The Rt Hon. the Lord Young of Cookham CH
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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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
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
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
162 divisions
119 Content(73.5%)
8 Not-Content(4.9%)
35 didn't vote(21.6%)
2026-06-09
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13–66
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2026-04-13
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69–332
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2026-03-25
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95–137
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2026-03-05
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193–143
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2026-03-05
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194–140
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2026-03-05
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198–139
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208–142
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2026-03-05
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214–142
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2026-02-04
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62–295
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2026-01-12
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201–169
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2026-01-05
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131–127
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2026-01-05
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194–130
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2026-01-05
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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
2026-06-22
Home Ownership: First-time Buyers
My Lords, I welcome the announcement on Friday. The Minister listed a number of schemes to help first-time buyers, but actually none of them has moved the dial, leaving many young people who are renting and want to be owner-occupiers paying more in rent
2026-06-22
Home Ownership: First-time Buyers
To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to promote home ownership for first time buyers.
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I intervene to indicate a preference for Amendment 105, which calls for a review of shared ownership, rather than Amendment 79, which calls for a strategy for increasing shared ownership. This is because there are features of shared ownership t
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
Amendment 66 in my name is a probing amendment relating to the paragraph which abolishes the provision in earlier legislation to phase out tenancies for life. It has much in common with Amendments 77 and 78, which are in the names of my noble friends.
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
Would it be in order to speak to Amendment 66?
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, very briefly, I will speak to Amendment 57, moved by my noble friend. My noble friend started by making a very valid point: if the Government have a firm commitment to build, say, 1.5 million new homes and a certain number of new social houses,
I thank my noble friend, who may have saved the Minister a bit of trouble. I will make just two points. First, as my noble friend said, the airlines are one of the major shareholders. The airlines support this amendment. I have a letter from IATA and I h
My noble friend is a mind-reader; I was going to refer to Network Rail in about 40 seconds. As I said, as far as NERL’s ownership is concerned, it is different, but that should not preclude it having to pay up for claims.
The review then produced anot
My Lords, Amendment 109 in my name aims to remedy a manifest injustice whereby the airlines have to pay for customer compensation when the fault lies not with them but with NATS. I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Kirkhope, who trailed this amendment
2026-06-15
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I hope the House will not agree with Amendment 1. I feel a little bit personal about this because the amendment knocks out huge chunks of the Housing Act 1985, which I put on the statute book 40 years ago.
The noble Baroness talked about the
2026-06-11
Welfare Reforms and Youth Unemployment
My noble friend Lord Evans asked at the beginning of the debate when the Government would respond to the Select Committee report on social mobility. The report was published in November; the government convention is to reply within eight weeks, and it is
2026-06-11
Welfare Reforms and Youth Unemployment
It is a pleasure to follow in the wake of my noble friend Lord Willetts and to join others in commending my noble friend Lord Evans on choosing this highly topical subject for today’s debate. He and I both sat on the Social Mobility Policy Committee, whi
The Minister will know that contractors acting for the Home Office—Clearsprings and Serco—are bidding for private rented accommodation as asylum seekers move out of hotels. Local authorities are also looking for private rented accommodation as they move
My Lords—
2026-06-09
E-scooters and E-bikes
My Lords, it is time someone spoke up for the cyclist. Unlike the noble Lord, Lord Shamash, I like e-bikes. I am one of a number of noble Lords on the other side of middle age who use e-bikes—legal e-bikes—to get around. Our case is undermined by illegal
2026-06-08
Affordable Housing: Young People
My Lords, young people are paying more in rent than they are on a mortgage, and so they would not need to join the queue for affordable housing if they had some help with a deposit. I put again to the Minister the question I posed to her in April, when s
2026-06-08
Arrangement of Business
My Lords, if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, the Committee will adjourn as soon as the Division Bells are rung and resume after 10 minutes. Sadly, the broadcasting is not working at the moment, so I will ask the Committee to adjo
2026-06-01
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Warwick. I will develop part of the argument she adduced—that there is sometimes a case for disposing of social housing.
I want to address the ongoing controversy whereby the right-t
2026-06-01
Donations to Political Parties
Further to the suggestion from the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, that those who make political donations should be criminalised, hundreds of thousands of people in this country subscribe to their political parties because they share their values. Surely that s
2026-05-20
King’s Speech
My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Pitkeathley. On social care, she is absolutely right.
On housing, the Government’s target of 1.5 million homes is not a policy but a dream. By their own calculations, they are alread
2026-04-23
Home Ownership: First-Time Buyers
To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to promote home ownership for first-time buyers.
2026-04-23
Home Ownership: First-Time Buyers
I am grateful to the Minister for that reply. Recently, the Prime Minister said:
“For my family growing up, the roof over our heads was everything. But for so many families today, homeownership is a distant dream. My government will make it a reality
2026-04-20
Civil Preparedness for War
My Lords, there is a Division in the Chamber. The Committee will adjourn for 10 minutes.
2026-04-20
Arrangement of Business
My Lords, if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, this Committee will adjourn as soon as the Division Bells are rung and resume after 10 minutes.
My Lords, I want to make a very brief contribution to this short debate. I pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Borwick for his tireless advocacy for improved mobility for those with a disability. It is sad that we will no longer have that advocacy availa
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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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 |
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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 |
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the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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of 3 tabled
2 answered(66.7%)
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departments
2026-02-23
Leader of the House of Lords
House of Lords: Select Committee Reports
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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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.