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The Lord German OBE

Liberal Democrat Member of the House of Lords M
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

Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.

Party history

2010-06-24present
Liberal Democrat current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

2023-10-10present
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Home Affairs) (Immigration)
2015-06-012015-09-07
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)

Committee memberships

2015-06-232019-07-02
EU Internal Market Sub-Committee
2019-06-132020-06-16
Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee
2020-07-022023-01-31
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2021-01-282024-01-31
House of Lords Commission
2022-10-172024-01-31
Restoration and Renewal Client Board
2024-01-31present
International Agreements Committee
2024-03-112024-04-23
Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office
germanm@parliament.uk
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
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Wales in the World
Subject Group
Officer 7 2024-01-07
All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Waterways
Subject Group
Co-Chair 4 2027-03-12
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Education Technology
Subject Group
Vice Chair Ranelagh Ltd 10 2023-01-09
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Frozen British Pensions
Subject Group
Vice Chair Tendo Consulting Ltd 4 2024-06-25
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Education
Subject Group
Co-Chair Results UK 4 2027-02-14
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

No written questions tabled in 2026.

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.
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