The Right Honourable
The Lord Young of Norwood Green
Young in 2020
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Postal Affairs and Employment Relations
In office
5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byEd Davey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills and Apprenticeships
In office
5 October 2008 – 5 June 2009
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byThe Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
Succeeded byIain Wright
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
25 June 2004
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
Anthony Ian Young

(1942-04-14) 14 April 1942
Political partyLabour
OccupationTrades union official (NCU & CWU)

Anthony Ian Young, Baron Young of Norwood Green (born 14 April 1942), is a British politician and Labour Party life peer in the House of Lords.[1]

Professional career

He had previously been General Secretary of the National Communications Union (1989–1995), then joint General Secretary (1995–1998), then Senior Deputy General Secretary (1998–2002) of the Communication Workers Union. He also served as a Governor of the BBC.

Parliamentary career

In the 2002 Birthday Honours Young was awarded a knighthood,[2] having the honour conferred by The Prince of Wales on 13 December 2002.[3] He was created a life peer on 25 June 2004 taking the title Baron Young of Norwood Green, of Norwood Green in the London Borough of Ealing.[4][5]

In October 2008 he was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills and Apprenticeships in the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, being moved to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when it was created in the June 2009 reshuffle, continuing as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, but with responsibility for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs until 11 May 2010.[6]

In June 2021, Young was appointed as a trustee of the LGB Alliance.[7]

In March 2022, he was reprimanded in the House of Lords after falling asleep during a debate on genetically modified organisms.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Lord Young of Norwood Green". Dod's Parliamentary Communications. 2007. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007.
  2. ↑ "No. 56595". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2002. p. 2.
  3. ↑ "No. 57030". The London Gazette. 15 August 2003. p. 10218.
  4. ↑ "No. 57341". The London Gazette. 30 June 2004. p. 8139.
  5. ↑ "Labour dominates new peers list". BBC News Online. 1 May 2004. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Lord Young of Norwood Green". TheyWorkForYou. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "LGB Alliance appoints trustees". LGB Alliance. 2 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Lord Young barred from debate after falling asleep in Parliament". BBC News. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
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