The Lord German OBE
Liberal Democrat
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord German's full title is The Lord German OBE. His name is Michael James German, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£5,564
15 days attended across 1 published month
Overnight / accommodation
£1,229
Travel claims
£722
Attendance £722
Total claimed
£7,515
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
59 Content(31.2%)
16 Not-Content(8.5%)
114 didn't vote(60.3%)
2026-07-22
Not-Content
64–95
Not-Content
2026-07-21
Not-Content
173–234
Not-Content
2026-07-13
Not-Content
158–239
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
178–231
Not-Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
115–197
Not-Content
2026-02-04
Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Content
131–127
Content
2026-01-05
Not-Content
168–178
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
My Lords, like the noble Baroness, I declare my interest: I am a full member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. I am not a member of the committee that has been dealing with these matters, although I may have voted at some stage on a
It is absolutely the truth, and I am going to quote, because I committed this to memory. The Secretary-General, on behalf of the Committee of Ministers, has said on more than one occasion—and maybe the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, was not there at each o
2026-07-09
UK Migration
My Lords, I declare an interest in that I am supported by the RAMP organisation. The Minister has rightly put the contribution that migration brings to this country at the forefront. It is in all our interests to make sure that people integrate into our
2026-07-08
Safe Refugee Routes for Students
My Lords, I declare an interest that I am supported by RAMP. What advice would the Minister give to Afra Elmahdi, a cancer specialist from war-torn Sudan who has secured a master’s place to do cancer science research at Oxford University? That post, that
2026-06-29
Immigration and Asylum: Appeals
My Lords, following the last question, I declare my interest: I am supported by the RAMP Project. Can the Minister tell us whether the adjudicators will need to possess specific legal qualifications or accreditation in asylum and human rights law? On the
2026-06-15
Immigration: Eurodac and SIS II
My Lords, I declare an interest in that I am supported by the RAMP organisation. Given the increased significance of Eurodac in the EU’s new migration pact, does the Minister agree that having access to Eurodac would significantly improve the tools in t
Obviously, this is very straightforward, but the title of the order is perhaps misleading to anybody outside this place who does not realise that it is as straightforward as has been suggested. I can recall being in this very Room when we moved the age d
2026-05-18
King’s Speech
My Lords, I declare my interest as in the register: I am supported by the Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy project. I wish to talk about the annual event for this Parliament that is an immigration and asylum Bill. Our position on these Benches is cle
2026-04-14
Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules
My Lords, I first thank the Minister for his remarks—not that I agree with them, as your Lordships would expect, but to persevere through a croaky voice is not easy at the best of times. All I can say to him is that the Chief Whip has arrived; I think he
2026-04-14
Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules
That this House regrets that the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (HC 1691), published on 5 March, fails to provide a credible plan for bringing down the asylum backlog and closing asylum hotels, including the provision of safe routes for ref
2026-04-14
Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules
My Lords, I must declare my interest: I am supported by RAMP. That has always been a mystery to some people. It is the Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy, so that Members can understand.
This regret Motion concerns a statement of changes to the Immi
2026-03-25
Small Boat Deaths: Cranston Inquiry Report
My Lords, this report follows on from a statement made by the UK Government on 4 February at the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. On safety at sea, it says that
“it is essential to promote a common, coherent and effective implementatio
2026-03-19
Refugee Movements: Lebanon
My Lords, I draw attention to my interests; I am supported by the RAMP organisation. Based on yesterday’s figures, one million people are displaced in a country that already takes more displaced people than any other country in the world. We are talking
2026-03-19
Refugee Movements: Lebanon
My Lords—
My Lords, I am loath to repeat what has been said before, but I want to thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, for this report and for outlining its principles very clearly, which are, to encompass them in just one sentence, that the current l
2025-12-16
Asylum Accommodation
In begging leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, I draw attention to my interest in that I am supported by the RAMP organisation.
2025-12-16
Asylum Accommodation
I thank the Minister for that Answer. A previous Permanent Secretary to the Home Office told a Select Committee of the House of Commons that there were a thousand lessons to be learned. I am not going to ask the Minister to outline the answers to all tho
2025-12-16
Asylum Accommodation
To ask His Majesty’s Government how, in expanding the use of large-scale sites for asylum accommodation, they will ensure that lessons learnt from the operation of Napier Barracks and the RAF Wethersfield sites will be applied to new facilities from t
My Lords, I declare my interest: I am supported by RAMP. Inflationary increases are recognised as an appropriate way to deal with charges of this sort. I will return to the amount and what has been happening since 2017 in a moment, but the core policy in
2025-11-25
Migration: Settlement Pathway
My Lords, we recognise the issues facing communities and immigrants across the country, and we agree that faith must be restored to the immigration and asylum system, which requires changes to policy. We appreciate the commitment to maintaining the five-
2025-11-24
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Before the Minister sits down, will he confirm that what he has said, and what I have heard from the Benches to my right, is that apart from the demise of the Minister, so that he could not carry out what he just described, there is no reason why, as the
2025-11-20
Asylum Policy
My Lords, I draw attention to my interests, and I am supported by the RAMP organisation. I am minded to think of the title of that great film, “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”; I am afraid that these proposals have all three within them. I will go throug
2025-11-17
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
My Lords, I echo the Minister’s thanks to the Bill team. I also thank him, because I cannot recall the number of meetings he has held with officials and Members who have raised issues during the passage of the Bill. That does not mean that those meetings
2025-11-11
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
My Lords, I must start with what may have been a slip of the tongue from the noble Baroness, Lady Maclean, when she talked about safeguarding this country’s conditions and living standards. In so doing, she mentioned the established Church. I have to say
2025-11-11
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
My Lords, I want to draw attention to one factor which has been represented to us here. All the evidence seems to be addressed to the Anglican Church, which of course is the Church of England, and for those of us who belong to a disestablished church in
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Register of Interests · 4 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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Director, Westminster International Services Ltd (provision of export services)
registered 2021-07-18 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Westminster International Services Ltd (provision of export services)
registered 2021-07-30 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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House in Newport from which rental income is received
registered 2010-06-30 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 4: Sponsorship
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Research and policy advice and support is provided by an associate of Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy (RAMP) Project
registered 2023-05-25 · amended 2026-02-23
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly.
Read the full
Lords Code of Conduct
for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.
Party history
2010-06-24 → present
Liberal Democrat
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
2023-10-10 → present
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Home Affairs) (Immigration)
2015-06-01 → 2015-09-07
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)
Committee memberships
2015-06-23 → 2019-07-02
EU Internal Market Sub-Committee
2019-06-13 → 2020-06-16
Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee
2020-07-02 → 2023-01-31
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2021-01-28 → 2024-01-31
House of Lords Commission
2022-10-17 → 2024-01-31
Restoration and Renewal Client Board
2024-01-31 → present
International Agreements Committee
2024-03-11 → 2024-04-23
Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
germanm@parliament.uk
020 7219 6942 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 6942 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 6 active officership(s) · 11 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Wales in the World
Subject Group
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Officer | — | 7 | 2024-01-07 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Waterways
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | — | 4 | 2027-03-12 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Education Technology
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Ranelagh Ltd | 10 | 2023-01-09 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Frozen British Pensions
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Tendo Consulting Ltd | 4 | 2024-06-25 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Education
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | Results UK | 4 | 2027-02-14 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Slovenia
Country, Area or Region Group
|
Co-Chair | — | 4 | 2027-02-23 |
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
44
of 44 tabled
44 answered(100.0%)
4
departments
2026-07-08
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
South Africa: Migrants
Answered
2026-06-09
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Public Footpaths: Rivers
Answered
2026-06-01
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Public Footpaths: Inland Waterways and Rivers
Answered
2026-06-01
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Public Footpaths: Inland Waterways and Rivers
Answered
2026-06-01
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Public Footpaths: Inland Waterways and Rivers
Answered
2026-06-01
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Public Footpaths: Inland Waterways and Rivers
Answered
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by Parliament's own system when the asking member has a register entry
it deems related — typically a paid role or directorship in the
sector being asked about. Click any "i" icon to see the full
question and the department's answer.
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)
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported on record.
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.