Lord Sharkey
The Lord Sharkey
Liberal Democrat
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 20 December 2010
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Givinostat
21/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I declare an interest as a trustee of Muscular Dystrophy UK. Following the previous question, can the Minister say whether the early access ...
Mortgage Prisoners Inquiry Bill [HL]
03/07/2025 • Lords
That the Bill do now pass.
My Lords, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have supported the Bill and the wider effort to bring justice to mortgage priso...
Business Rates Reform
22/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, can the Minister say which of the recommendations set out in the 2023 report on business improvement districts have been implemented? In par...
Small Businesses: Access to Banking
30/04/2025 • Lords
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve access to banking and finance for small businesses.
My Lords, according to the Commons Library, in 2024 there were 5.5 million small and medium-sized businesses in the UK, which was 97% of the total bus...
Mortgage Prisoners Inquiry Bill [HL]
17/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to move a manuscript amendment o...
That the order of commitment be discharged.
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
25/02/2025 • Lords
I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I was particularly taken by Amendments 4 and 5 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Neville...
My Lords, this amendment, in the names of my noble friend Lady Kramer and myself, adds to the list of exemptions from the proposed increase in employe...
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Mortgage Prisoners Inquiry Bill [HL]
07/02/2025 • Lords
I close by reminding everybody that this is a current situation. Lots of people are suffering very badly indeed because of it, and it is not getting a...
My Lords, I thank everybody who has spoken so very powerfully about the plight of the mortgage prisoners. It is important to make one point about the ...
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National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
06/02/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 35. I declare an interest as a member of council at UCL.
On the first day of Committee, I spoke in supp...
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
29/01/2025 • Lords
My Lords, these amendments address very important issues. As noble Lords who attended the Committee last week will be aware, we on these Benches have ...
My Lords, we have a lot of sympathy for the amendments in this group. My noble friend Lady Kramer has added her name to Amendment 22.
It is absolut...
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
21/01/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 4 in the name of my noble friend Lord Storey, which proposes to exempt universities from the NIC increase,...
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