. Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, is the Minister able to enlarge on the statement made by the Prime Minister overnight that we will be sending military and police support to the Hague to help with the investigations that are under way, and that we will be...
The House is greatly indented to my noble friend, Lady D’souza, for bringing this Motion on Taiwan for debate today. I draw attention to the relevant AAPGs of which I am a member and also my membership of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China and commend the...
Nationality and Borders Bill - Interventions on why the Bill should not include Part 5 and the McColl amendment on support for victims Lord Alton of Liverpool(CB) My Lords, the Minister is dealing with these issues with great sensitivity and I welcome the tone of his...
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL5688): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the announcement of a two-year...
House of Lords4th February 2022 Today- on the day the Genocide Olympics opened in Beijing - I told Parliament that grievous human rights violations such as forced organ harvesting and Genocide in Xinjiang puts Beijing on a par with Hitler’s Olympics in 1936...
Why the NHS needs to stop buying products made by Uyghur slave labour in the CCP’s Genocide State of Xinjiang - House of Lords Speech January 31st 2022 https://youtu.be/PLo2nzHqD7w Lord Alton of Liverpool(CB) My Lords, it is a great pleasure to support the noble Lord,...
I spoke on the need to protect women and girls from violence and rape by clamping down on glorification of such crimes and the need to protect children from accessing such pornographic material online.Legislation: Digital Economy Act 2017 (Commencement of Part 3) Bill...
Once again I argued that children born in the U.K. should not be forced to pay over £1000 to become British citizens - when each application gives the Home Office a surplus of £400 on the administrative costs. https://youtu.be/tJvYMpw51vQ House of Lords27th January...
International Relations and Defence Committee Wednesday 26 January 2022.Witness: Vicky Ford MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, Minister for Africa https://youtu.be/1GMVYVwcAdg Minister, can you say something about...
Afghanistan Debate: Jan 24th 2022House of Lords: Grand Committee https://youtu.be/ouFSJmfkuTU Under the notable chairmanship of Baroness Anelay of St.John – and with the assistance of a terrific secretariat - the International Relations and Defence Select Committee...
A joint investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the Guardian has found that Nepalese Migrant farm labourers were charged thousands in illegal fees to work on UK farms. In a letter to the Home Office today, U.K. Ministers have been asked to take...
Baroness Vere of Norbiton, the Department for Transport, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL236): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that (1) Hikvision, and (2)...
House of Lords, Wednesday 25 May 2022 Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, with his customary thoroughness in opening today’s debate, the noble Lord, Lord True, outlined the purpose of this Procurement Bill with its 13 parts, 116 clauses and 11 schedules. We have...