Lord German

Liberal Democrat

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Home OfficeMinistry of JusticeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeNorthern Ireland Office

Current Role

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Home Affairs) (Immigration)

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Home Affairs) (Immigration)

Opposition Department

Oct 2023 - Present

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)

Opposition Department

Jun 2015 - Sept 2015

Registered Interests

No registered interests found.

Recent Votes

No voting records found

Committee Memberships

Administration CommitteeCommons Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance CommitteeCommons Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Lords)Lords Backbench Business CommitteeCommons Bishop's Stortford Cemetery BillCommons Built Environment CommitteeLords Business, Innovation, Science and Trade CommitteeCommons Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export ControlsCommons Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) BillCommons Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill Committee (Lords)Lords Childhood Vaccinations CommitteeLords Child-like Sexual Abuse Dolls (Offences) BillCommons City of London (Markets) BillCommons Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) BillCommons Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill: Programming Sub CommitteeCommons Committee of PrivilegesCommons Committee of SelectionCommons Committee of Selection (Lords)Lords Committee on StandardsCommons Committees on Arms Export ControlsCommons Commons Reference Group on Representation and InclusionCommons Communications and Digital CommitteeLords Conduct CommitteeLords Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)Joint Constitution CommitteeLords Court of RefereesCommons Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and DisinformationCommons Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillCommons Defence CommitteeCommons Defence Sub-CommitteeCommons

Recent Questions

305 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government what conditions need to be met by the government of Cameroon before visas can be issued again to students from Cameroon seeking to study in the United Kingdom.

Answered

To: Home Office • 14 Sep 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to announce the proposed work and study route for refugees; and what assessment they have made of its role in providing safe and legal pathways for refugees to the UK who are currently unable to access existi

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To: Home Office • 14 Sep 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of prospective students from Cameroon, Myanmar, Afghanistan, and Sudan who have been unable to access a UK student visa for the 2026–27 academic year as a result of the restricti

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To: Home Office • 14 Sep 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to suspending the expiry or cancellation of an individual's EU Settlement Scheme status where it is alleged to have been granted in error until the individual concerned has had a meaningfu

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To: Home Office • 10 Sep 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they consider allowing individual's EU Settlement Scheme status to expire because the Home Office considers it was granted in error to be consistent with the United Kingdom’s obligations under the EU-UK Withdrawal A

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To: Home Office • 10 Sep 2026

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