Lord Sharpe of Epsom
Conservative - Life peer
Became Member: 15th September 2020
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
(since September 2022)Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
(since November 2024)3 APPG memberships (as of 20 Nov 2024)
Cyber Security and Business Resilience, Financial Markets and Services, Ocean1 Former APPG membership
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament
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Sparring Partners
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Home Affairs) (Immigration)
(2 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(13 debate contributions)
(6 debate contributions)
(1 debate contributions)
(1 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(1,049 words contributed)
Lords initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Lord Sharpe of Epsom, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
2 Bills introduced by Lord Sharpe of Epsom
A Bill to amend the Investigatory Powers Act 2016; to make provision about information supplied by, or relating to, the Judicial Commissioners; and for connected purposes.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 25th April 2024 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to make provision about threats to national security from espionage, sabotage and persons acting for foreign powers; about the extra-territorial application of Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007; for the registration of certain arrangements with, and activities of, specified persons and foreign principals; about the award of damages in proceedings relating to national security and the payment of damages at risk of being used for the purposes of terrorism; about the availability of legal aid to persons connected with terrorism; and for connected purposes.
Thursday 17th November 2022
Lord Sharpe of Epsom has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
Latest 1 Written Question
(View all written questions)The Home Office publishes daily small boat arrival figures in the ‘Small boat activity in the English Channel’ transparency release on gov.uk; however, this includes all small boat arrivals, not just those who have claimed asylum.
The Home Office also publishes statistics on small boat arrivals to the UK in the ‘Irregular migration to the UK statistics’ release on gov.uk. Data on asylum applications from small boat arrivals, by nationality, sex, and age, is published in table Irr_D02 of the ‘Irregular migration to the UK detailed datasets’, with the latest data up to the end of June 2024. Data on asylum applications from small boat arrivals for July to September 2024 will be published in November 2024.
Minister of State (Home Office)