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Friday 4th July 2025 10 a.m.
Lord Sharkey (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Legislation - Main Chamber
Subject: Mortgage Prisoners Inquiry Bill - third reading
Mortgage Prisoners Inquiry Bill [HL] 2024-26
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Division Votes
12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Sharkey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 53 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 272 Noes - 125
12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Sharkey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 62 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 289 Noes - 168
19 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Sharkey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 58 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 289 Noes - 118
2 Jun 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Sharkey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 57 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 242 Noes - 116
4 Jun 2025 - Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Sharkey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 51 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 65 Noes - 130
4 Jun 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Sharkey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 60 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 221 Noes - 116
11 Jun 2025 - Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Sharkey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 54 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 265 Noes - 161


Written Answers
Health Services
Asked by: Lord Sharkey (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Tuesday 6th May 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the commissioning of specialised services is not adversely affected by the abolition of NHS England.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

As we take forward the work to integrate NHS England into the Department, we will continue to analyse and assess impacts of all kinds. This will include putting in place plans to ensure continuity of specialised services, with patient safety at the forefront of our work.

Health Services
Asked by: Lord Sharkey (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Friday 9th May 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of refreshed Joint Forward Plans from each integrated care board.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Joint forward plans (JFPs) are produced by integrated care boards (ICBs) and are publicly available on the respective websites of the ICBs. The Government does not hold any central records of these JFPs and there are no plans to place copies of the JFPs in the Library of the House.

Patients' Forums
Asked by: Lord Sharkey (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Thursday 15th May 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that the abolition of NHS England does not adversely affect the oversight of patient and public involvement in decisions on specialised services delegated to integrated care boards.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England has asked the integrated care boards (ICBs) to act primarily as strategic commissioners of health and care services and to reduce the duplication of responsibilities within their structure, to achieve a 50% cost reduction in their running cost allowance.

We expect ICBs to fully deliver on their commissioning responsibilities, including the responsibility to commission some of the specialised services. Furthermore, ICBs have a legal duty to involve patients and their carers and/or representatives in the planning of services, as well as proposals and decisions that have an impact on services. ICBs are required to set out how they plan to execute this duty in their joint forward plans.

NHS England provided additional guidance to ICBs, National Health Service trusts, and NHS foundation trusts on 1 April 2025, where ICBs were tasked with developing plans by the end of May setting out how they will manage their resources to deliver across their priorities.

NHS England will be working closely with ICBs to support the development of these plans, ensuring that their implementation reduces duplication and supports patient care. In his letter to ICBs, Sir Jim Mackay committed to greater transparency and moving back to a fair shares allocation policy over time.

Health Services
Asked by: Lord Sharkey (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Thursday 15th May 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will ensure that staff transferred from NHS England to integrated care boards to support the commissioning of specialised services are protected from headcount reductions.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England has asked the integrated care boards (ICBs) to act primarily as strategic commissioners of health and care services and to reduce the duplication of responsibilities within their structure, to achieve a 50% cost reduction in their running cost allowance.

We expect ICBs to fully deliver on their commissioning responsibilities, including the responsibility to commission some of the specialised services. Furthermore, ICBs have a legal duty to involve patients and their carers and/or representatives in the planning of services, as well as proposals and decisions that have an impact on services. ICBs are required to set out how they plan to execute this duty in their joint forward plans.

NHS England provided additional guidance to ICBs, National Health Service trusts, and NHS foundation trusts on 1 April 2025, where ICBs were tasked with developing plans by the end of May setting out how they will manage their resources to deliver across their priorities.

NHS England will be working closely with ICBs to support the development of these plans, ensuring that their implementation reduces duplication and supports patient care. In his letter to ICBs, Sir Jim Mackay committed to greater transparency and moving back to a fair shares allocation policy over time.

Health Services
Asked by: Lord Sharkey (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Thursday 15th May 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the commissioning of specialised services is not adversely affected by the requirement for integrated care boards to reduce their running costs by 50 per cent.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England has asked the integrated care boards (ICBs) to act primarily as strategic commissioners of health and care services and to reduce the duplication of responsibilities within their structure, to achieve a 50% cost reduction in their running cost allowance.

We expect ICBs to fully deliver on their commissioning responsibilities, including the responsibility to commission some of the specialised services. Furthermore, ICBs have a legal duty to involve patients and their carers and/or representatives in the planning of services, as well as proposals and decisions that have an impact on services. ICBs are required to set out how they plan to execute this duty in their joint forward plans.

NHS England provided additional guidance to ICBs, National Health Service trusts, and NHS foundation trusts on 1 April 2025, where ICBs were tasked with developing plans by the end of May setting out how they will manage their resources to deliver across their priorities.

NHS England will be working closely with ICBs to support the development of these plans, ensuring that their implementation reduces duplication and supports patient care. In his letter to ICBs, Sir Jim Mackay committed to greater transparency and moving back to a fair shares allocation policy over time.

NHS Trusts: Standards
Asked by: Lord Sharkey (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Friday 30th May 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the timeline for publishing specialised services quality dashboards data to ensure transparency.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England’s specialised commissioning uses a range of data to support quality oversight and assurance, which includes Specialised Services Quality Dashboards (SSQDs), National Clinical Audits for some services, and the triangulation of other clinical quality and safety information. The metadata for the SSQDs is already publicly available on NHS England’s website. National Clinical Audit reports, which are commissioned and managed by NHS England, are also publicly available on the Healthcare Quality Improvement

Partnership’s website, and cover some specialised services.

NHS England is actively exploring ways to publish metrics from SSQDs, ensuring that they align with the development and release of service specifications, and are updated regularly. Publication decisions on SSQDs will continue to consider information governance requirements, for example, where patient numbers are small and potentially identifiable.

Health Services: Procurement
Asked by: Lord Sharkey (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Wednesday 4th June 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the results of NHS England's review of direct commissioning functions which is scheduled to report back by the end of June.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England's Executive has commissioned a review of all direct commissioning functions to determine where accountability and responsibility should sit in future and how these functions can most effectively be supported. The review is due to be completed by the end of June 2025 following which decisions and next steps will be publicly communicated.

Health Services: Procurement
Asked by: Lord Sharkey (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Wednesday 4th June 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to consult patients and patient organisations as part of NHS England's review of direct commissioning functions which is scheduled to report by the end of June.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England is committed to working closely with stakeholders on the future of all its direct commissioning functions and will use strong and well-established patient and public involvement mechanisms to secure engagement and involvement.

With the review to be completed by the end of June 2025, NHS England direct commissioning teams will meet directly with charities, patient organisations and professional organisations, including through the Specialised Services Stakeholder Forum, to engage and seek advice on the review.

NHS Trusts: Finance
Asked by: Lord Sharkey (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Wednesday 4th June 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to monitor spending on specialised services (1) delegated to integrated care boards, and (2) retained by NHS England.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England receives monthly management information on commissioner and provider expenditure. This identifies spend on specialised services, both where they are delegated to integrated care boards or retained by NHS England.

NHS Trusts: Standards
Asked by: Lord Sharkey (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Thursday 5th June 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish data regarding the performance of specialised services (1) delegated to integrated care boards, and (2) retained by NHS England.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Data related to the performance of specialised services is factored into other performance processes undertaken by the National Health Service. In 2025/26, this will include monitoring performance using the NHS Performance Assessment Framework. A consultation on the draft NHS Performance Assessment Framework was launched on 12 May 2025. Further information on the framework is available on the NHS.UK website, in an online only format.

The framework will monitor the performance of NHS organisations and will publish an assessment of how well each organisation is considered to be delivering against the framework’s metrics. The proposed metrics include organisational performance in meeting certain NHS Constitution rights, such as the right to start consultant led treatment within 18 weeks, which applies equally to specialised and non-specialised NHS services.




Lord Sharkey mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
High Streets (Built Environment Committee Report)
23 speeches (13,916 words)
Tuesday 13th May 2025 - Grand Committee
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bshp - Bishops) I made this point in the debate in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, on small businesses a few - Link to Speech



APPG Publications

Fair Banking APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025


Document: Scale Up to Level Up

Found: • Kevin Hollinrake MP, Conservative • Lord Holmes, Conservative • Peter Dowd MP, Labour • Lord Sharkey

Future of Financial Services APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025


Document: APPG FoFS – GM Minutes | October 2024

Found: Portcullis House Attendees: Dame Harriett Baldwin MP (Con, West Worcestershire) – Co-Chair Lord Sharkey

Future of Financial Services APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025


Document: 24-10-08-APPG-on-Future-Of-Financial-Services-Membership-List

Found: Lord Sharkey (Lib Dem) – Co-Chair 3. Josh Dean MP (Lab, Hertford and Stortford) – Vice Chair 4.

Future of Financial Services APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025


Document: APPG FoFS – AGM Minutes | March 2024

Found: Hon Dame Karen Bradley MP – Co-Chair Lord Sharkey – Co-Chair Sarah Dines MP Rt.

Scientific APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025


Document: Science in Parliament - Winter 2023

Found: Northover, Liberal Democrat The Lord Rees of Ludlow OM HOUSE OF LORDS SELECT COMMITTEES The Lord Sharkey

Scientific APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025


Document: Science in Parliament - Autumn 2023

Found: Conservative The Rt Hon. the Baroness Northover, Liberal Democrat The Lord Rees of Ludlow OM The Lord Sharkey

Scientific APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025


Document: Science in Parliament - Summer 2023

Found: Conservative The Rt Hon. the Baroness Northover, Liberal Democrat The Lord Rees of Ludlow OM The Lord Sharkey

Scientific APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025


Document: Science in Parliament - Spring 2023

Found: Neville-Jones, Conservative The Baroness Northover, Liberal Democrat The Lord Rees of Ludlow OM The Lord Sharkey




Lord Sharkey - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Wednesday 11th June 2025 10 a.m.
Financial Services Regulation Committee - Private Meeting
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Wednesday 18th June 2025 10 a.m.
Financial Services Regulation Committee - Private Meeting
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Wednesday 25th June 2025 10 a.m.
Financial Services Regulation Committee - Private Meeting
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Select Committee Documents
Friday 16th May 2025
Written Evidence - Goldman Smith Claims Management Ltd
SCG0018 - FCA and PRA’s secondary competitiveness and growth objective

FCA and PRA’s secondary competitiveness and growth objective - Financial Services Regulation Committee
Friday 16th May 2025
Written Evidence - Finance & Leasing Association (FLA)
SCG0048 - FCA and PRA’s secondary competitiveness and growth objective

FCA and PRA’s secondary competitiveness and growth objective - Financial Services Regulation Committee
Friday 16th May 2025
Written Evidence - HM Treasury
SCG0080 - FCA and PRA’s secondary competitiveness and growth objective

FCA and PRA’s secondary competitiveness and growth objective - Financial Services Regulation Committee
Tuesday 17th June 2025
Correspondence - Response from the FCA to the Committee's 1st Report of Session 2024–25, ‘Naming and shaming: how not to regulate’ (2 June 2025)

Financial Services Regulation Committee