Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma
Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma (born 1959) is a British businesswoman, member of the House of Lords and currently a Government Whip and Spokesperson for the Cabinet Office, International Development and Equalities and Women's Issues.[1] Until the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition following the May 2010 general election she had been an Opposition Whip and Spokesperson for Education and Skills and for Health. In 2006 Lady Verma was made a Patron of the Tory Reform Group
Born in Amritsar in Punjab, India she moved as a child with her parents to England in 1960. She was created a Conservative life peer as Baroness Verma, of Leicester in the County of Leicestershire in May 2006,[2] having been an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate in two general elections (2001 and 2005). Since 1977, Lady Verma has been married to Ashok Verma. They have a daughter and a son.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/sandip-verma/35518
- ^ House of Lords (2006-06-22). "Announcement of her introduction at the House of Lords". minutes of proceedings. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/minutes/060622/ldminute.htm. Retrieved 2006-10-28.
- "DodOnline". http://www.dodonline.co.uk/engine.asp?lev1=4&lev2=38&menu=81&biog=y&id=35518&group=5&Page=Baroness%20Verma%20:%20Political%20Biography. Retrieved 2006-11-22.
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