Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker of the House of Commons, has declared hundreds of gifts he received from foreign dignitaries and others since 2021. Here is a small selection of the items he kept.
1) Bottle of rum
Cayman Islands government office (30 January 2025)
2) Bottle of whisky
Mr Vikram Doraiswami, high commissioner of India (20 December 2024)
3) The Whoo skincare products
Mr Yoon Yeocheol, ambassador of the Republic of Korea (13 December 2024)
4) Hamper containing coffee, fudge, tea, hot chocolate, chocolates, ginger and butterscotch pudding, shortbread, biscuits, jam, honey, chutney and a Qatar magazine
Embassy of Qatar (18 December 2024)
5) Model of HMS Bounty
Mr Simon Young, mayor of the Pitcairn Islands (20 November 2024)
6) Hamper containing a bottle of champagne, two bottles of wine, tea, marmalade, strawberry preserve, chutney, brandy butter, Christmas pudding, shortbread, fudge and tea towel
Anguilla UK representative office (17 December 2024)
7) A bottle of Smidgin gin and a bottle of wine
Ms Katerina Stavreska, ambassador of the Republic of North Macedonia (19 November 2024)
8) Mosaic portrait of the speaker
Mr Ahmed Mohammad Ali Safadi, speaker of the house of representatives of Jordan (5 August 2024)
9) Fountain pen in presentation box
King Abdullah II of Jordan (26 May 2024)
10) Three candles, two perfumes
Mr Badr Mohammed Badr Almantheri, ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman (19 December 2023)
11) A bottle of vodka
Mrs Rukhshona Emomali, ambassador of Tajikistan (19 December 2023)
12) Bottle of champagne and book on Bangladesh churches
Ms Saida Muna Tasneem, high commissioner of Bangladesh (21 November 2023)
13) Ararat brandy (20 years), Ararat brandy (10 years), red wine (Van Ardi reserve 2019)
Mr Varuzhan Nersesyan, ambassador of Armenia (7 June 2023)
14) Cufflinks and two commemorative coins
Mr Washington Misick, premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands (17 November 2023)
15) Bottle of mezcal and tie
Ms Josefa González-Blanco Ortiz-Mena, ambassador of Mexico (17 October 2023)
16) White wine (Auxerrois Vin de Paille 2013)
Mr Georges Friden, ambassador of Luxembourg (14 June 2023)
17) Ron Varadero 15-year-old gran reserva rum
Mrs Bárbara Montalvo Álvarez, ambassador of Cuba (16 May 2023)
18) Churchill’s 20-year-old tawny port
Mr Nuno Brito, ambassador of Portugal (21 March 2023)
19) Tie, panettone and sparkling wine
Mr Inigo Lambertini, ambassador of Italy (13 December 2022)
20) Bottle of cognac
Mr Elin Suleymanov, ambassador of Azerbaijan (14 December 2021)
• This article was amended on 11 May 2025 to replace the image of Smidgin gin; an earlier version incorrectly showed a product of the same name by a different company. The gift received by Lindsay Hoyle was that made by the North Macedonia distillery, Smidgin.
