Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton

The Lord Lang of Monkton
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
President of the Board of Trade
In office
5 July 1995 – 2 May 1997
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byMichael Heseltine
Succeeded byMargaret Beckett
Secretary of State for Scotland
In office
28 November 1990 – 5 July 1995
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byMalcolm Rifkind
Succeeded byMichael Forsyth
Member of Parliament
for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
Galloway (1979–1983)
In office
3 May 1979 – 8 April 1997
Preceded byGeorge Thompson
Succeeded byAlasdair Morgan
Personal details
Born (1940-06-27) 27 June 1940 (age 84)
Alma materSidney Sussex College, Cambridge

Ian Bruce Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton, PC DL (born 27 June 1940) is a British Conservative Party politician and Life Peer who served as the Member of Parliament for Galloway, and then Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, from 1979 to 1997.

On 29 September 1997 Lang was raised to the peerage. He was an active member of the House of Lords until his retirement on 30 June 2022, including being the Chairman of the Constitution Committee. He also served as Chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments from 2009 to 2014.[1]

  1. ^ "Constitution Committee – membership".