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Division Vote (Lords)
14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Turnberg (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 141 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 264 Noes - 158
Division Vote (Lords)
3 Jul 2025 - Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 - View Vote Context
Lord Turnberg (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 74 Labour No votes vs 3 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 16 Noes - 144
Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025

"My Lords, the suggestion that Palestine Action is somehow helping the cause of the Palestinians is, I am afraid, rather nonsensical. The sort of damaging activity in which it is engaged serves only to further damage the cause of the Palestinians.

I speak here as a Zionist, but as a …..."
Lord Turnberg - View Speech

View all Lord Turnberg (Lab - Life peer) contributions to the debate on: Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025
Division Vote (Lords)
1 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Turnberg (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 133 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 221 Noes - 196
Division Vote (Lords)
30 Jun 2025 - UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago - View Vote Context
Lord Turnberg (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 140 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 185 Noes - 205
Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Care Workers: Foreign Worker Visas

"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 being a care worker is to ensure that they have a nationally registered professional qualification. Is that going to be the case?..."
Lord Turnberg - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 16 Jun 2025
Conflict in the Middle East

"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 doing in Iran. Does my noble friend the Minister accept that Israel has done a great service for us in the UK …..."
Lord Turnberg - View Speech

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Division Vote (Lords)
4 Jun 2025 - Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Turnberg (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 118 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 65 Noes - 130
Written Question
Gaza: Death
Friday 30th May 2025

Asked by: Lord Turnberg (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any information on the proportion of deaths in Gaza reported by the Gazan Ministry of Health represented by (1) civilians, and (2) Hamas operatives.

Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Like many of our partners, the UK Government uses data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to report on daily casualties in the current Gaza conflict. OCHA draws on figures issued from the Gazan Ministry of Health (MoH). Producing reliable casualty statistics in contexts of violent conflict is never straightforward. The MoH verify and identify the dead by age, gender and ID number.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has consulted experts, including from the London School of Tropical Medicine, OCHA, the World Health Organization and Every Casualty Counts, and interrogates relevant research. Experts assess that the total number of deaths in Gaza since 7 October 2023 estimated by the Gaza Ministry of Health is a reasonable figure, and likely to be an underestimate. MoH data does not differentiate between civilians and Hamas operatives.

Written Question
Hamas: Hostage Taking
Friday 30th May 2025

Asked by: Lord Turnberg (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what information they have about the condition of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas; and what assessment they have made of reports that the hostages are being denied medical care.

Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Reports of the mistreatment of the hostages held by Hamas, as set out by released hostages such as Eli Sharabi, are deeply concerning. We continue to call for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, including Avinatan Or, Shay Levinson, and Yossi Sharabi who have strong links to the UK.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has consistently shared that it hasn't been permitted access to hostages. The UK reaffirms our support for the ICRC as the only humanitarian actor with the experience, capability, independence and mandate to carry out their important responsibilities. We have reiterated our call for the ICRC to be granted unfettered and immediate access to the hostages in Gaza and Palestinian detainees to deliver on their independent visiting role, as enshrined within the 1949 Geneva Conventions. The ICRC has been facilitating the handover of hostages and the delivery of aid into Gaza.