The Rt Hon. the Lord Young of Cookham CH
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
M
Lord Young of Cookham's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Young of Cookham CH. His name is George Samuel Knatchbull Young, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£6,121
16 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£6,121
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
7
4 meetings ·
3 hospitality ·
0 gifts ·
0 overseas trips
· 2017-07-01 → 2018-12-31
Recent meetings
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-18 | — | Discussion on homelessness | cabinet-office |
| 2018-07-01 | — | Nil Return | cabinet-office |
| 2018-01-12 | — | Spoke to school children about the role of the House of Lords | cabinet-office |
| 2017-07-01 | — | NIL Return | cabinet-office |
Recent hospitality
| Date | Host | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-11 | — | Light refreshments | — |
| 2018-03-20 | — | Light refreshments | — |
| 2017-07-18 | — | Light Refreshments | — |
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage:
HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
139 Content(73.5%)
9 Not-Content(4.8%)
41 didn't vote(21.7%)
2026-07-22
Content
64–95
Not-Content
2026-07-21
Content
173–234
Not-Content
2026-07-13
Content
41–118
Not-Content
2026-07-13
Content
142–138
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2026-07-13
Content
158–239
Not-Content
2026-06-09
Content
13–66
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-03-25
Content
95–137
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Content
193–143
Content
2026-03-05
Content
194–140
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2026-03-05
Content
198–139
Content
2026-03-05
Content
208–142
Content
2026-03-05
Content
214–142
Content
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-12
Content
201–169
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2026-01-05
Content
131–127
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2026-01-05
Content
194–130
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2026-01-05
Content
168–178
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Content
210–131
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2026-01-05
Content
132–124
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
2026-09-17
National Empty Homes Strategy
My Lords, it is a real pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Griffiths, with his very moving personal story of the impact that homelessness had on him as a child. It is worth placing on record that 175,000 children today are living in temporary accommo
2026-09-16
Railways Bill
My Lords, I intervene briefly to speak to my noble friend’s Amendment 63A, on innovation and new technology. This country has had a fine tradition of both innovation and technology in the railways, right from the beginning. We have had the finest enginee
2026-09-15
Home Building Target
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her reply, but only Ministers believe that the 1.5 million target is achievable; even the National Audit Office said that the chances are slim. The Prime Minister has recently decided to channel public money fo
2026-09-15
Home Building Target
To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in reaching their target of building 1.5 million homes in this Parliament.
2026-09-14
Air Traffic Control Disruption
My Lords, I have the deepest respect for my noble friend Lord Harper, but three former Secretaries of State for Transport took a different view from the one the noble Lord has just read out. When NATS makes mistakes, the airlines pick up the tab. Last we
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, on introducing the Bill, and I welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Blake, to her new responsibilities on the Front Bench.
At the moment, there is legislation that protects leaseholders and shared
My Lords, the House of Lords Select Committee on Social Mobility produced a report in which we looked at the careers service. In the words of our report, we found it very patchy across the country. We also looked at the careers service in schools and fou
2026-09-10
Railways Bill
My Lords, Amendment 314 in my name, supported by my noble friend Lord Moylan, enters the arcane world of Treasury theology—what is and what is not public expenditure. It would require the Secretary of State to report on the impact of the Bill on public f
2026-09-08
Railways Bill
I understand that we will be having a separate debate on this, but is the Minister able to give the assurance that I asked for that the abstraction rates will not be changed?
2026-09-08
Railways Bill
My Lords, I intervene briefly to support my noble friend Lord Moylan’s amendments on this. In many ways, this debate is similar in its nature to the one we have just had, in that it relates to how the GBR relates to an independent sector. In the previous
2026-09-08
Railways Bill
My Lords, I have added my name to five amendments in this group. I am the lead name on Amendment 31, which would require the Secretary of State to issue directions to promote fair competition, and on Amendment 48, to which my noble friend referred. It ha
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale, who reminded the committee of the importance of data. I join him and others in complimenting the noble Baroness on her chairmanship. Her earlier career gave her unparalleled skills in
2026-09-01
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, if I may intervene very briefly to follow up on what the noble Baroness has just said about shared ownership, the Minister will recall that the Government suffered a very significant defeat—by some 86 votes. It was the first defeat of the Burnh
2026-07-20
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am grateful to all those who took part in this relatively short debate. I recognise that my proposition on Amendment 77 has not commanded the breadth of support needed to convince your Lordships to change the law. The noble Lord, Lord Best, m
2026-07-20
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, Amendment 77, in my name, is similar to Amendment 66, which we debated in Committee. It would require local authorities to review secure tenancies every five years to see whether there are other options available to the tenant which might free
2026-07-20
Social Housing Bill [HL]
2026-07-20
Social Housing Bill [HL]
I wish to test the opinion of the House.
2026-07-20
Social Housing Bill [HL]
2026-07-20
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am grateful to all those who took part in the debate—my noble friend Lord Fuller, the noble Baronesses, Lady Thornhill and Lady Watkins, the noble Lord, Lord Best, and my noble friend Lady O’Neill on the Front Bench. There is agreement that s
2026-07-20
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will speak first to Amendment 25 in this group, supported by the noble Baronesses, Lady Thornhill and Lady Watkins, which calls for a review of shared ownership, before I move back to the more specific but related Amendment 23, which focuses
2026-07-20
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will be brief. I am grateful to all those who supported Amendment 65 several hours ago. I am grateful to the Minister for replying and I recognise that his hands were tied. My noble friend Lord Moylan said that the Minister played his trump c
My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for that trailer. The reason behind Amendment 65 in my name is what happened on 28 August 2023, when the air traffic system run by NATS failed. There was an independent review which looked into the debacle, and
2026-07-08
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
As Amendment 165 has not been moved, I cannot call Amendment 165A for reasons of pre-emption.
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Register of Interests · 1 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 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
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Honorary membership of Carlton Club, given by Carlton Club (London) Ltd, St James’s Street, London SW1
registered 2023-02-16 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
1974-02-28 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2017-01-03 → 2019-08-29
Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
2016-07-25 → 2019-08-29
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
2012-10-19 → 2014-07-15
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip
2010-05-12 → 2012-09-06
Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal
1995-07-05 → 1997-05-04
Secretary of State for Transport
1994-07-20 → 1995-07-05
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
1990-11-28 → 1994-07-19
Minister (Department of Environment) (Housing)
1990-07-23 → 1990-11-28
Comptroller (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
1981-09-15 → 1986-09-10
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Environment)
1979-05-07 → 1981-09-15
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Security)
Opposition posts
2009-09-08 → 2010-05-06
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
1999-06-15 → 2000-09-26
Shadow Secretary of State
1998-06-02 → 2000-09-26
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
1997-06-11 → 1998-06-02
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
Committee memberships
1994-10-18 → 1995-10-17
Public Accounts Committee
2001-07-16 → 2009-10-14
Standards and Privileges
Chair
2001-11-05 → 2009-10-14
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2008-05-01 → 2008-07-22
Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (Joint Committee)
2009-07-20 → 2009-10-21
Committee on Reform of the House of Commons
2009-10-28 → 2012-09-06
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
2010-07-12 → 2012-09-06
Public Accounts Commission
2015-11-03 → 2016-09-13
Committee for Privileges and Conduct (Lords)
2020-02-13 → 2022-01-19
Public Services Committee
2022-01-19 → 2022-10-31
Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud Committee
2025-03-06 → 2025-11-04
Social Mobility Policy Committee
2026-01-27 → present
Economic Affairs Committee
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APPGs (2026) · 4 active officership(s) · 2 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Young Carers and Young Adult Carers
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | Carers Trust | 4 | 2027-02-28 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deliberative Democracy
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 18 | 2023-05-15 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing and Care for Older People
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | Housing 21 | 4 | 2027-02-09 |
|
Electric Vehicle All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
|
Officer | Renewable Energy Association (REA) | 4 | 2027-01-10 |
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
Showing
10
of 10 tabled
10 answered(100.0%)
4
departments
2026-07-20
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Private Rented Housing
Answered
2026-07-20
Department for Work and Pensions
Private Rented Housing: Local Housing Allowance
Answered
2026-07-20
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
First Time Buyers
Answered
2026-07-20
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
Answered
2026-07-20
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Landlords: Enforcement
Answered
2026-07-20
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
Answered
2026-07-08
Leader of the House of Lords
Department for Education: Written Questions
Answered
2026-02-23
Leader of the House of Lords
House of Lords: Select Committee Reports
Answered
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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)
9 bills
3 as lead sponsor
6 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold Reform (Forfeiture) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 1st reading | 2022-12-01 | |
| Pensions Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) Act 2023 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2022-06-20 | |
| Cigarette Stick Health Warnings Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2021-06-14 | |
| Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2019 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2019-07-02 | |
| Census (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Act | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2019-05-01 | |
| National Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Act 2019 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2019-04-25 | |
| Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Act 2017 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2016-09-14 | |
| Savings (Government Contributions) Act 2017 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2016-09-06 | |
| House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2014-06-05 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.