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Gender Based Abortions: Question – "If it's illegal and immoral" (Andrew Lansley) in these cases, why is it legal and OK in other cases? I thought it was all just a matter of choice….June 2013 -Department of Health Fails To Take Action
Gender Based Abortions: Question - "If it's illegal and immoral" (Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley) in these cases, why is it legal and OK in other cases? I thought it was all just a matter of choice.......
Shahbaz Bhatti – one year on since his brutal assassination: what to make of his sacrificial life and the treatment of minorities in Pakistan
The First Anniversary of the Death of Shahbaz Bhatti David Alton On March 2nd, 2011, aged 42, Clement Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Minorities, was brutally murdered. His assassination not only robbed Pakistan’s National Assembly of a dedicated,...
"Bringing about Political Change" – Liverpool Hope University 21st February – 2012
Liverpool Hope University Bringing About Political Change 4 - Powerpoint Presentation Hope University: Tuesday February 21st 2012. "Bringing about Political Change" Arun Gandhi attributed the following remark to his grandfather, Mahatma: “You must be the...
Pyongyang Literary Festival – House of Lords Launch and How To Help
A reception to launch The Pyongyang Literary Festival project was held on February 15th in the River Room of the Lord Speaker's apartments at the House of Lords. This was under the auspices of the charity the Epiphany Trust. The event was addressed by Dr.James Kim,...
Doonby
The following ink takes you to a trailer about "Doonby" the new movie made by Peter McKenzie: http://youtu.be/4HfUGil7sTo If the above link does not work, you can paste the following address into your browser:...
Declaring a Year of Jubilee – 2004 Advocate International Convocation Washington DC
Advocates International Convocation October 29th 2004. Washington DC Extracts from an Address by Lord Alton of Liverpool There is a story about an argument that ensues between three men who all believe that theirs is the oldest profession. There is a doctor, a lawyer...
Gladstone Lecture – Liverpool – "son of Liverpool, scourge of tyrants."
The 87th Roscoe Lecture: St.George’s Hall, Liverpool. Lord Alton of Liverpool 27th October 2009. Gladstone – son of Liverpool, scourge of tyrants. Let me begin by saying why this Roscoe Lecture is being held now, why here and why the university is sponsoring it. Why...
Dickens – Faith and Fiction
In this bicentenary year of his birth the best new biography of the life of Charles Dickens life is by Claire Tomalin – and later in the year she will deliver one of my Roscoe Lectures in Liverpool to celebrate the bicentenary...
Killing Continues in Kordofan
Sudan and South Sudan: Question February 16th 2012 Question 11.30 am Asked by Lord Chidgey To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of current developments between South Sudan and Sudan following Sudan’s recent alleged bombing of the town of Jau 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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Replies to Questions about the targeting of Hazara community members by ISIS; whether the FCDO meet – Hazara representatives to discuss the continuing violence and persecution facing their community in Afghanistan; how they act on their admission that “minority groups such as the Hazara people face discrimination and attacks”; and why they wont publish their latest Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability assessment on Afghanistan
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL4200): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool :To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of...
Question about development funding for Pakistan to help create a national trust fund to support the education of children from the families of bonded labour and whether the UK will assist the government of Pakistan in seizing assets of owners of brick kilns illegally using bonded labour and repurposing those assets for the education and welfare of families trapped in bonded labour.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL4261): Question by Lord Alton of LIverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Ahmad of...
Tiananmen Massacre Commemorated At Westminster — 35 years after Tank Man stood in defiance of the CCP’s Tanks and 35 years after the fall of the Communist’s European Berlin Wall. “There is no force that can put an end to the human quest for freedom” -Liu Xiaobo
The Tiananmen Square Massacre Has Been Commemorated At Westminster -- 35 years after Tank Man stood in defiance of the CCP's Tanks and 35 years after the fall of the Communist's European Berlin Wall. "There is no force that can put an end to the human quest for...