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	On 2 June 2006, she was created a [[life peer]], taking the title '''Baroness Verma''', ''of [[Leicester]] in the [[Leicestershire\|County of Leicestershire]]''.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=58004 \|date=7 June 2006 \|page=7793}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url= https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/minutes/060622/ldminute.htm\| title= Announcement of her introduction at the House of Lords\| author= House of Lords\| date= 2006-06-22\| work= minutes of proceedings\| accessdate= 2006-10-28}}</ref> The same year, she was appointed as a Patron of the [[Tory Reform Group]].		On 2 June 2006, she was created a [[life peer]], taking the title '''Baroness Verma''', ''of [[Leicester]] in the [[Leicestershire\|County of Leicestershire]]''.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=58004 \|date=7 June 2006 \|page=7793}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url= https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/minutes/060622/ldminute.htm\| title= Announcement of her introduction at the House of Lords\| author= House of Lords\| date= 2006-06-22\| work= minutes of proceedings\| accessdate= 2006-10-28}}</ref> The same year, she was appointed as a Patron of the [[Tory Reform Group]].
			[[File:Launch of the 13th London Mela (19949299165).jpg\|left\|thumb\|Verma speaks at the launch of the 13th London Mela at the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office\|Foreign Office]] in [[London]] on July 23, 2015.]]
	Until the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition following the May 2010 general election, Verma was an Opposition [[Whip (politics)\|Whip]] and Conservative Spokesperson in the House of Lords on Education and Skills and for Health. In 2010 she became a Government Whip and Spokesperson for the Cabinet Office, International Development, and Equalities and Women's Issues.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/sandip-verma/35518 \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=2010-12-08 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203062407/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/sandip-verma/35518 \|archivedate=3 December 2010 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>		Until the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition following the May 2010 general election, Verma was an Opposition [[Whip (politics)\|Whip]] and Conservative Spokesperson in the House of Lords on Education and Skills and for Health. In 2010 she became a Government Whip and Spokesperson for the Cabinet Office, International Development, and Equalities and Women's Issues.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/sandip-verma/35518 \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=2010-12-08 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203062407/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/sandip-verma/35518 \|archivedate=3 December 2010 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>

	She was [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State]] in the [[Department of Energy and Climate Change]] from 2012 to 2015, and then for International Development from May 2015 to July 2016.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Ministers\|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers\|publisher=gov.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development Baroness Verma\|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/baroness-verma\|publisher=gov.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Sandip Verma @Baroness_Verma\|url=https://twitter.com/baroness_verma\|publisher=Twitter}}</ref>		She was [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State]] in the [[Department of Energy and Climate Change]] from 2012 to 2015, and then for International Development from May 2015 to July 2016.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Ministers\|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers\|publisher=gov.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development Baroness Verma\|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/baroness-verma\|publisher=gov.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Sandip Verma @Baroness_Verma\|url=https://twitter.com/baroness_verma\|publisher=Twitter}}</ref>
	[[file:Africa Rising Ladies Conference with Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Baroness Sandip Verma and Justina Mutale.jpg\|thumb\|Africa Rising Ladies Conference with [[Justina Mutale]], [[Yvonne Chaka Chaka]] and Baroness Verma]]
	When the new [[First May ministry\|Theresa May ministry]] was formed in July 2016, following the resignation of [[David Cameron]], Verma was not included in it.		When the new [[First May ministry\|Theresa May ministry]] was formed in July 2016, following the resignation of [[David Cameron]], Verma was not included in it.

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{{Infobox officeholder
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'''Sandip K. Verma, Baroness Verma''' (born 30 June 1959)<ref>{{cite news
| last =
| first =
| title = Birthdays
| newspaper = [[The Guardian]]
| location =
| pages = 33
| language =
| date = 30 June 2014
| url =
}}</ref> known until 1977 as '''Sandip K. Rana''', is an Indian-British politician in the United Kingdom. An appointed member of the [[House of Lords]], she is Ministerial Champion for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Overseas, a role who chairs the [[UN Women]]'s national committee.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://asianlite.com/news/uk-news/baroness-verma-new-chair-for-un-women-nc-uk/|title=Baroness Verma New Chair for UN Women NC UK|last=News|first=Asian Lite|date=2018-09-26|website=Local News for British Asian and Indian Community in London|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-30}}</ref> Verma has been the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development, from 2015 to 2016.

==Life==
Born in [[Amritsar]] in the [[Punjab, India|Indian Punjab]], as a child Verma migrated with her parents to England, arriving in 1960.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/sep/22/race.conservatives|title=Sandip Verma talks to Esther Addley|last=Addley|first=Esther|date=2003-09-22|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-06-30|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In 1977, aged seventeen, she married Ashok Verma.<ref>"RANA, Sandip K, & VERMA Ashok, in ''Register of Marriages for Leicester C Registration District'', vol. 6 (1977), p. 1900</ref> They have two children.<ref name=":0" /> She is the grand-daughter of the Indian freedom fighter Ujagar Singh, who was a former leader of the [[Indian Workers' Association]] and [[India League|the India League.]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The India League|url=https://www.1928institute.org/the-india-league-story|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

She made her living in their high fashion business before she invested in supplying residential care. This was enabled by the Conservative party's policy of privatisation and the main customer was Leicester Council.<ref name=":0" />

Verma was an unsuccessful [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] parliamentary candidate in [[Kingston upon Hull East (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingston upon Hull East]] at the [[2001 United Kingdom general election]], finishing third, and in [[Wolverhampton South West]] in the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|general election of 2005]], coming second to the Labour incumbent, [[Rob Marris]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/person/5951/sandip-verma|title = Politics | the Guardian}}</ref>

On 2 June 2006, she was created a [[life peer]], taking the title '''Baroness Verma''', ''of [[Leicester]] in the [[Leicestershire|County of Leicestershire]]''.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=58004 |date=7 June 2006 |page=7793}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/minutes/060622/ldminute.htm| title= Announcement of her introduction at the House of Lords| author= House of Lords| date= 2006-06-22| work= minutes of proceedings| accessdate= 2006-10-28}}</ref> The same year, she was appointed as a Patron of the [[Tory Reform Group]].

Until the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition following the May 2010 general election, Verma was an Opposition [[Whip (politics)|Whip]] and Conservative Spokesperson in the House of Lords on Education and Skills and for Health. In 2010 she became a Government Whip and Spokesperson for the Cabinet Office, International Development, and Equalities and Women's Issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/sandip-verma/35518 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-12-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203062407/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/sandip-verma/35518 |archivedate=3 December 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

She was [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State]] in the [[Department of Energy and Climate Change]] from 2012 to 2015, and then for International Development from May 2015 to July 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ministers|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers|publisher=gov.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development Baroness Verma|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/baroness-verma|publisher=gov.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sandip Verma @Baroness_Verma|url=https://twitter.com/baroness_verma|publisher=Twitter}}</ref>
[[file:Africa Rising Ladies Conference with Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Baroness Sandip Verma and Justina Mutale.jpg|thumb|Africa Rising Ladies Conference with [[Justina Mutale]], [[Yvonne Chaka Chaka]] and Baroness Verma]]
When the new [[First May ministry|Theresa May ministry]] was formed in July 2016, following the resignation of [[David Cameron]], Verma was not included in it.

Verma was adopted as the Conservative candidate for the position of directly elected [[Mayor of Leicester]] in 2019.<ref>Andrew Hill, [https://www.leicesterpropertyinsight.co.uk/labour-desperate-political-competition-heats-ahead-local-elections Labour Desperate as Political Competition Heats Up Ahead of Local Elections] dated March 24, 2019 at leicesterpropertyinsight.co.uk, accessed 18 April 2019</ref> She lost to [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour's]] [[Peter Soulsby]], coming second with 14,519 votes compared to Sir Peter's 51,444 votes. Later that year she as Ministerial Champion for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Overseas, was chosen to chair the [[UN Women]]'s national committee for three years.<ref name=":1" />

In September 2020 Verma apologised for not consulting the [[Advisory Committee on Business Appointments]] before taking a directorship in a family firm which made [[solar power]] contracts with the [[Government of Uganda]].<ref name=guardian-20201013>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/13/lady-verma-tory-peer-apologises-for-ministerial-rule-breach-in-uganda-deals |title=Tory peer apologises for ministerial rule breach in Uganda deals |last=Syal |first=Rajeev |newspaper=The Guardian |date=13 October 2020 |access-date=13 October 2020}}</ref> However, she denied any wrongdoing and stated “I am truly sorry for my misunderstanding of the rules which I accept is my failing and sincerely hope that the committee will accept my deepest regret at this failure. I would not deliberately disrespect the rules and sincerely apologise to the committee”.<ref name="guardian-20201013" />

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