House of Commons Amendment To Safeguard The Lives of Unborn Girls Defeated - 201 votes to 292 votes - Full debate and the Division List of how MPs voted follows: The Background: On January 22nd, 73 Members of the House of Commons signed an...
Raif Badawi – facing yet more public beating – and the right to believe or not to believe – further questsions in Parliament
Saudi Arabia: Raif Badawi Question: Thursday June 11th 2015 11.29 am Asked by Lord Avebury To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Saudi Arabia about the confirmation of a sentence of 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison...
EDUCATE THE NORTH AWARDS, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE TELEGRAPH MEDIA GROUP, ARE NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES
EDUCATE THE NORTH AWARDS, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE TELEGRAPH MEDIA GROUP, ARE NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES. http://www.educatethenorth.com/ Educate The North is a one-day conference and high profile awards event, which will celebrate, recognise and share best practice and...
Debate in Parliament on Maternal and Neonatal Health in the Developing World
5.48 pm January 15th: House of Lords Debate on Maternal and Neonatal Health in The Developing World. Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB): My Lords, we are all greatly indebted to my noble friend Lady Hayman for instigating this debate and for the way that she introduced it....
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...