Information between 21st June 2026 - 20th August 2026
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30 Jun 2026 - National Security (State Threats) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Sharkey voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 50 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 150 Noes - 216 |
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20 Jul 2026 - Social Housing 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 - 232 Noes - 146 |
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20 Jul 2026 - Social Housing Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Sharkey voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 60 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 162 Noes - 220 |
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13 Jul 2026 - Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Sharkey voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 53 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 158 Noes - 239 |
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8 Jul 2026 - Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Sharkey voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 45 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 95 Noes - 202 |
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21 Jul 2026 - Business of the House - View Vote Context Lord Sharkey voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 52 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 173 Noes - 234 |
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15 Jul 2026 - Sporting Events Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Sharkey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 49 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 57 Noes - 154 |
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15 Jul 2026 - Sporting Events 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 - 212 Noes - 171 |
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15 Jul 2026 - Sporting Events Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Sharkey voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 30 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 129 Noes - 188 |
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Lord Sharkey speeches from: Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
Lord Sharkey contributed 2 speeches (643 words) Committee stage Wednesday 8th July 2026 - Grand Committee Cabinet Office |
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Lord Sharkey speeches from: Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
Lord Sharkey contributed 3 speeches (1,323 words) Committee stage Monday 22nd June 2026 - Grand Committee Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade |
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Financial Services: Dispute Resolution
Asked by: Lord Sharkey (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Monday 3rd August 2026 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the estimated annual volume of cases referred from the Financial Ombudsman Service to the Financial Conduct Authority under the referral mechanism contained in the Financial Services and Markets Bill currently before the House, (2) the Financial Conduct Authority's operational capacity to handle these referrals efficiently, and (3) the overall effect of this process on the timeliness of dispute resolution for consumers. Answered by Lord Pitt-Watson - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury) The referral mechanism in the Financial Services and Markets Bill is designed to ensure consistent application of the standards set by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) determinations. It will support the efficient resolution of complex complaints where the FOS considers there is ambiguity in a relevant FCA rule and that is relevant to its determination of a complaint, while preserving the FOS’s ability to resolve the vast majority of complaints without making a referral. The exact number of referrals will depend on the issues which arise in FOS casework and the extent to which it considers these raise ambiguity or wider implications for financial services firms and consumers. The Government expects that there may be relatively more referrals initially, which will then reduce as clarifications are provided by the FCA – with only a very small proportion of cases being referred even in the early stages. To prepare for the changes, the FCA and the FOS are operating a trial version of the referral mechanism, which is limited to issues with wider implications. Since July 2025, when they updated their Memorandum of Understanding to agree the trial version, the FOS has made three referrals to the FCA. While the Government would expect more referrals once the new framework covering ambiguity is in place, this supports an assessment that overall volumes will be manageable. The Bill allows HM Treasury to specify further conditions that must be met for the FOS to make a referral through a statutory instrument. This will allow the Government to address any potential issues that arise during implementation, including making sure that the volume of referrals remains reasonable and supports efficient resolution of cases. The Bill provides for HM Treasury to set in regulations a timeframe for the FCA to respond to a referral to avoid unnecessary delays. The Government’s consultation response, published on 16 March 2026, confirms its intention is to set this timeframe at 30 days in most cases. |
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22 Jun 2026, 5:07 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "It's all going to have to stay there when in fact, all I'm saying is that there are some basic core rights that are similar to the sorts of core rights that exist in many other Commonwealth countries in statute should remain because you don't have rights when it goes into the regulator, because, as has already been explained by Lord Sharkey previously, that the consumer duty doesn't give you any rights, it's something that is, um, the opinion of the FCA. " Speaker 9 - View Video - View Transcript |
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22 Jun 2026, 7:59 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "Both Lord Davies of Brixton and Lord Sharkey, asked about the evidence base behind the government's policy. " Speaker 19 - View Video - View Transcript |
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22 Jun 2026, 8:12 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "Lord Sharkey not moved. " Speaker 15 - View Video - View Transcript |
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22 Jun 2026, 8:13 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "Lord Sharkey, amendment 37 not moved. " Speaker 15 - View Video - View Transcript |
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22 Jun 2026, 8:13 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "Lord Sharkey not moved. " Speaker 15 - View Video - View Transcript |
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22 Jun 2026, 6:44 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "In 2013, this House passed an amendment drafted by me and by Lord Sharkey to set up a voluntary scheme for banks to report most of the relevant data and by postcode so very granular to UK finance, with a few tweaks, the relevant data for the rating scheme proposed. " Speaker 16 - View Video - View Transcript |
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22 Jun 2026, 7:27 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "In the name of noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, by writing two specific circumstances into primary legislation itself, rather than leaving them to be worked out later in the FCA rules. " Speaker 3 - View Video - View Transcript |
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Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
110 speeches (30,537 words) Committee stage Wednesday 8th July 2026 - Grand Committee Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Kramer (LD - Life peer) I have one question for the noble Baroness, as my noble friend Lord Sharkey will speak for us on this - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, that parliamentary scrutiny would be important. - Link to Speech |
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Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
121 speeches (37,077 words) Committee stage Monday 29th June 2026 - Grand Committee Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Mentions: 1: Baroness Donaghy (Lab - Life peer) I am sorry that the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, is not here as he is the expert on the granularity of analysing - Link to Speech |
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Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
110 speeches (36,439 words) Committee stage Monday 22nd June 2026 - Grand Committee Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Mentions: 1: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted (LD - Life peer) As my noble friend Lord Sharkey explained, the consumer duty does not give you any rights. - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Kramer (LD - Life peer) In 2013, this House passed an amendment, drafted by me and my noble friend Lord Sharkey, to set up a - Link to Speech 3: Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab - Life peer) consumers most likely to need it.My amendment goes further than that in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey - Link to Speech 4: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) exemptions are intended to cover that area.On this occasion, I do not agree with the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey—although - Link to Speech |
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Wednesday 22nd July 2026
Formal Minutes - Minutes 7th Meeting 15 July 2026 Financial Services Regulation Committee Found: Griffiths of Fforestfach Lord Hill of Oareford Lord Hollick (acting Chairman) Lord Lilley Lord Sharkey |
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Wednesday 15th July 2026
Formal Minutes - Minutes 6th Meeting 8 July 2026 Financial Services Regulation Committee Found: of Fforestfach Lord Hill of Oareford Lord Hollick Lord Lilley Baroness Noakes (Chairman) Lord Sharkey |
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Wednesday 15th July 2026
Oral Evidence - Compare the Market, Confused.com, and MONY Group PLC Regulation of the consumer insurance market - Financial Services Regulation Committee Found: Brixton; Baroness Donaghy; Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach; Lord Hill of Oareford; Lord Lilley; Lord Sharkey |
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Wednesday 15th July 2026
Oral Evidence - FCA Financial Services Consumer Panel Regulation of the consumer insurance market - Financial Services Regulation Committee Found: Brixton; Baroness Donaghy; Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach; Lord Hill of Oareford; Lord Lilley; Lord Sharkey |
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Wednesday 8th July 2026
Formal Minutes - Minutes 5th Meeting 1 July 2026 Financial Services Regulation Committee Found: Donaghy Lord Eatwell Lord Hill of Oareford Lord Hollick Lord Lilley Baroness Noakes (Chairman) Lord Sharkey |
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Wednesday 1st July 2026
Formal Minutes - Minutes 4th Meeting 24 June 2026 Financial Services Regulation Committee Found: Lord Davies of Brixton Lord Eatwell Lord Hollick Lord Lilley Baroness Noakes (Chairman) Lord Sharkey |
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Thursday 25th June 2026
Formal Minutes - Minutes 3rd Meeting 17 June 2026 Financial Services Regulation Committee Found: Apologies and notices Apologies were received from Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach and Lord Sharkey |
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Wednesday 24th June 2026
Oral Evidence - The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) Regulation of the consumer insurance market - Financial Services Regulation Committee Found: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted; Lord Davies of Brixton; Lord Eatwell; Lord Hollick; Lord Lilley; Lord Sharkey |
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Wednesday 24th June 2026
Oral Evidence - The ABI (Association of British Insurers) Regulation of the consumer insurance market - Financial Services Regulation Committee Found: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted; Lord Davies of Brixton; Lord Eatwell; Lord Hollick; Lord Lilley; Lord Sharkey |
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Thursday 18th June 2026
Formal Minutes - Minutes 2nd Meeting 10 June 2026 Financial Services Regulation Committee Found: of Fforestfach Lord Hill of Oareford Lord Hollick Lord Lilley Baroness Noakes (Chairman) Lord Sharkey |
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Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]: Progress in the Lords - LLN-2026-0043
Aug. 11 2026 Found: readiness to take on the additional responsibilities required.14 For the Liberal Democrats, Lord Sharkey |
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Tuesday 30th June 2026
Ministry of Defence Source Page: Letter dated 26/06/2026 from Lord Coaker to Baroness Chapman regarding issues raised in the King's speech debate on foreign and defence policy. 15p. Document: 20260626_-_Joint_Kings_Speech_Debate_Letter.pdf (PDF) Found: Cyprus Lord Sharkey raised efforts to reach a settlement on Cyprus. |
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Wednesday 15th July 2026 10 a.m. Financial Services Regulation Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Regulation of the consumer insurance market At 10:00am: Oral evidence Johnny Timpson - Member at FCA Financial Services Consumer Panel At 11:00am: Oral evidence Mark Bailie - CEO at Compare the Market Steve Dukes - CEO at Confused.com Peter Duffy - CEO at MONY Group PLC View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 22nd July 2026 10 a.m. Financial Services Regulation Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Regulation of the consumer insurance market At 10:00am: Oral evidence Alistair Hargreaves - Chief Executive of UK Insurance at Admiral Group Jason Storah - CEO of UK & Ireland General Insurance at Aviva Nick Turner - Group Chief Executive at NFU Mutual View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 2nd September 2026 10 a.m. Financial Services Regulation Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Regulation of the consumer insurance market At 10:00am: Oral evidence David Geale - Executive Director of Consumers, Payments and Competition at Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Chris Knight - Director of Insurance at Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) At 11:00am: Oral evidence James Dipple-Johnstone - Chief Ombudsman at Financial Ombudsman Service Rachel Lam - Interim Ombudsman Managing Director at Financial Ombudsman Service View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 16th September 2026 10 a.m. Financial Services Regulation Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 9th September 2026 10 a.m. Financial Services Regulation Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |