First MARANATHA LECTUREOn Renewal, Unity and Healing Given by Professor Lord Alton of Liverpool, Professor of Citizenship at Liverpool John Moores University Wednesday October 3rd 2012 at 7.30pm. Royal Northern College of Music Concert Hall , 124 Oxford Road,...
What Easter Means to Me
Presentation slides: What Easter Means To Me
Ken Hargreaves R.I.P.
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/blackburndarwenhyndburnribble/9800930.Fond_farewells_to_former_Hyndburn_MP_Ken_Hargreaves/ Ken Hargreaves MBE KSG 'Ken was one of those under-stated men, rare in politics, who had little time for vanity or ego but gave himself...
Prime Minister Opposes Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide- Lobby Your MP – House of Commons will vote on September 11th 2015
Following the recent decisions of the Welsh Assembly, the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, and the Scottish Parliament, to vote against assisted dying, David Cameron, the Prime Minister, has announced his opposition to the latest attempts to change the law...
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi will be in Britain this week. http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2012/06/aung-san-suu-kyis-visit-marks-a-potential-turning-point-not-a-conclusion.html 22 June 2012 Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's pro-democracy leader, received her Honorary...
Catholic Culture – an impossible dream? The role of education in shaping our attitudes and our ethics: is the dream worth fighting for?
Jesuit Institute Conference – June 13th 2012 Catholic Culture – an impossible dream? I will divide my talk which is entitled "Catholic culture and Catholic identity – is it worth fighting for? Can the battle be won?" into three parts: 1. The emergence and achievements...
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...