Sharon pressed the Government to accept amendments to the Consumer Rights Bill to clean up the secondary ticketing market.

Sharon officially tabled her third petition in as many years calling on the Government to bring the Tyne and Wear Metro to Washington.

Sharon had MPs and Peers shooting hoops in Parliament to raise awareness of the potential of the game to improve the lives of young people.

Sharon pressed the Prime Minister to take the side of ordinary fans who are being ripped off by touts, rather than his new Culture Secretary who once praised touts as "classic entrepreneurs".

Sharon was asked to address professionals and carers at a conference arranged by Sunderland Carers Centre.

Sharon criticised George Osborne's latest Budget Statement for offering more for the Tories' millionaire donors than it did for the millions of ordinary people.

Sharon pressed the Government to do more to realise the potential that women have to drive forward the UK's economy.

Sharon spoke for Labour in a debate on technical measures required to make equal marriage a reality.

Sharon spoke in the debate on a Select Committee report into the creative economy to press the case for higher status for art and design education.

Sharon used the opportunity of the Second Reading debate to press Ministers to bring forward measures on the secondary ticketing market.