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Virendra Kumar Sharma (born 5 April 1947) is a British Labour Party politician and the member of parliament (MP) for Ealing Southall since 2007. ==Parliamentary career== Virendra Sharma was elected as MP in the Ealing Southall by-election, held on 19 July 2007. The by-election was called following the death of the sitting Labour MP, Piara Khabra on 19 June 2007.〔( TheyWorkForYou.com: Virendra Sharma )〕 Sharma held on to the seat at the 2010 General Election. In November 2008, the then Labour government gave Sharma the role of Parliamentary Private Secretary〔(Ealing Times article: Virendra Sharma )〕 to the Minister of State at the Treasury and Home Office, Phil Woolas MP, who had responsibility for borders and immigration. Sharma resigned from this post in January 2009 in protest at his opposition the Labour government's proposal to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport. Sharma is a member of the parliamentary select committees on Health, Human Rights and International Development. He has made official overseas visits as an MP to Cyprus, Kenya, various regions of India, Mauritius and South Korea. He is Vice-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils.〔( House of Commons – Register Of All-Party Groups as at 9 November 2012: Tamils )〕 He supported David Miliband in the 2010 Labour leadership election. In September 2011, Sharma was investigated by the Electoral Commission, over a £5,000 donation allegedly made by the Indian Tourist Board and not declared in the Parliamentary register of members' interests. Sharma strenouously denied receiving the donation ""I have never received a donation from Indiatourism and have therefore never been liable to make a declaration in the Parliamentary register of members' interests". Virendra Sharma was ultimately cleared of any wrongdoing in December 2011. As a new MP in 2008, Sharma had signed a letter drafted by Keith Vaz on behalf of Shahrokh Mireskandari, for which Vaz was criticised for not declaring his relationship with the Miskanderi family. Sharma said that Vaz had not informed him of the relationship and that he would "be more questioning before I sign a letter in future". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Virendra Sharma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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