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are treated and Sharma has been critical
of the banks for mis-selling products to
customers.
Sharma was a vice-chairman of
Conservative Party from 2012 to 2015
and in 2014 as served as a co-Chairman
of Conservative Friends of India.
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Sharma was appointed as a
Parliamentary Private Secretary in
September 2011, to the then Financial
Secretary to the Treasury, Mark
Hoban MP. During his tenure as
a Parliamentary Private Secretary,
Sharma sat on a number of public bill
committees including two finance bills,
the 2013 Banking Reform Bill and the
2011 Pensions Bill. He as well served
as PPS to the former Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster - Sir Oliver
Letwin, who had overall responsibility
for the Cabinet Office. In 2016, Sharma
was appointed as the Prime Minister’s
“Infrastructure Envoy to India”.
Sharma was Parliamentary Under
Secretary of State at the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office from July 2016 to
June 2017.
Housing Minister
Sharma was appointed as the Minister
of State for Housing in June 2017
succeeding Gavin Barwell who lost his
seat in 2017 general election.
As the Housing Minister, Sharma was
accountable for the Government’s
response to the Grenfell Tower fire. He
drew in media attention when he was
visibly moved while making a statement
to the House of Commons on 5 July
2017.
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