Register of Interests - Members of the House of Lords
- Non-executive Director, Bloomsbury Publishing plc
- Non-executive Director, Futerra (environmental and sustainability consultancy)
- Operates as a sole trader, Professor Lola Young, trading as Cultural Brokers
- Freelance consultant, adviser and creative producer; Clients include Booker Prize Foundation
- Consultant, Learning Disability England
- Mentor on MA in Sustainable Fashion, Polimoda Fashion Institute, Florence, Italy
- Contracted author with Penguin Random House
- One of four Convenors responsible for developing, managing and supporting the process of an Alternative Dispute Resolution scheme for the civil claims brought by the bereaved, survivors and residents of Grenfell Tower; remuneration is paid by a group of Defendants to the civil claims (interest ceased 14 February 2024)
- Ambassador, Ethical Fashion Forum
- Ambassador, MADE-BY (adviser on ethics and sustainability to fashion industry; unremunerated but some gifts received)
- Co-Chair, Foundation for Future London (registered charity)
- Member, Advisory Panel, Earth Per Cent (environmental initiative in the music industry)
- Member, Apparel Action Steering Committee (initiative of Anti-Slavery Collective and Global Fund to End Modern Slavery)
- Commissioner, Review of Creative Health (supported by National Centre for Creative Health and All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing)
- Member, Advisory Board, Arts and Humanities Research Council’s (AHRC) project, Creative Communities
- Chancellor, University of Nottingham
- Ambassador, Textiles 2030 (fashion and home wares sustainability project initiated by WRAP)
- Trustee, Conduit Foundation's board, (a registered charity)
- Visit to Israel, 24-28 March 2024, as part of House of Lords delegation organised by All-Party Parliamentary Group on UK-Israel for fact-finding visit to Southern Israel regarding Hamas-Israel war, as well as meetings with Israeli politicians, religious leaders, Palestinian civil society and British Ambassador to Israel; flights, accommodation and travel costs paid by Cedarsoak Ltd
- Chair, Advisory Board, Fashion Enter (social enterprise)
- Apprenticeship Ambassador
- President, Norwood Green Residents' Association
- Trustee, Board of the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Alliance
- Chair, Board of Trustees, The Hand Engravers Association of Great Britain (charity)
- Trustee, Industry and Parliament Trust
- Member, Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network
- Member, London Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network
- Member, Commission on Food, Farming and the Countryside
- Chairman, Royal Veterinary College
- President, South Georgia Heritage Trust
- Vice President, Flora & Fauna International
- Vice President, RSPB
- Vice President, Birdlife International
- Ambassador (formerly Chairman), Woodland Trust (registered charity)
- Trustee, St Mary’s Development Trust
- Interim Chair, Labour Climate and Environment Forum
- Westingham Ltd (personal service company) (through Westingham Ltd the member is senior adviser to Bank Pictet & Cie (Europe) AG, London Branch; independent member, International Advisory Council, APCO Worldwide LLC (public relations and communications consultancy); and chairman, APCO Family Office Practice, APCO Worldwide LLC)
- Speaking engagement, 18 June 2024, Institutional Investor LLC symposium, Lausanne, Switzerland (remuneration received through Westingham Ltd; travel and accommodation paid for by Institutional Investor LLC)
- Speaking engagement, 26 November 2024, LHH Group (employment and career consultants), London (remuneration received through Westingham Ltd)
- Westingham Ltd (personal service company)
- Westingham Ltd (personal service company)
- Permanent Lord in Waiting to The King
- Independent member, Public Service Honours Committee
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Work & Pensions (Minister for Work and Pensions) (interest ceased 5 July 2024)
- Flat in London SW11 owned jointly with wife, from which rental income is received
- Holiday home in Salcombe, Devon, from which rental income is received (held in a trust of which member is a trustee)
- House in London SW6 owned jointly with wife, from which rental income is received
- President, Kate Kennedy Club life members' association (St Andrews, Fife) (interest ceased 18 April 2024)
- Trustee (formerly President), Highland Society of London
- Member, Royal Company of Archers (King's Bodyguard for Scotland)
- Vice President, War Widows' Association
- President, Buckinghamshire County Museum
- Member, Royal Yacht Squadron (RYS)
Contact details
Members of the House of Lords may contact the Registrar of Lords' Interests as follows:
Telephone: 020 7219 3120
Post: Registrar of Lords' Interests, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW
Email: lordsregistrar@parliament.uk
Related information
Read the Code of Conduct and the standards expected of Members of the House of Lords in discharging their parliamentary and public duties
House of Lords code of Conduct
List of All-Party Groups made up of MPs and Members of the Lords
Register of the financial interests of journalists accredited to the Parliamentary Press Gallery
Register of Journalists' InterestsRegistration forms
Registration form for Members of the House of Lords
- Registration form for Members Microsoft Word (1.5 MB)
- Registration form for Members PDF version (170 KB)
Registration form for Members' staff