On Thursday 10 October 2013 Lord Sheikh hosted a delegation from the Yorkshire Sikh Forum for tea at the House of Lords. He was supported from the Conservative Muslim Forum by Lady Sheikh, Deputy Chairman Mohammed Amin and Executive Member Fuad Hamzeh. The guest of honour was the Rt Hon Eric Pickles, MP for Brentwood and Ongar and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. During the tea Mr Pickles, who was born in Keighley and was previously leader of the council in Braford reminisced about his fondness for Yorkshire.
Lord Singh also attended. The guests from the Yorkshire Sikh Forum were:
- Nirmal Singh Sekhon MBE- Chairman
- Hardev Singh Sidhu- General Secretary
- Jaswant Singh Hundal- Vice Chairman
- Karnail Singh Chattah- Patron
- Kavel Singh Chahal- Patron
- Dalip Singh Cheema- Panel Member
- Balwant Singh Bassi- Vice Chairman
- Darshan Singh Heer- Panel Member
- G Singh Ujla- Panel Member
- Gurdial Singh Johal- Assistant Treasurer
- Ranjit Singh – Auditor