Lord Turnberg

Lord Turnberg

The Lord Turnberg

Labour
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Member since 3 May 2000

Recent Debate Contributions

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My Lords, the suggestion that Palestine Action is somehow helping the cause of the Palestinians is, I am afraid, rather nonsensical. The sort of damag...
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My Lords, my noble friend may have hinted at this already, but one of the ways in which we might encourage retention and attraction to the job of bein...
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Conflict in the Middle East

15/06/2025Lords

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My Lords, whatever we think of Israel’s actions against Hamas, there is at least one thing we should agree on: a sense of gratitude for what Israel is...
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Social Care Reform

21/05/2025Lords

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My Lords, can my noble friend give us an estimate of the number of vacancies in the care workforce and tell us whether there has been an assessment of...
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My Lords, I am sure my noble friend is aware of the large number of charities that support research that brings overseas senior academics to the UK. I...
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My Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Cryer, for introducing this debate and giving us such a wonderful opening address. Conor Cruise O’Brien sai...
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Middle East Update

06/05/2025Lords

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My Lords, the situation in Gaza is truly horrendous, but Hamas must bear some responsibility for that. Indeed, the Gazan population is rising up again...
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My Lords, I have of course signed up for the dementia survey and I recommend it. One of the commonest forms of dementia is vascular dementia and we ca...
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NHS England Update

19/03/2025Lords

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My Lords, I am delighted to support the direction of travel towards patients first. I wonder if there are savings to be made. We can concentrate on th...
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Gaza: Ceasefire

18/03/2025Lords

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I am afraid it is the case that Hamas is busily redigging its tunnels, rearming and preparing to attack Israel again. It makes that very clear and at ...
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