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Former Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1985

Left the House of Lords on 13 June 2017

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, EU Sub-Committee F ( 3 Jul 1997 to 11 May 2001)
• Member, Public Service, Committee on (30 Apr 1996 to 19 Nov 1998)
• Member, House of Lords Offices Committee (22 Nov 1995 to 19 Nov 1998)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee C (19 Nov 1988 to 5 Nov 1993)

Recent appearances

• Children’s Centres — Question 13 Jul 2015

  My Lords, what arrangements have the Government made for regular reporting back by local authorities about the provision of children’s centres? At the moment there seem to be no national arrangements made by government for reporting back on what is provided.

• Employment: Tribunals — Question 25 Jun 2015

  To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the ability of individuals who have been dismissed to invoke their employment rights when they cannot afford tribunal costs.

• Employment: Tribunals — Question 25 Jun 2015

  My Lords, is the noble Baroness not aware that for many people, losing their job is an absolute disaster? There is also a feeling of grievance. Those feelings can be assuaged if people have access to a tribunal. In fact, to get to a tribunal they must make a quite large payment of £1,000. Why should they have to do that? Where is the justice in it? It is about time we had a revision of these...

More of Baroness Turner of Camden’s recent appearances