A selection of Lord Sharkey’s votes

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• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 1 vote for, 5 votes against, in 2011.
• Generally voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 6 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2011.
• Consistently voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.

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Recent appearances

• Carbon Budgets: Methane Flaring - Question 9 Mar 2023

  My Lords, in the last four months the sky over Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has been lit up twice by huge emergency flaring from the Fawley refinery. What release of methane was involved in these incidents? What steps are being taken to prevent more such episodes?

• Pensions Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) Bill - Second Reading 3 Mar 2023

  My Lords, I can be very brief. We support this Bill and congratulate the honourable Mary Robinson MP on seeing the necessity for it, devising it and seeing its safe passage through the Commons. During that passage, the Bill attracted widespread and enthusiastic support from all sides, including from the Government themselves. The Bill clearly fixes what could have been an extremely...

• Written Answers — Treasury: Royal Mint: Non-fungible Tokens 23 Jan 2023

  To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the announcement on 4 April 2022 that the Royal Mint has been asked to create a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) in the summer of 2022, when this token is likely to be issued; and for what use this token is intended.

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Liberal Democrat Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 21 December 2010

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Currently held offices

• Member, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (since 31 Jan 2023)
• Member, EU Services Sub-Committee (since 23 Apr 2020)
• Member, European Union Committee (since 15 Jul 2019)
• Member, SLSC Sub-Committee A (since 4 Sep 2018)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Industry and Regulators Committee (14 Apr 2021 to 31 Jan 2023)
• Chair, EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee (16 Jul 2019 to 23 Apr 2020)
• Chair, EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee (16 Jul 2019 to 23 Apr 2020)
• Member, EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee (2 Jul 2019 to 16 Jul 2019)
• Member, Economic Affairs Committee (8 Jun 2015 to 1 Jul 2019)
• Member, Information Committee (Lords) (12 Jun 2014 to 31 Aug 2016)
• Member, Draft Deregulation Bill (Joint Committee) (17 Jul 2013 to 11 Dec 2013)
• Member, EU Sub Committee F - Home Affairs, Health and Education (17 May 2012 to 30 Mar 2015)