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The Lord Leong CBE

Labour Member of the House of Lords M
Lord Leong's full title is The Lord Leong CBE. His name is Sonny Leong, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.

Allowance claims · 2026

Daily attendance allowance £7,420
20 days attended across 1 published month
Overnight / accommodation £1,260
Total claimed £8,680
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.

Ministerial activity

Records on file 8
8 meetings · 0 hospitality · 0 gifts · 0 overseas trips · 2024-10-01 → 2025-12-31

Recent meetings

Date Met with Purpose Source
2025-11-28 Keidanren (Japanese Business Federation) Hosted senior business leaders from Japan and gave a tour of the Palace of Westminster. As part of his role as a DBT whip, stepping in due to no Ministers available. cabinet-office
2025-09-25 Small Business Britain Spoke at Round table on Side Hustles & Growing Entrepreneurship in the UK cabinet-office
2025-02-11 Lord Lansley, Robert Pocknell - CEO, N&M Consulting & Ana-Mariya Madzhurova - Fair Standards Alliance Product Regulation and Metrology Bill discussion. cabinet-office
2025-01-15 L Foster, Lesley Rudd - CEO Electrical Safety First, Wayne Mackay - Head of Policy and Public Affairs- Electrical Safety First, Charlie Pugsley - London Fire Brigade - Deputy Commissioner & Alison Trew - London Fire Brigade. Public Affairs Manager Product Regulation and Metrology Bill discussion. cabinet-office
2024-11-14 Which? Meeting with Which? in relation to the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill - Engagement Meeting cabinet-office
2024-10-29 Ravas Global Meeting with Ravas Global in relation to the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill - Engagement Meeting cabinet-office
2024-10-29 Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Meeting with Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents in relation to the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill - Engagement Meeting cabinet-office
2024-10-24 Office for Product Safety and Standards Ministerial visit to Office for Product Safety and Standards laboratory with Minister Madders in realation to Product Regulation and Metrology Bill cabinet-office
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 6 Content(3.2%) 174 Not-Content(92.1%) 9 didn't vote(4.8%)
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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

2026-09-15 Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
2026-09-15 Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for his amendment regarding turnover and financial penalties. These amendments raise an important question about how turnover should be calculated for financial penalties under the payment reporting regime foll
2026-09-15 Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, once again, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for Amendments 27 and 34, and the noble Lord, Lord Leigh, who is not in this place, and the noble Lords, Lord Hunt and Lord Sharpe, for Amendments 28 and 29. First, I recognise the constructive spir
2026-09-15 Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, first, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Sharpe and Lord Hunt, for the amendments in this group. I will take Amendment 22 first. I reassure the noble Lords that the Bill does not prevent parties in any sector, including construction firms, makin
2026-09-15 Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Hunt of Wirral and Lord Sharpe of Epsom, and the noble Lord, Lord Leigh of Hurley, who is not in his place today, for Amendments 20, 21 and 23. I am really grateful to both noble Lords for our recent meeting coveri
2026-09-15 Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
2026-09-15 Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
2026-09-15 Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
2026-09-15 Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank the noble Lords for Amendments 11, 12, 13, 14, 35 and 46. I recognise the concerns raised by the noble Lords, Lord Sharpe and Lord Fox, in Committee regarding the number of existing definitions of company sizes on the statute book and t
2026-09-15 Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for Amendment 7 and thank him for it. I recognise that it was tabled in a constructive spirit, and I thank him once again for the engagement we have had on this matter, both in person and by correspond
2026-09-15 Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, prior to introducing the government amendments, I wish to express my personal thanks for the positive engagement across the House, and particularly to the noble Lords, Lord Hunt and Lord Sharpe, on the Opposition Front Bench, and the noble Lord
2026-09-09 UK Automotive and Components Sector
My Lords, my noble friend rightly reminds us that cyber attacks affect companies of all sizes, and this is a stark reminder that JLR is not only the manufacturer but also the anchor of the supply chain. We are working with JLR, lenders, local partners an
2026-09-09 UK Automotive and Components Sector
I assure my noble friend that in the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, all our ministerial cars are manufactured in the United Kingdom. I am sure that I speak for other departments as well.
2026-09-09 UK Automotive and Components Sector
My Lords, the United Kingdom is a trading nation—we trade with every country across the world. We are doing free trade deals right across the globe, the recent one, obviously, being with India and with the Gulf countries. We are a trading nation, and we
2026-09-09 UK Automotive and Components Sector
My Lords, with due respect to the noble Lord, I think that is a really simplistic point. The scale and speed of global transformation in this sector is being faced by every automotive manufacturer, not only in this country but elsewhere in the world. Man
2026-09-09 UK Automotive and Components Sector
My Lords, the Government have no intention of intervening in individual business decisions. What Jaguar Land Rover decides and who its partners are is entirely the responsibility of Jaguar Land Rover. Having said that, we work very closely with JLR, the
2026-09-09 UK Automotive and Components Sector
My Lords, our position is very clear: we are where we are and we are not joining the customs union. The Government will defend the interests of British manufacturers and our deeply integrated UK-EU automotive supply chains. Where the proposed IAA “Made i
2026-09-09 UK Automotive and Components Sector
My Lords, we are closely monitoring the growing presence of Chinese electric and hybrid vehicles and are engaging directly with UK manufacturers. My loyalty lies with Range Rover: mine is almost five years old now, so I am waiting for the electric versio
2026-09-09 UK Automotive and Components Sector
My Lords, we understand the anxiety that this announcement causes among workers, families and communities in the area where JLR is based. We are determined that Britain will remain a world-leading automotive nation. Our industrial strategy reduces electr
2026-07-22 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
That the draft Code of Practice laid before the House on 22 June be approved. Relevant document: 8th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2026-07-22 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026
That the draft Order laid before the House on 22 June be approved. Relevant document: 8th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2026-07-22 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026
My Lords, I shall also speak to the accompanying Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots. I also note the regret amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe of Epsom, and I am glad of the opportunity to
2026-07-22 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026
My Lords, I am very grateful for the support across the House, especially from the noble Lords, Lord Balfe and Lord Fox, for the Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 and the Code of Pr
2026-07-22 Category 4 Steel Imports: Tariff-free Quotas
I thank the noble Lord for those kind words. We do not import steel only from India. In fact, the largest import of steel is actually from the EU, followed very closely by Vietnam, then India, and not forgetting South Korea. Those are the principal impor
2026-07-22 Category 4 Steel Imports: Tariff-free Quotas
I remember our exchanges across the Dispatch Box. As I said then, I will say now that we are mindful of the specialised steel used in any of the industries that require a speciality type of steel. We will monitor the usage but, as it stands, any steel th
Source: hansard.parliament.uk via hansard-api. Snippets shown verbatim from the search API; click any debate title for the full record.

Register of Interests · 3 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.

  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business and Enterprise), Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (formerly Department for Business and Trade)
    registered 2026-06-15 · amended 2026-09-04

Category 3: Land and property

  • Two residential properties in Malaysia
    registered 2022-11-15 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Residential property in London NW1 from which rental income is received (interest ceased 13 March 2026)
    registered 2022-11-15 · amended 2026-06-05
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

2022-10-31 → present
Labour current

Government posts

2026-07-22 → present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)
2026-06-12 → 2026-07-22
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
2024-07-11 → 2026-06-12
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Opposition posts

2023-02-21 → 2024-07-05
Opposition Whip (Lords)
2023-02-21 → 2024-07-05
Shadow Spokesperson (Business and Trade)

Committee memberships

2023-01-31 → 2023-06-12
Industry and Regulators Committee
2023-01-31 → 2023-07-12
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)

Contact

Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 5 historic

Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 5 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.

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 Payments Bill [HL] Lead 3rd reading 2026-05-19
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)

2 bills 1 as lead sponsor 1 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Commercial Payments Bill [HL] Sponsored 3rd reading 2026-05-19
Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 Supported Royal Assent 2024-09-04
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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