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Young succeeded to the title of Baron Kennet, and took his seat in the House of Lords in 1960 upon the death of his father.

He started his political career in the Labour Party.

He served as Parliamentary Secretary ( Junior Minister ) in the Ministry of Housing and Local Government ( under Richard Crossman, then later Anthony Greenwood ) where he worked, among much else, on planning and conservation, and on devising the soon-to-be-set up Department of the Environment ( Secretary of State, Tony Crosland ) He was responsible for setting up the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution and for giving off.

According to his 1972 publication Preservation he worked on setting-up the " Four Towns Report " and played an important role in establishing the foundations of conservation policy through the Town and Country Planning Act 1968 and his 1970 Kennet Report.