Anthony Young, Baron Young of Norwood Green

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 Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	office established
Succeeded by	Ed Davey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills and Apprenticeships
In office 5 October 2008 – 5 June 2009
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	The Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
Succeeded by	Iain Wright
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 June 2004 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	Anthony Ian Young (1942-04-14) 14 April 1942 (age 82)
Political party	Labour
Occupation	Trades 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.[2]

Parliamentary career

In the 2002 Birthday Honours Young was awarded a knighthood,[3] having the honour conferred by The Prince of Wales on 13 December 2002.[4] 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.[5][6]

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.[7]

In June 2021, Young was appointed as a trustee of LGB Alliance.[8]

In March 2022, he was reprimanded in the House of Lords after falling asleep during a debate on genetically modified organisms.[9]

He is Jewish.[10]

References

1. "Lord Young of Norwood Green". Dod's Parliamentary Communications. 2007. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007.
2. "'I wasn't asleep I was listening': Peer hits back after Lords embarrassment". The National. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
3. "No. 56595". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2002. p. 2.
4. "No. 57030". The London Gazette. 15 August 2003. p. 10218.
5. "No. 57341". The London Gazette. 30 June 2004. p. 8139.
6. "Labour dominates new peers list". BBC News Online. 1 May 2004. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
7. "Lord Young of Norwood Green". TheyWorkForYou. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
8. "LGB Alliance appoints trustees". LGB Alliance. 2 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
9. "Lord Young barred from debate after falling asleep in Parliament". BBC News. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
10. Frot, Mathilde. "Jewish peer reprimanded for being 'fast asleep' during debate". www.thejc.com. Retrieved 27 November 2024.

Trade union offices
Preceded by John Golding	General Secretary of the National Communications Union 1989–1995	Merged into CWU
New post	General Secretary of the Communication Workers Union 1995–1998 With: Alan Johnson (1995–1997) Derek Hodgson (1997–1998)	Succeeded by Derek Hodgson
New post	Senior Deputy General Secretary of the Communication Workers Union 1998–2002	Succeeded by Tony Kearns
Preceded by Bill Morris	President of the Trades Union Congress 2001	Succeeded by Nigel de Gruchy
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Lord Valance of Tummel	Gentlemen Baron Young of Norwood Green	Followed by The Lord Rowlands