The Baroness Verma
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Verma's full title is The Baroness Verma. Her name is Sandip Verma, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Party history
2006-06-02 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2015-05-12 → 2016-07-17
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Development)
2012-09-06 → 2015-05-07
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Energy and Climate Change)
2011-09-05 → 2012-09-06
Lords Spokesperson (Department of Business, Innovation and Skills)
2010-10-13 → 2012-09-06
Lords Spokesperson (Home Office) (Equalities and Women's Issues)
2010-05-11 → 2012-09-06
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
2010-05-11 → 2011-09-05
Lords Spokesperson (Department for International Development)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2016-09-13 → 2020-04-23
EU External Affairs Sub-Committee
Chair
+£15,025/yr
2016-09-13 → 2021-03-31
European Union Committee
2020-04-23 → 2021-03-31
EU Goods Sub-Committee
Chair
+£15,928/yr
2025-01-30 → present
International Agreements Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 19 active officership(s) · 10 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Afrikan Reparations
Subject Group
|
Officer | Common Wealth · Friends House | 4 | 2026-11-29 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Black Maternal Health
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2026-11-21 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children
Subject Group
|
Officer | National Children's Bureau | 4 | 2027-02-21 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ethnic Minority Business Owners
Subject Group
|
Officer | Ethnic Minority Business Network | 4 | 2027-02-23 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Governance and Inclusive Leadership
Subject Group
|
Officer | — | 4 | 2027-03-14 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for India (Trade and Investment)
Subject Group
|
President | — | 4 | 2025-08-25 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Zambia
Country Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 8 | 2024-06-25 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for the East Midlands
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | East Midlands Councils | 4 | 2027-03-27 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Digital Markets and Digital Money
Subject Group
|
Officer | Wychwood Consulting Ltd | 4 | 2027-02-21 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Digital Skills
Subject Group
|
Officer | — | 16 | 2024-05-28 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Subject Group
|
Officer | British Science Association | 4 | 2027-02-22 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Equitable Governance
Subject Group
|
Officer | Women on Boards CIC | 4 | 2027-01-08 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Indian Traditional Sciences
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2027-03-12 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Kurds
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2026-07-10 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Subject Group
|
Co-Chair | — | 4 | 2027-03-13 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on United Nations Women
Subject Group
|
Co-Chair | UN Women UK | 18 | 2024-01-23 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Democratic Republic of Congo
Country, Area or Region Group
|
Officer | — | 4 | 2026-02-16 |
|
Digital Inclusion All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
|
Officer | Lodestone Communications | 4 | 2027-02-09 |
|
India All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country, Area or Region Group
|
President | Indian High Commission · The 1928 Institute · UK India Business Council · UK-India Future Forum | 4 | 2026-11-29 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
/appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder
there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against
the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
2 bills
1 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Act 2013 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2012-11-29 | |
| Charities Act 2011 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2011-03-03 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.