A BRADFORD MP has spoken out about Russia's invasion of Ukraine and China's military exercises after a report was released on MP earnings, gifts and donations for trips.
The Register of (Parliamentary) Members' Financial Interests was released this month Judith Cummins, MP for Bradford South, Philip Davies, MP for Shipley, Imran Hussain, MP for Bradford East, Robbie Moore, MP for Keighley and Ilkley, and Naz Shah, MP for Bradford West.
And the Bradford area MPs declared additional earnings, gifts and donations for various trips they have taken abroad.
Ms Cummins has spoken about trips she has taken to Georgia, Ukraine and China.
She received £9,288 to cover flights and accommodation for a trip to Taiwan and another donation of £485 to cover a hotel stay and local transportation costs.
Ms Cummins said: "Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine has violated the country’s sovereignty, destroyed cities, broken families apart and has threatened peace and stability across the world.
"It is essential that democracies around the globe continue to co-operate and foster mutual understanding in the face of aggression from unfriendly states.
"I visited Georgia this year as part of a cross-party delegation of British Parliamentarians to the country. Georgia was invaded by Russia in 2008 and, to this day, the regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia remain occupied by Russian troops.
"Meanwhile, China has continued to aggressively posture, conducting extensive military exercises in Taiwan’s own territorial waters, threatening peace in the region.
"Before Christmas, I also visited Ukraine as part of the humanitarian response to the conflict, helping to feed people internally displaced by this horrific war. I spent time in Kharkiv and other newly liberated regions of Ukraine and saw the destruction caused by this conflict with my own eyes.
"As a Member of Parliament, my first duty is the defence of the United Kingdom and that means working at home and with allies abroad to preserve peace and prevent the escalation of conflict.
Mr Davies received payments of nearly £40,000 for presenting programmes for GMB News and £1,000 to advise the National Pawnbroking Association. He also received gifts worth £3,000 to attend horse racing festivals Cheltenham Races and Royal Ascot.
Mr Hussain received donations for a trip to USA costing £3,685 and another £1,000 that went towards his Umrah pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
Mr Moore received three donations totalling £10,000 to cover constituency campaign activities.
Ms Shah received gifts of two suits costing £1,200 from IK Collections in Bradford and she went on four trips receiving donations to visit the USA (£5,170), Portugal (£583), Ireland (£564) and £3,585 so she could visit flood-affected regions of Pakistan.
Shipley MP Philip Davies would not comment and the three other Bradford district MPs did not respond to the T&A's request for comment.
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