Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden
Muriel Winifred Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden (born 18 September 1927) (née Price) is a British politician (Labour). She is currently a ranking member of British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom.[1]
Life
Baroness Turner was until 1987 Assistant General Secretary of ASTMS (later Manufacturing, Science and Finance, Amicus and now Unite the Union).[2] She was created a Life Peer on 29 May 1985 taking the title Baroness Turner of Camden, of Camden in Greater London,[3] and was Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords until 2008[4] and until October 1996 Front Bench Spokesperson on Employment for the Labour Opposition.[5] Member: Equal Opportunities Commission 1982-88, Occupational Pensions Board 1977-93; Council Member OPAS (Pension Advisory Service) 1989-2007; Chair, PIA Ombudsman Council 1994-97.
She is also Vice-President of the British Humanist Association and an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society.
On 15 September 2010, Turner, along with 54 other public figures, signed an open letter published in The Guardian, stating their opposition to Pope Benedict XVI's state visit to the UK.[6]
Sources
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/ms-muriel-turner
- http://www.mistymedia.co.uk/tag/muriel+turner/
- http://www.guardianlies.com/Section%201/page9.html
- http://www.humanism.org.uk/about/people/distinguished-supporters/Baroness-Turner-of-Camden
- http://biographies.parliament.uk/engine.asp?lev1=4&lev2=38&menu=98&biog=y&id=26688&group=5&Page=Baroness%20Turner%20of%20Camden%20:%20Political%20Biography
References
- ↑ "The Independent". Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ↑ Select Committee on Standards and Privileges First Report, retrieved 14 May 2013
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 50143. p. 7725. 4 June 1985.
- ↑ "The Independent". Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ↑ Select Committee on Standards and Privileges First Report, retrieved 14 May 2013
- ↑ "Letters: Harsh judgments on the pope and religion". The Guardian (London). 15 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.