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Division Vote (Lords)
26 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill) - View Vote Context
Lord Sharma (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 190 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 278 Noes - 165
Division Vote (Lords)
26 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill) - View Vote Context
Lord Sharma (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 189 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 277 Noes - 172
Division Vote (Lords)
26 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill) - View Vote Context
Lord Sharma (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 187 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 267 Noes - 151
Division Vote (Lords)
26 Mar 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Sharma (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 122 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 129 Noes - 185
Written Question
Offshore Industry
Monday 10th March 2025

Asked by: Lord Sharma (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ban the practice of non-emergency venting and flaring from oil and gas infrastructure.

Answered by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

The UK has committed to the World Bank’s ‘Zero Routine Flaring by 2030’ Initiative, which relates to flaring from oil production, and to go further by ending routine flaring and venting from both oil and gas, by 2030.

In 2024, the North Sea Transition Authority set out new requirements on the industry in the ‘OGA Plan’, to reduce upstream production emissions, including from flaring and venting.

With support from Government and regulators, the industry is on track to meet these ambitious targets.

Division Vote (Lords)
5 Mar 2025 - Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Sharma (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 152 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 228
Division Vote (Lords)
5 Mar 2025 - Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Sharma (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 166 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 174 Noes - 207
Division Vote (Lords)
4 Mar 2025 - Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Sharma (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 196 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 249
Division Vote (Lords)
4 Mar 2025 - Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Sharma (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 197 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 214 Noes - 248
Division Vote (Lords)
4 Mar 2025 - Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Sharma (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 185 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 236