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Division Votes
14 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Sharpe of Epsom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 178 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 211
14 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Sharpe of Epsom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 185 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 278 Noes - 176
14 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Sharpe of Epsom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 42 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 59 Noes - 127
19 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Sharpe of Epsom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 154 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 232 Noes - 160
19 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Sharpe of Epsom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 157 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 235 Noes - 164
19 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Sharpe of Epsom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 135 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 159 Noes - 153
19 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Sharpe of Epsom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 148 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 216 Noes - 161
19 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Sharpe of Epsom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 135 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 148 Noes - 156
21 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Sharpe of Epsom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 175 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 207 Noes - 159
21 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Sharpe of Epsom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 170 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 261 Noes - 150
28 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Sharpe of Epsom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 178 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 255 Noes - 183
28 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Sharpe of Epsom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 154 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 231 Noes - 147
28 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Sharpe of Epsom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 14 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 16 Noes - 92

Speeches
Lord Sharpe of Epsom speeches from: Hospitality Businesses Lord Sharpe of Epsom contributed 2 speeches (140 words) Tuesday 27th January 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade
Lord Sharpe of Epsom speeches from: Retail and Hospitality Sector Lord Sharpe of Epsom contributed 3 speeches (1,751 words) Thursday 22nd January 2026 - Lords Chamber Home Office

Written Answers
Business Rates Asked by: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Conservative - Life peer) Thursday 22nd January 2026 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they plan to introduce to support businesses in the light of business rates increases. Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury) At the Budget, the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) announced updated property values from the 2026 revaluation. This revaluation is the first since Covid, which has led to significant increases in rateable values for some properties. To support with bill increases, at the Budget in November 2025, the Government introduced a support package worth £4.3 billion, including to protect ratepayers seeing their bills increase. As a result, over half of ratepayers will see no bill increases, including 23% seeing their bills go down next year. This also means most properties seeing increases will see them capped at 15% or less next year, or £800 for the smallest. More broadly, the Government is delivering a long overdue reform to rebalance the business rates system and support the high street, as promised in our manifesto. The Government is doing this by introducing permanently lower tax rates for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties, while ensuring that warehouses used by online giants will pay more. The new RHL tax rates replace the temporary RHL relief that has been winding down since COVID. Unlike RHL relief, the new rates are permanent, giving businesses certainty and stability, and there will be no cap, meaning all qualifying properties on high streets across England will benefit.

Written Answers

Business Rates
Asked by: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Conservative - Life peer)
Thursday 22nd January 2026

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they plan to introduce to support businesses in the light of business rates increases.

Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

At the Budget, the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) announced updated property values from the 2026 revaluation. This revaluation is the first since Covid, which has led to significant increases in rateable values for some properties.

To support with bill increases, at the Budget in November 2025, the Government introduced a support package worth £4.3 billion, including to protect ratepayers seeing their bills increase. As a result, over half of ratepayers will see no bill increases, including 23% seeing their bills go down next year. This also means most properties seeing increases will see them capped at 15% or less next year, or £800 for the smallest.

More broadly, the Government is delivering a long overdue reform to rebalance the business rates system and support the high street, as promised in our manifesto. The Government is doing this by introducing permanently lower tax rates for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties, while ensuring that warehouses used by online giants will pay more.

The new RHL tax rates replace the temporary RHL relief that has been winding down since COVID. Unlike RHL relief, the new rates are permanent, giving businesses certainty and stability, and there will be no cap, meaning all qualifying properties on high streets across England will benefit.

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27 Jan 2026, 2:53 p.m. - House of Lords " Third, Oral Question Lord Sharpe of Epsom. on the Order Paper. >> My Lords, hospitality businesses are fundamental to the life of our communities. As such, we're " Lord Stockwood, Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript

Non-Departmental Publications - Statistics
Jan. 19 2026 Animals in Science Committee Source Page: Strengthening leading practice in the animals in science sector Document: (PDF) Statistics Found: This was in response to the annual commissioning letter from the then Home Office Minister, Lord Sharpe of Epsom