1 APPG membership (as of 20 Nov 2024)
Future of Financial Services6 Former APPG memberships
Alternative Lending, Future Financial Services, Mortgage Prisoners, Open Banking and Payments, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, WhistleblowingDivision Voting information
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.
Department Debates
(3 debate contributions)
(1 debate contributions)
(1 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
Lord Sharkey has not made any spoken contributions to legislative debateLords initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Lord Sharkey, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
4 Bills introduced by Lord Sharkey
A Bill to establish an inquiry into the events surrounding the creation of mortgage prisoners, their consequences and any other relevant matters; and for connected purposes.
Wednesday 11th September 2024
A bill to require the Financial Conduct Authority to make rules for authorised persons to owe a duty of care to consumers in their regulated activities
A Bill to make provision for non-interest-bearing student finance facilities.
Thursday 26th May 2016
To give a statutory pardon to Alan Mathison Turing for offences under section 11of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 of which he was convicted on 31 March 1952.
Wednesday 25th July 2012
Lord Sharkey has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
Latest 2 Written Questions
(View all written questions)Assessments regarding the effectiveness of competition on cross-Solent ferry services are a matter for the Competition and Markets Authority, which is independent of the Government. Decisions on which markets to investigate sit with its board.
The Department continues to engage directly with key stakeholders, including Islanders and ferry companies.
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
On 16 January 2024, under the previous Government, HM Treasury published a consultation proposing changes to the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rules that apply to alternative financial arrangements. The consultation closed on 9 April 2024 and this Government is carefully considering all responses. A response document will be published in due course.
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)