. Hon. William (Richmond (Yorks))
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)

In my capacity as Leader of the Opposition ....
Occasional use of a Range Rover provided by Lord Coe OBE. (Registered 9 November 1999)
December 1999, I received a gift of a Christmas hamper from Lord Harris of Peckham. (Registered 2 March 2000)
January 2000, use of a private plane within the USA provided by Michael Ashcroft. This included transport from Pensacola, Florida, to Punta Gorda, Florida, on 14 January and transport from Punta Gorda to New York City via Talahassee, Florida, on 16 January. (Registered 2 March 2000)
25 January 2000, use of a helicopter provided by Lord Kirkham from Ceredigion to London. (Registered 2 March 2000)
12 February 2000, use of a helicopter provided by Sir Stanley Kalms from Northallerton to London and back to Northallerton. (Registered 2 March 2000)
April-June 2000, use of helicopter transport during the Local Government Campaign and the Keep the Pound Campaign provided by Lord Kirkham, Lord Harris and Sir Stanley Kalms. (Registered 18 July 2000)
14 May 2000, use of a plane provided by Sir Michael Ashcroft from Teeside to Berlin. (Registered 18 July 2000)
22 June 2000, use of a helicopter from London to Lincolnshire provided by Roger Clark. (Registered 18 July 2000)
July 2000, use of a helicopter from London to Sheffield provided by Lord Kirkham. (Registered 18 July 2000)
1 October 2000, use of a plane provided by Sir Michael Bishop from Yorkshire to Bournemouth for the Conservative Party Conference. (Registered 25 January 2001)
5 October 2000, use of a plane provided by Lord Ashcroft from Bournemouth to Spain. (Registered 25 January 2001)
October and December 2000, use of a helicopter provided by Lord Kirkham on 16 October from Wales to London; on 28 October from Yorkshire to London and back; on 14 December from London to Rochester. (Registered 25 January 2001)
17 October 2000, use of a helicopter provided by Malcolm Eastey from London to Norfolk and back. (Registered 25 January 2001)
14 November 2000, use of a plane provided by Sir Stanley Kalms from Oxford to Preston and back to London. (Registered 25 January 2001)
17 November 2000, use of a helicopter provided by Chris Kelly from Birmingham to Yorkshire. (Registered 25 January 2001)
27 January 2001, use of a helicopter provided by Leonard Steinberg from Yorkshire to London. (Registered 19 March 2001)
2 February 2001, use of a helicopter provided by Sir Stanley Kalms from Bristol to Bideford, Barnstaple and Exeter. Use of a plane provided by Sir Stanley Kalms on 2 February from Exeter to Yorkshire. (Registered 19 March 2001)
16 February 2001, use of a helicopter provided by Lord Kirkham from London to Colchester, Norwich and Yorkshire. (Registered 19 March 20)
23 February 2001, use of a helicopter provided by Sir Stanley Kalms from Market Harborough to Wolverhampton, Worcester and Yorkshire. (Registered 19 March 2001)
5 March 2001, use of a helicopter provided by Lord Kirkham from Yorkshire to London. (Registered 19 March 2001)
8 March 2001, use of a plane provided by Irvine Laidlaw from London to Scotland and 9 March Scotland to Wales. (Registered 19 March 2001)
9 March 2001, use of a plane provided by Stanley Thomas from Wales to Yorkshire. (Registered 19 March 2001)
March 2001, provision of a helicopter by Sir Stanley Kalms for 8 and 9 March. No flights undertaken. (Registered 19 March 2001)
13 March 2001, use of a helicopter provided by Sir Stanley Kalms from London to Cheltenham and back. (Registered 19 March 2001)
15 March 2001, use of helicopter provided by Leonard Steinberg from Manchester to Bowness on Windermere and Standish. (Registered 19 March 2001)
22 March 2001, use of a plan provided by Sir Stanley Kalms from Exeter to London. (Registered 20 April 2001)
24 March 2001, use of a helicopter provided by Lord Kirkham from Yorkshire to Coventry and back. (Registered 20 April 2001)
25 March 2001, use of a helicopter provided by Lord Kirkham from Yorkshire to Wales and London. (Registered 20 April 2001)
29 March 2001, use of a helicopter provided by Dr Edward Haughey from Yorkshire to Carlisle and the use of a plane from Carlisle to London. (Registered 20 April 2001)
2 April 2001, provision of a helicopter by Sir Stanley Kalms. Trip cancelled. (Registered 20 April 2001)
3 April 2001, use of a helicopter provided by Sir Stanley Kalms from London to Forest of Dean and back. (Registered 20 April 2001)
26 April 2001, use of a helicopter provided by Lord Kirkham from London to Yorkshire. (Registered 8 May 2001)
3 May 2001, use of a helicopter provided by Sir Stanley Kalms from London to Rotherham. (Registered 8 May 2001)
8 May 2001, use of a helicopter provided by Sir Stanley Kalms from London to Watford, Taunton and return. (Registered 14 May 2001)
10 May 2001, use of a plane provided by Irvine Laidlaw from London to Edinburgh and return on 11 May 2001. (Registered 14 May 2001)
12 May 2001, use of a helicopter provided by Lord Kirkham from London to Newbury and to Yorkshire. (Registered 14 May 20010
13 May 2001, use of a helicopter provided by Dr Edward Haughey (AKA Baron Ballyedmond) from Yorkshire to London. (Registered 14 May 2001)
6. Overseas visits
May/June 2000, to Israel as a guest of the Israeli Government. The Israeli Government paid for accommodation transport and flights for me and my wife and five officials. On 1 June 2000 I was provided with the use of a private plane within Israel by Leonard Steinberg. (Registered 18 July 2000)

August 2006 From The Times
Lord Kalms, .... accused William Hague, the Shadow Foreign Secretary, of behaving like an “ignorant armchair critic” for criticising Israeli attacks on Lebanese army units and public buildings, and the high civilian death toll. He said that Mr Hague’s remarks were not just unhelpful, they were “downright dangerous” ... in a letter to The Spectator, Kalms wrote: “William Hague’s usual good sense has deserted him. Criticising Israel for being disproportionate without serious consideration of the alternatives merely mouths the buzzwords of the ignorant armchair critic. "