 Noon served on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress from 2001, serving as its lead on energy and the environment, and on its Executive Committee from 2002.From 2001 to 2003 and 2009 to 2012, he chaired the Council of Civil Service Unions.At the end of 2012, Noon retired from his trade union posts, and was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.