Systemic breaches of the Companies Act 2006 and the Lords’ Code of Conduct by four peers—Baroness Manningham-Buller, Lord Evans, Lord Kakkar, and Lord Willetts.
Baroness Manningham-Buller declares in her Register of Interests (at the House of Lords) that she is Chair of the Advisory Board of NIHR Health Protection Unit in Emergency Preparedness and Response since 6 April 2021. She was Chair of the Policy Commission on “Safe and Effective medicines for use in pregnancy: A call to action” report from 9 July 2021 until 31 May 2022. She played a pivotal role in decision-making regarding the government’s Coronavirus Disease (COVID) response about which there is conflicting evidence being considered on safety and effectiveness as part of an on-going inquiry.
As chair of the Lords Conduct Committee she has overseen the revision of the Lords’ Code of Conduct, April 2025, weakening transparency and, arguably, in breach of directors’ transparency obligations under the Companies Act 2006.
Baroness Manningham-Buller’s Register of Interests obscures her past association with the Judicial Appointments Commission, by calling it “Judicial Appointments Committee”. Her declaration of Ark Continuity Limited obscures her past association with Ark Data Centres by referring to its old name and failing to update her Register with the new name when it occurred. Ark Data Centres website describes itself: "Through Crown Hosting Data Centres, our joint venture with the Cabinet Office, Ark delivers secure, efficient data centre solutions for the public sector.” Transparent, accountable, trust worthy people need to be in control of this facility as it holds all the data on all of us that the Government and others’ hold.
The errors in the Baroness’s Register of Interests look like potentially inadvertent oversights. However, they have an outsized effect on audits and KYC as they conceal interests, such as, the Judicial Appointments Commission and Ark Data Centres Limited. If they were visible, a conflict of interest could be flagged. Concealed conflicts enable transactions to be authorised that would not meet the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing legislation if they were visible. In addition, Baroness Manningham-Buller has two identities registered in Companies House.
Identity fragmentation and mis-named interests cause non-match errors in auditing and KYC software. This presents a high risk for money laundering, terrorism financing and people trafficking. Serious organised fraud is enabled by seemingly “inadvertent and minor” errors in Registers of Interests. There’s much more detail to take into consideration as well. Synthesising all this data is not easy. I’m using Perplexity AI but it can introduce misunderstandings which I have to find and correct, so its slow progress.
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Baroness Manningham-Buller declares in her Register of Interests (at the House of Lords) that she is Chair of the Advisory Board of NIHR Health Protection Unit in Emergency Preparedness and Response since 6 April 2021. She was Chair of the Policy Commission on “Safe and Effective medicines for use in pregnancy: A call to action” report from 9 July 2021 until 31 May 2022. She played a pivotal role in decision-making regarding the government’s Coronavirus Disease (COVID) response about which there is conflicting evidence being considered on safety and effectiveness as part of an on-going inquiry.
As chair of the Lords Conduct Committee she has overseen the revision of the Lords’ Code of Conduct, April 2025, weakening transparency and, arguably, in breach of directors’ transparency obligations under the Companies Act 2006.
Baroness Manningham-Buller’s Register of Interests obscures her past association with the Judicial Appointments Commission, by calling it “Judicial Appointments Committee”. Her declaration of Ark Continuity Limited obscures her past association with Ark Data Centres by referring to its old name and failing to update her Register with the new name when it occurred. Ark Data Centres website describes itself: "Through Crown Hosting Data Centres, our joint venture with the Cabinet Office, Ark delivers secure, efficient data centre solutions for the public sector.” Transparent, accountable, trust worthy people need to be in control of this facility as it holds all the data on all of us that the Government and others’ hold.
The errors in the Baroness’s Register of Interests look like potentially inadvertent oversights. However, they have an outsized effect on audits and KYC as they conceal interests, such as, the Judicial Appointments Commission and Ark Data Centres Limited. If they were visible, a conflict of interest could be flagged. Concealed conflicts enable transactions to be authorised that would not meet the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing legislation if they were visible. In addition, Baroness Manningham-Buller has two identities registered in Companies House.
Identity fragmentation and mis-named interests cause non-match errors in auditing and KYC software. This presents a high risk for money laundering, terrorism financing and people trafficking. Serious organised fraud is enabled by seemingly “inadvertent and minor” errors in Registers of Interests. There’s much more detail to take into consideration as well. Synthesising all this data is not easy. I’m using Perplexity AI but it can introduce misunderstandings which I have to find and correct, so its slow progress.
Thank you to those of you who have subscribed to my substack. I really appreciate that some have opted to be paid subscribers. This really helps me out, thank you.