Biography
Laurence Turner has engaged extensively on health and social care through 31 debate speeches, with particular focus on diabetes early detection, NHS waiting lists, and learning disability and autism support. He has repeatedly highlighted improvements in Birmingham waiting lists under Labour while advocating for further progress on ambulance response times, and has drawn on constituent experiences—including a near-fatal childhood diabetes misdiagnosis—to illustrate gaps in early identification and prevention. His contributions also emphasize systemic challenges in SEND education provision and maternity protections within employment rights legislation.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Only a few short years ago, another constituent had to take her young child to accident and emergency. In her words, “The A&E doctor ran the usual diagnostic tests and said: ‘Go home, continue the penicillin, and let them rest.’ I refused. Something in my gut told me this wasn’t right.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism51st of 89948.0
- Adult social care & reform32nd of 37615.0
- A&E & ambulance response25th of 25812.0
- NHS waiting lists101st of 53412.0
- Palliative & end of life care213th of 5686.0
- Maternity & neonatal138th of 4386.0
- Mental health481st of 8806.0
- Cancer365th of 6223.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
- Diabetes68th of 1903.0
What they’ve said
“Q2. NHS waiting lists in Birmingham are down by almost a quarter under Labour, and they are still falling. That is more than 28,000 people no longer stuck waiting for essential treatments. Yes, there are challenges still, but they are being addressed and progress is being made.”
Engagements · 2026-01-21 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I welcome the record investment in our NHS—the biggest in 20 years—which has seen waiting lists in Birmingham fall by 20%. That is a philosophical difference between my side and his, but it was also a very important part of the manifesto that I stood on. Earlier, the right hon.”
Taxes · 2025-11-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“May I invite the Minister to respond to two things? First, I was asked earlier how many times the word “maternity” appears in the Bill. The word “pregnancy” appears 16 times, “parental” 27 times, and “bereavement” 34 times, but we cannot restrict the debate to individual phrases.”
Employment Rights Bill · 2025-11-05 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…eality is that they want the investment that means 25,000 fewer people are on a University Hospitals Birmingham waiting list compared with last year, and which is almost doubling the free school meals entitlement in my constituency of Birmingham Northfield, but they do not support a single measure to pay for it.”
Property Taxes · 2025-09-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Victoria college in my constituency is one of the relatively small number of SEND specialist further education colleges in the country. It does outstanding work. For many years, such colleges have not had access to dedicated capital grant funding.”
Topical Questions · 2025-07-21 · Read on Hansard ↗
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