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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> | ||
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. | ||