October 24th outside of Parliament after the parliamentary debate with some of those who filled the galleries to watch the debate - including Alan Leong, one of the leaders of Hong Kong's Civic Party. Hong Kong Watch posted these extracts on ...
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Surprise Celebration of 40 years in Parliament – 40 years since the Liverpool Edge Hill By Election: Freedom is not “free” it comes at a great price.
Surprise Celebration of 40 years in Parliament - 40 years since the Liverpool Edge Hill By ElectionFreedom is not "free" it comes at a great price. Yesterday, I was genuinely moved, and taken completely unawares, by a surprise celebration of my 40 years in Parliament,...
Escalating Systematic Violence In Nigeria: – Fulani Militias and Boko Haram Threaten The Future Of one of Africa’s Great Countries – Nigerian House of Representatives Designates Genocide in Plateau State. “The very survival of our nation is at stake”; November 2018 Debate on Cameroon as thousands flee t Nigeria as refugees.
House of Lords Debate Wednesday November 14th 2018 8.42 pm Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, we are all most appreciative of the noble Lord, Lord Boateng, for giving the House the opportunity to debate the plight of the English-speaking...
The Government’s Latest Replies On Bringing To Justice Those Responsible for Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity ; Report of Seminar in Parliament on The Question of Genocide Determination; And Recent Parliamentary Interventions on Syria and Iraq
1.The Government’s Latest Replies On Bringing To Justice Those Responsible for Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity ; 2 Seminar in Parliament on The Question of Genocide Determination; 3. Recent Parliamentary Interventions Also see Ewelina Ochab:...
Chemical Attacks In Syria and Maundy Thursday House of Lords Debate on Syria: A Modern Day Calvary. Why those who have slaughtered Christians, Yazidis and other Minorities in an orgy of Genocide must be held to account and brought to justice. Times newspaper report April 16th 2018 – how Rita Habib was tortured, and raped by four different owners as part of ISIS genocide
Ewelina Ochab on the plight of Yazidis: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewelinaochab/2019/04/03/let-the-children-be-yazidis/ April 16th Statement in Parliament on Syria Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, in the snake pit of competing interests and proxy wars...
Truth Should Speak To Power – the 50th Anniversary of the Abortion Act. Text of a Speech Delivered Outside Of The British Parliament On The 50th Anniversary Of Legislation That Has Claimed More Than 8 Million Lives. Ireland’s Response. Dr.Alveda King’s Statement. CARE for Life Meeting. Rob Flello On Why Labour Should Rethink.
Also see: https://www.christiantoday.com/article/martin.luther.kings.niece.in.abortion.protest.todays.unborn.babies.are.yesterdays.blacks/117304.htm https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155763270241054&id=586216053...
Frascati 2017 – Upholding Article 18. Genocide of Christians and Yazidis in Syria and Iraq. Persecution in Pakistan. Chemical Weapons Used In Sudan.
Click here for Presentation on the Upholding of Article 18 Frascati 2017 - FORB ========================================================================= Letter in the Daily Telegraph, August 11th 2017. July 4th 2017 Debate on the House of Lords Select Committee...
July 4th 2017 Debate on the House of Lords Select Committee Report on the Middle East “Time for New Realism”. The plight of Yazidis and Christians Facing Genocide in Syria and Iraq; Pesecution in Pakistan; Chemical Weapons in Sudan.
Also see: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/07/turkey-syriac-christians-fear-land-dispute.html#ixzz4loSLKLJ3...
Mesothelioma – and the threat to pupils and teachers in schools – Minister replies
Mesothelioma - and the threat to pupils and teachers in schools - March 2017 March 23rd 2017: Lord Nash, the Department for Education, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL6161): Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government...
John Milton Lecture on “Freedom of Religion or Belief”, Mansfield College, University of Oxford
mansfield-college-milton-lecture - Power Point presentation to accompany the following lecture Mansfield College March 3rd 2017 David Alton John Milton Lecture on “ Freedom of Religion or Belief” In setting the scene for...
North Korea Lost in the fog of assassinations and intrigue; Coercive population control; new report on Sudan launched; Mary’s Meals Founder received Westminster Award for Human Life, Human Rights and Human Dignity – plus posts on Europe’s lost 10,000 refugee children; speeches on Sudan and Syria; Kevin (Lord) Shinkwin’s Bill; Question on Trump Muslim ban; Speech on Dalits; Royal School Lecture on refugees…
North Korea 28 February 2017 Question 2.58 pm Asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the sanctions imposed by China against North Korea following the assassination of Kim Jong-nam and the recent ballistic missile test,...
Successful Conclusion of Campaign To Provide BBC World Service Transmissions to The Korean Peninsula. Also reports on human rights violations in North Korea
Lord Alton of Liverpool, Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea: As Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea, I welcome today’s announcement by the BBC of a Korean-language World Service. The announcement follows many years...
Recent Parliamentary Interventions: Refugee Children; Travellers and Roma; Polygamous Marriages and protection of Muslim women; Shelter’s campaign on housing standards; Debate on Mesothelioma: 40,000 British people have died of this fatal disease – and continue to do so. Pressure Continues for a National Mesothelioma Research Centre
November 17th 2016: Shelter's Campaign on Housing Standards Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, the noble Lord rightly said that the 39 attributes of Shelter’s Living Home Standard are a useful benchmark against which to measure perceptions about the housing stock...
Senator Rónán Mullen on the Life and Times of Joseph Mary Plunkett – during the centenary year of the Irish Easter Uprising
Speech on Joseph Mary Plunkett, delivered at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, where Plunkett was educated Thursday, 29th September, 2016 ------------------------------------------- I see His Blood Upon The Rose I see his blood upon the rose And in the stars the glory...
Sir Trevor Jones – Funeral Tribute at Liverpool Parish Church of Our Lady and St.Nicholas – may he rest in peace
Sir Trevor Jones Sir Trevor Jones: A Tribute. Owen Trevor Jones was born in Bootle on December 17th 1926. Aged 89, Sir Trevor died peacefully on September 9th 2016 – holding the hand of his beloved Doreen, his wife of 65 years – and with Glyn and...
The story of the Coming of Christianity to Korea and the story of the thousands who died for their faith – and new CSW Report on North Korea published on “Save North Koreans Day”.
At a ceremony in Rome where he received the St.Thomas More Advocacy Award, for his work on promoting freedom of religion and belief, David Alton particularly referred to the plight of North Korea's persecuted Christians. Here you can read the story of the coming...
Hillsborough – DPP Asked To Expedite Decision; Susan Hemming to take Final Decisions – Jury verdict of unlawful killing: The Hillsborough Independent Panel’s Investigation – and correspondence from 1989 with the Police Complaints Authority and Government Ministers. April 1989 intervention in the House of Commons. April 27th 2016 Statement in the House of Lords; April 29th letter to the Director of the Crown Prosecution Service
Hillsborough - Letter from the Director of Public Prosecutions, May 6th 2016: Susan Hemming to take final decisions: and reply: 060516 Letter to The Lord Alton of Liverpool Dear Mr.Okogwu I would be grateful if you would thank the Director for this...
Chancellor’s welcome Budget response on mesothelioma research centre – Military Veterans Compensation Victory – New Bill Given Second Reading – Full debate – Also: Why are servicemen and women excluded from help? – call in the House of Lords for an annual Impact statement to monitor the number of fatalities and progress on research into causes and cures
Chancellor's welcome Budget response on mesothelioma research centre: £5 million has been put into the Budget announced on March 16th for a National Mesothelioma Centre (see below), in response to the proposal we put forward from Imperial College: "The...
March 9th – International Women’s Day and North Korea. Westminster conference on the plight of North Korean women and girls.Parliamentary debate on the security and human rights challenges on the Korean Peninsula following North Korea’s recent nuclear test. Motion tabled by Fiona Bruce MP in the House of Commons.
Also see: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/north-korean-defector-describes-life-in-auschwitz-like-prison-camp-a6961686.html March 9th - International Women's Day and North Korea: Speech by Fiona Bruce MP: As we mark...
Eric Avebury – May He Rest In Peace
Eric Reginald Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury 29 September 1928–14 February 2016 Lord (Eric) Avebury has died. Eric Lubbock was known as “Orpington Man” after winning a remarkable by-election in 1962, holding the seat until 1970, when he then went to the House of...
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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Great British Energy Bill – Lord Alton – forced labour in renewables supply chains 30.04.25
https://youtu.be/oJ14A40thm4 House of Lords30.04.25 My Lords, I beg to move Motion A1, as an amendment to Motion A, at end insert “leave out from “propose” to end and insert “Amendment 2C in lieu” as printed on the marshalled list” I rise to express my gratitude...
Meeting In Parliament To Highlight The Suffering of the Burmese People At The Hands Of The Military Junta.
On Tuesday April 29th Lord Alton of Liverpool chaired a meeting in Parliament on behalf of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief: Lord Alton with Lord Dubs, Zoya Phan and Sai The meeting viewed extracts from a new documentary:...
House of Lords Debate on Media Freedom and Security worldwide 24th April 2025
Lord Alton's contribution to Short debate: Steps being taken by the government, as a member of the Media Freedom Coalition, to ensure the safety and security of journalists and media workers worldwide. 24th April 2025 https://youtu.be/EjS4gTm0wiM House of Lords24th...