The Lord Sikka
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Sikka's full title is The Lord Sikka. His name is Prem Nath Sikka, and he 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.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
3 Content(1.9%)
65 Not-Content(40.1%)
94 didn't vote(58.0%)
2026-04-13
Not-Content
65–173
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
178–231
Not-Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
115–197
Not-Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
64–140
Not-Content
2026-03-24
Not-Content
80–166
Not-Content
2026-03-12
Not-Content
26–134
Not-Content
2026-02-04
Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-12
Not-Content
201–169
Content
2026-01-05
Not-Content
168–178
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Not-Content
210–131
Content
2026-01-05
Not-Content
132–124
Content
Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-06-18
Child Poverty
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Lister for securing this valuable debate. I welcome the Government’s child poverty strategy, breakfast clubs, free school meals for all children in households on universal credit and the abolition of the two-child b
2026-06-17
Thames Water
My Lords, on 9 June the Minister said that
“we consider the regulated capital value of the water sector to be the closest proximity for the total value of the sector’s debt and equity; it is currently £107 billion”.—[Official Report, 9/6/26; col. 1241
2026-06-16
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
My Lords, this enabling Bill paves the way for a possible nationalisation of steel companies, with a particular emphasis on British Steel, currently owned by the China-based Jingye Group. This nationalisation may or may not happen—we have to wait and see
2026-06-15
World Ocean Day
My Lords, carbon emissions harm the oceans through warming, acidification and deoxygenation, and threaten climate, food and jobs. Since 1990, the carbon emissions of the UK’s richest 0.1% have increased by 53%, while the bottom 90% have cut theirs by 26%
2026-06-09
Water Companies
My Lords, water companies have knowingly violated their licence conditions and have more convictions than hardened criminal gangs, yet no executive has been fined and no company forced to relinquish its licence. What will it take for the Government to re
2026-06-08
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, this is primarily an enabling Bill and much of the substance will follow later, through the FCA and PRA rule-making and secondary legislation. Parliament will not have a proper opportunity to amend whatever the FCA agrees with the industry lobb
2026-06-08
Royal Mail
My Lords, Royal Mail is another disastrous privatisation. Since privatisation, the price of a first-class letter has increased by 200% and second-class by 89%. As the Minister just said, Royal Mail has not met its delivery targets for years, and Ofcom co
2026-06-08
Royal Mail
To ask His Majesty’s Government in which years since its privatisation Royal Mail has fully met its first class and second class letter delivery targets; and what assessment they have made of its performance in this period.
2026-06-03
World Cup Ticket Prices
My Lords, will the Government set up fast courts to prosecute price-gouging and profiteering from the sale of football World Cup tickets?
2026-06-01
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I welcome this pragmatic Bill, as it seeks to protect social housing stock and tenants. It is shameful that, due to low wages and profiteering, too many people cannot afford decent housing. Some 330,410 households need homelessness support; 134
2026-06-01
Donations to Political Parties
My Lords, the term political donations is misleading. This is really about political corruption. The donors are buying power and influence, subverting public choices, getting government contracts, et cetera. Simply capping it does not end political corru
2026-06-01
Business Hiring
My Lords, I am surprised that the Minister did not remind the Opposition that youth unemployment was 1.25 million in 1984. They are keeping quiet about that. What assessment have the Government made of the possibility that a freeze or a reversal of the s
2026-05-20
2026 FIFA World Cup: Replica Kit Pricing
My Lords, the production cost of a typical replica football kit is less than 10% of the selling price. Companies such as Nike and Adidas use an opaque network of offshore entities to inflate costs by adding royalty, licensing, marketing and other payment
2026-05-14
King’s Speech
My Lords, it will take a long time to undo the damage done by 14 years of Conservative rule. However, that task has been made difficult, as the Government’s ambition on so many fronts is not matched by actions. I welcome the attempts to build a closer re
2026-04-28
National Emergency Plan for Fuel
My Lords, the national emergency plan for fuel remains a contingency for crisis. Its objectives include protection of human life and alleviation of suffering. Since 2020, energy companies have made £125 billion in profits and around 120,000 people a year
2026-04-22
British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme
My Lords, all businesses and households deserve lower energy bills. This can be done by cutting the profit margins of energy companies. Since 2020, they have made £125.7 billion in profit, which is roughly £4,400 per household, and inflicted enormous pai
2026-04-22
Plastic Pollution Reduction
My Lords, an enduring legacy of the last Government is potholed roads in every city, town and street. This can be fixed by partially replacing bitumen with plastic waste, which makes roads cheaper, smoother and more durable. Can the Minister say what pro
2026-04-20
Civil Preparedness for War
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Harris of Richmond, for tabling this debate.
A resilient economy and resilient households are key requirements for national defence, yet successive Governments have degraded them. Some 13.4 million people now
2026-04-14
Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) Bill
My Lords, I support the Bill. However, I have a number of questions that I hope the Minister will be able to answer, as we have an opportunity to debate issues about payments to unpaid Ministers. Let me say at the beginning that it is understandable that
2026-04-14
Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) Bill
My Lords, I support the Bill and hope that the memorial will bring some comfort to the friends and families of those who lost lives and the thousands more scarred by this avoidable tragedy.
The root cause of this tragedy is lust for higher profits, pe
2026-03-26
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Alexander of Cleveden for securing this important debate. I never had the honour of meeting Imran Khan but, like millions of other cricket fans, I am grateful for the pleasure that he has given us over so many years
2026-03-26
HBOS: Fraud Investigation
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply. It would be helpful to have a bit of background. Fraud at HBOS goes back to 2002. The regulators did little. In 2017, the Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner secured six criminal convictions. Still th
2026-03-26
HBOS: Fraud Investigation
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of Lloyds Bank’s investigation of fraud at HBOS; and when they expect Dame Linda Dobbs’s review of the fraud to be completed and published.
2026-03-24
Reducing Government Spending
My Lords—
2026-03-23
Companies: Online AGMs
My Lords, there is nothing in the Companies Act to say that shareholders own companies. They may have controlling rights, but that is not the same as ownership. Besides, shareholders may have short-term interests in companies; therefore, is it somewhat f
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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No registrable interests
registered 2025-04-07
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Party history
2020-09-10 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
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Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
None recorded.
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 1 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 1 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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of 6 tabled
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departments
2026-03-25
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Environment Agency
Answered
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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)
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported on record.
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.