The Baroness Young of Hornsey OBE
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Young of Hornsey's full title is The Baroness Young of Hornsey OBE. Her name is Margaret Omolola Young, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
8 Content(4.9%)
6 Not-Content(3.7%)
148 didn't vote(91.4%)
2026-04-23
Not-Content
152–207
Not-Content
Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2025-05-01
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I welcome the Government’s intention to improve the lives of young people in the care system, which is where I am going to focus my attention. As other noble Lords have pointed out, we are familiar with the negative outcomes arising from being
2024-12-09
Football Governance Bill [HL]
My Lords, I support Amendment 157. I declare an interest as a Premier League season ticket holder. I apologise to the Committee for not having been present during previous debates on the Bill, but I have endeavoured to keep up with its progress.
This
2024-05-10
Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, particularly those who spoke in support of the Bill, which seems to be the majority. I shall draw attention to a few remarks that noble Lords made and then come back on some of the issues
2024-05-10
Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]
My Lords, I declare my relevant interests: I am a patron of Anti-Slavery International, one of the sponsors of the Bill, and an honorary associate professor at Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham, where I also hold the position of chancellor. I ex
2024-05-10
Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]
That the Bill be now read a second time.
2023-11-28
Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]
My Lords, I declare my interest as a patron of Anti-Slavery International.
My Lords, I am going to try not to repeat comments made by colleagues already. However, I feel it is important to put on the record some of my huge misgivings about what this Bill does in relation to children and vulnerable individuals. I wholeheartedly
My Lords, I, too, welcome—albeit remotely—the noble and learned Lord, Lord Stewart of Dirleton, and wish him luck in his new role, and I also welcome the noble Lord, Lord McLoughlin.
I am sure that many people accept that the police and security servi
2020-02-03
Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]
Lords, first let me restate that, as a fan of most sports, I am delighted and excited that we are hosting this festival celebrating dedication to sporting prowess. Once again, I congratulate Birmingham on having landed this major sporting event and on de
2019-07-09
Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will speak briefly in support of the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan. I am pleased to say that I support them all but particularly Amendment 17, to which I will refer shortly. First, I declare an interest as co-chair of the
2018-12-17
Privileges and Conduct Committee
My Lords, wow! I cannot tell your Lordships how sad it is for me to have to follow the noble Lord, Lord McNally. I have been a great admirer of his work. We have worked together on a number of issues relating to the criminal justice system. I bow to his
2018-12-17
Privileges and Conduct Committee
My Lords—
2018-01-18
MV “Empire Windrush”
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, does us all a great service by initiating this debate and inviting us to consider a number of significant issues.
The late Professor Stuart Hall, an inspiration to so many artists and academics, scholars an
2017-10-16
Slavery and Human Trafficking Statements
My Lords, do the Government intend to review the efficiency and effectiveness of Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act, on transparency in supply chains? Are they prepared to remedy the demonstrable weaknesses that have already occurred and will do so in
2017-06-22
Queen’s Speech
My Lords, it is with great sadness that we recall all the tragic events that have occurred since your Lordships’ House was last in session. As is often the case, whatever the nature, whether in this country or overseas, deliberate or negligent, the loss
My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to move a manuscript amendment or to speak in Committee. Unless, therefore, any noble Lord objects, I beg to move that the order of commi
That the order of commitment be discharged.
My Lords, coming together to focus on this difficult and complex task under the tireless leadership of the noble Baroness, Lady Nicholson of Winterbourne, and with the assistance of our excellent clerks and advisers, we somehow managed to maintain focus t
My Lords, when I first looked at the list of speakers on the Bill, I was gratified, and I am now even more so. I know that it is customary to say what a wonderful debate it has been, but this morning’s debate has been exemplary. I am grateful to all noble
My Lords, I have drawn number 2 in the ballot for Private Members’ Bills on my very first attempt, so I feel that I have been quite lucky. I am lucky, too, to have had such valuable input and support from my noble friend Lord Alton, my noble and learned f
That the Bill be now read a second time.
2016-06-14
Children and Social Work Bill [HL]
I direct noble Lords to the register of interests for my activities in this area but draw attention to my support for the Access to Care Records Campaign Group, an alliance comprising the Care Leavers’ Association, CoramBAAF, the Association of Child Abus
My Lords, I declare my interest as a commissioner with Historic England, which, among other responsibilities, is the Government’s adviser on international conventions, regulations and directives, and the UK’s 29 UNESCO world heritage sites. To ensure effe
2016-05-25
Queen’s Speech
My Lords, I welcome the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Newcastle and thank her for her excellent speech. I very much look forward to her future contributions, especially on education.
I very much support those measures in the gracious Speech whic
2016-04-13
Modern Slavery Act 2015
I thank the noble and learned Lord for his response. The Home Office guidance on transparency in the supply chain states that the Government expect,
“organisations to build on their statements”,
and “improve” them “over time”. Can the Minister assur
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Register of Interests · 7 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Fee received on 15 November 2025 from Lifted Entertainment, ITV Studios, for participation in University Challenge
registered 2025-11-24 · amended 2026-01-06
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Contracted author with Penguin Random House
registered 2022-05-03 · amended 2025-04-05
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Non-executive Director, Futerra (environmental and sustainability consultancy)
registered 2022-01-13 · amended 2025-04-05
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Mentor on MA in Sustainable Fashion, Polimoda Fashion Institute, Florence, Italy
registered 2021-05-04 · amended 2025-04-05
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Non-executive Director, Bloomsbury Publishing plc
registered 2021-01-04 · amended 2025-04-05
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Consultant, Learning Disability England
registered 2020-08-18 · amended 2025-04-05
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Trading as Cultural Brokers, the member provides services as freelance consultant, adviser and creative producer, presenter and panellist/speaker at conferences, festivals, awards events, etc; clients include Booker Prize Foundation
registered 2010-04-22 · amended 2025-11-24
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Party history
2004-06-22 → present
Crossbench
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2010-06-22 → 2013-10-16
European Union Committee
2011-07-06 → 2012-03-26
Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee)
2012-05-17 → 2015-03-30
EU Sub Committee C - External Affairs
2015-06-11 → 2016-03-22
Sexual Violence in Conflict Committee
2020-06-11 → 2022-04-28
COVID-19 Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
younglo@parliament.uk
020 7219 5991 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 2 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Looked After Children and Care Leavers
Subject Group
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Co-Vice-Chair | Become | 8 | 2023-05-28 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Sport, Modern Slavery and Human Rights
Subject Group
|
Co-Chair | UN Global Compact Network UK | 6 | 2023-07-04 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
/appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder
there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against
the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
1 bills
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL] | Lead | 2nd reading | 2026-06-17 |
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
4 bills
4 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2026-06-17 | |
| Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2023-11-28 | |
| Modern Slavery (Transparency in Supply Chains) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-07-12 | |
| Modern Slavery (Transparency in Supply Chains) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2016-05-23 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.