Debate about the global plight of children. Lord Alton raised the abduction of Yazidi and Ukrainian children, the effects of war on children in places like Sudan and the case of Leah Sharibu abducted by Boko Haram six years ago 2024-09-12
Extract of remarks made to a meeting held in the UK Parliament on Human Rights Violations in Iran 2024-09-11
Remarks of Lord Alton of Liverpool made to mark the new report by CSW on Human Rights in North Korea and made in Westminster Hall. Given by electronic link to the Conference in Seoul: 2024-09-11
Imposition of an unprecedented Education Tax. Changes to VAT exemption for independent school fees. House of Lords debate. 2024-09-05
The Education Tax and Independent Schools: at the heart of the debate has to be the well-being of the children who will be adversely affected by this decision - not dogma, ideology and prejudice. Government should think again. 2024-09-02
Burma Human Rights Network marks the seventh anniversary of the Myanmar military’s genocidal campaign against the Rohingya and says that the world stands at a grim crossroads. 2024-08-30
Government says "The Hazara Inquiry report has done much to raise awareness of the situation of Hazaras in Afghanistan. In line with the report's recommendations, we continue to monitor and document discrimination and abuses against Hazaras." And says UK "regularly press Taliban acting ministers and Afghan officials on human rights abuses in Afghanistan." 2024-08-12
Iran: Following Canada's decision to proscribe the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, UK Gov. asked if they also plan to proscribe it; and says it "will continue to consider what further steps may be taken to deter Iran’s malign activity." Meanwhile, The Times reports on Iran's barbaric mass executions. 2024-08-12
Government replies to questions Foreign Secretary David Lammy raised during his recent meeting with China's Foreign Secretary, Wang Yi - including security concerns,the use of Chinese surveillance technology in the UK, the presence of Chinese intelligence agents in the Palace of Westminster, the infiltration by China of research programmes in British Universities, China’s military threats against Taiwan,the case of Jimmy Lai,the imprisonment of pro-democracy campaigners in Hong Kong, and the reported genocide of Uyghur Muslims in China 2024-08-08
Government says it supports the ICC Prosecutor's continuing investigation into the allegations of atrocity crimes committed in Darfur but in a separate reply - on Uyghur genocide - reiterates the discredited position of the previous Government on how genocide is determined - having voted against it while in Opposition. 2024-08-08
Minister outlines measures they are taking across all departments to ensure that British supply chains are free of slave labour. 2024-08-08
Government say 11 million prescriptions for trazodone have been issued since 2014 – also asked how many ‘Yellow Card’ reports of sexual dysfunction and persistent sexual dysfunction in respect of trazodone the MHRA has received each year since 2014 and what consideration NHS England has given to adding sexual dysfunction as a side effect on the patient information leaflets for trazodone 2024-08-08
Ethiopia: Government says over 435,000 children and mothers are suffering from malnutrition, and more than 230,000 need access to emergency healthcare with 8 million people living in extreme poverty across Ethiopia. 2024-08-06
Following representations by Patient Groups ( https://www.pssdnetwork.org/ ) a question on prescriptions for vortioxetine shows that in the past ten years nearly 1.5 million prescriptions were issued at a cost of more than £35 million to the NHS. Patients say they were not warned of side effects. 2024-08-05
