Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden
Muriel Winifred Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden (née Price; born 18 September 1927) is a British politician (Labour). She is currently a ranking member of British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom.[1]
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[6] and an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society.[7]
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.[8]
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
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