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Scheduled Event - Monday 13th May
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Lords - Short debate - Main Chamber
Plans to address any external auditing deficiencies highlighted by the collapse of BHS, Carillion, Patisserie Valerie, and London Capital and Finance
MP: Lord Sikka
Scheduled Event - Wednesday 1st May
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Lords - Oral questions - Main Chamber
Estimates of the distributable reserves of water companies
MP: Lord Sikka
Written Question
Advance Pricing Agreements
Thursday 25th April 2024

Asked by: Lord Sikka (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many advance transfer pricing agreements have been signed by HM Revenue and Customs in each of the past five years.

Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Revenue and Customs has entered into the following number of advance pricing agreements in the past five tax years:

  • 2018 to 2019: 30
  • 2019 to 2020: 26
  • 2020 to 2021: 24
  • 2021 to 2022: 20
  • 2022 to 2023: 15

This information is included in the Transfer Pricing and Diverted Profits Tax Statistics 2022 to 2023 which are publicly available and published on gov.uk[1].

[1] Transfer Pricing and Diverted Profits Tax statistics 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)


Division Vote (Lords)
23 Apr 2024 - Victims and Prisoners Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Sikka (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 102 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 168 Noes - 177
Division Vote (Lords)
23 Apr 2024 - Victims and Prisoners Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Sikka (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 84 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 144 Noes - 154
Division Vote (Lords)
23 Apr 2024 - Victims and Prisoners Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Sikka (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 112 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 203 Noes - 192
Division Vote (Lords)
23 Apr 2024 - Victims and Prisoners Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Sikka (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 110 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 192
Written Question
Electric Vehicles: Batteries
Tuesday 23rd April 2024

Asked by: Lord Sikka (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many UK-based companies produce batteries for electric vehicles; and what is their collective capacity.

Answered by Lord Offord of Garvel - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

AESC currently has a 1.9GWh facility operational in Sunderland. The UK has a further 52GWh per annum battery capacity committed – 12GWh from the AESC Gigafactory under construction in Sunderland and a further 40GWh from the planned Agratas Gigafactory. This is over half the capacity needed to meet industry demand forecasts of around 90GWh by 2030.


Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill

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View all Lord Sikka (Lab - Life peer) contributions to the debate on: Data Protection and Digital Information Bill

Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill

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View all Lord Sikka (Lab - Life peer) contributions to the debate on: Data Protection and Digital Information Bill