• Crossbench Peer
• Became a Lord on 7 December 2005
• Positions held: Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service. (from Number 10 press release)
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How Lord Turnbull voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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Finance: Inherited Estates (22 Apr 2008)

“My Lords, the Minister will be aware that we face the greatest turmoil in financial markets in many decades and that many banks are being urged to increase their capital. Does he not therefore share my puzzlement—I am a director of a life insurance company with a large inherited estate—that insurance companies are being urged to do precisely the opposite; that is, to distribute...”

Climate Change Bill [HL] (31 Mar 2008)

“My Lords, when an amendment to Clause 1 was debated on Report, the Minister was rather dismissive of it. He argued that it would weaken the Bill. We now have a new amendment, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Crickhowell, and the noble Earl, Lord Caithness. I shall make another attempt to persuade the Minister of its merits. First, the amendment has the merit of elegance and clarity in its...”

Climate Change Bill [HL] (18 Mar 2008)

“My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Woolmer. We are talking about something that operates like a carbon tax at consumer level, a CAT rather than a VAT. If you are going to do that you have to integrate it into the rest of the tax system. The feature of VAT is that it is a cascade tax in which you net off all the tax you paid at previous stages. With this arrangement we have no safeguard,...”

More of Lord Turnbull's recent appearances

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• Has spoken in 9 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 9% of votes in parliament — below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 0 comments on this Lord's speeches — average amongst Lords.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 23 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)