In September the universal Church commemorates the feast of the Korean martyrs. The one time Anglican bishop of Korea, noted scholar and, later, Catholic priest, Monsignor Richard Rutt, who died in July, put their number at between 8,000 and 10,000. Mainly lay...
Parliamentary Interventions 1979-
—————————————————————————————————————————————————– Parliamentary Speeches and Interventions: 1979 – 2005 HANSARD 1803–2005 → People (A) Mr David Alton March 15, 1951 - Constituencies Liverpool Edge Hill March 29, 1979 – June 9, 1983 Liverpool Mossley Hill June 9, 1983...
John Lee Tae-Sok: Korean Schweitzer among Sudan's lepers – "Don't Cry For Me Sudan"
A few months ago I hosted a delegation from North Korea which included the Speaker of their national Assembly, Choe Tae Bok. During the visit each member of the delegation was presented with a DVD celebrating the life of a remarkable Korean who has become known as...
Archive – House of Commons1980s
Results 21 to 30 of 95 Local Government Finance (No. 2) Bill Lords — May 13, 1982 Baroness, Lady Stedman, and by my honourable friend David Alton, and by the honourable Member, Mr. Roberts, in another place. It has been put down so many times, and so many attempts...
Archive – House of Commons Speeches 1979/80
RIGHTS OF PRIVATE TENANTS HC Deb 13 November 1979 vol 973 cc1169-72 1169 § 4.3 pm § Mr. David Alton (Liverpool, Edge Hill)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to confer on tenants of privately owned property the opportunity to become owner occupiers...
The Biased Broadcasting Corporation, Martin Green, and Euthanasia
In their television coverage of the euthanasia debate, the BBC are being derided as the Biased Broadcasting Corporation – reduced to mere cheerleaders for a change in the law, producing five programmes in the past three years in favour of a change, while...
The Great Partnership, God, Science and The Search For Meaning by Jonathan Sacks
When Jonathan Sacks, the Chief Rabbi, made his Maiden Speech in the House of Lords he recounted that at the burning bush an overwhelmed Moses told God he could not speak because he was "not a man of words". “Mind you”, continued Lord Sacks, “that did not stop him...
Forthcoming Talk on Active Citizenship – September 9th, Shotwick.
Friday 9th September 7.30pm Professor Lord David Alton will talk in Church on "Active Citizenship - Our Duty to Play our Part" David qualified as a teacher in 1972, working in socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods, teaching immigrant children and later children with...
Ethnic Cleansing in Southern Kordofan: When the Stars Fall To Earth http://starsfalltoearth.com/
On July 9th the world’s newest nation was born. Under the presidential leadership of Salva Kiir Southern Sudan’s 10 million people finally broke free from the grip of Khartoum. It is twelve years since I first entered Southern Sudan, travelling in with the Sudan...
Response To House of Lords Government Statement On The 2011 Riots
11 Aug 2011 : Column 1501 House of Lords Thursday, 11 August 2011. Public Disorder Statement Lord Alton of Liverpool: My Lords, haven’t the redeeming features of these terrible events been not only the dignified stoicism of men such as Tariq Jahan, but the way in...
For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.
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New Opium War Targeting Democratic Countries – raised by Secretary Blinken with CCP leadership – and Minister says illicit labs in China have “been linked to more than 100 deaths in the UK during the last year, and we are taking action.”
Lord Sharpe of Epsom, the Home Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3921): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the production and distribution of illicit...
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Yazidis on Sinjar: Government responds to questions asking what assessment they have made of the security situation in Sinjar and what discussions they have had, with the government of Turkey, in relation to Turkish military attacks on Sinjar. As occurred with the...
Forty year campaign demanding justice for British servicemen used as guinea pigs in atomic tests in the 50s – with one Commons debate in the 80s taking place in the middle of the night, at 3.50 am. Today just 1500 of the 20,000 servicemen put in harms way are still alive. The Defence Minister, Earl Minto, deserves thanks for his straightforward reply in the Lords yesterday. However long it takes, injustices must be put right.
Throughout the 80s I campaigned for justice for British servicemen used as guinea pigs in atomic tests. On one occasion I initiated a debate in the Commons at 3.50 am in the middle of the night - a debate that the Government didn't want. Today just 1500 of the 20,000...