Parliamentary Speeches and Interventions: 1979 – 2005 HANSARD 1803–2005 → People (A) Mr David Alton March 15, 1951 - Constituencies Liverpool Edge Hill March 29, 1979 – June 9, 1983 Liverpool Mossley Hill June 9, 1983 – March 8, 1988 Liverpool Mossley Hill March 8,...
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Report on the first International Conference to be held at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology and How the University Came Into Being
Pyongyang’s First International Conference on Science and Technology: and the remarkable story of Dr.James Kim and the Genesis of PUST. October 2011. We were an unlikely cast - a United States astronaut who had been four times in Space; a Nobel Laureate, who had...
Educating for good science and good ethics: Educating for Virtue: Lecture at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, North Korea, October 2011
Educating for Good Science and Good Ethics: Educating for Virtue Text of an address to be given by by Professor Lord (David) Alton at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, October 4th 2011. Powerpoint Presentation to accompany lecture Let me begin by first...
Parliamentary Interventions 1979-
—————————————————————————————————————————————————– Parliamentary Speeches and Interventions: 1979 – 2005 HANSARD 1803–2005 → People (A) Mr David Alton March 15, 1951 - Constituencies Liverpool Edge Hill March 29, 1979 – June 9, 1983 Liverpool Mossley Hill June 9, 1983...
Archive – House of Commons Speeches 1979/80
RIGHTS OF PRIVATE TENANTS HC Deb 13 November 1979 vol 973 cc1169-72 1169 § 4.3 pm § Mr. David Alton (Liverpool, Edge Hill)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to confer on tenants of privately owned property the opportunity to become owner occupiers...
Dr Alveda King and her Uncle's legacy
One of my childhood heroes was Dr. Martin Luther King. In my study I still have a battered copy of his paperback "Why We Can't Wait" – which set out his opposition to institutionalized racism along with the case for the civil rights movement.� His writing and his...
The Fight Facing Us – Speech to Right To Life, London, July 7th 2011
The Fight Facing Us Text of a Speech delivered by David Alton (Lord Alton of Liverpool) on Thursday July 7th, 2011, at the River Thames Right To Life Summer Event It was Victor Frankl in "The Doctor and the Soul", who said “sometimes, the unfinished are among the most...
Breaking The Deadlock In Tibet 2009 report
Tibet: Breaking the Deadlock A Report to the All Party China Group October 2009 This report details the findings of four Parliamentarians who visited the Tibet Autonomous Region in September 2009. They are: Lord Steel of Aikwood Lord Alton of Liverpool Derek Wyatt MP...
Breaking the Deadlock in Tibet http://www.jubileecampaign.org/vision_news.asp
Following the visit of David Alton and David Steel to Tibet in 2009 they published the following report setting out a series of recommendations: Breaking The Deadlock in Tibet: http://www.jubileecampaign.org/vision_news.asp Reflections from Tibet...
The Legacy of Malcolm Muggeridge
Malcolm Muggeridge, who died, aged 82, in 1990, eight years after becoming a Catholic, was a great controversialist, consummate broadcaster and brilliant wordsmith. Like G.K.Chesterton, before him, he lived by his pen – both as a working journalist and as an author. ...
The 1985 House of Commons Debate on the Anglo Irish Agreement
Anglo-Irish Agreement HC Deb 26 November 1985 vol 87 cc747-828 747 770 5.20 pm § Mr. David Alton (Liverpool, Mossley Hill)During the course of this debate it seems that we have been tilting at a number of imaginary windmills. Some speakers have referred to the...
Coercive Population Control – the one child policy
China has many great achievements of which it can be justifiably proud. The one child policy, and the coercion on which it is based, is not one of them......Pasted below is some of the background to this contentious issue, a policy which has been...
2011 North Korean Delegation in London
Almost every week parliamentary delegations arrive at Westminster: nothing unusual about that. What was unusual about the delegation which I recently hosted was that they were from North Korea, and, indeed, that North Korea is a member of the Inter Parliamentary...
Why I Oppose the Coalition Government's Proposals On Higher Education
Higher Education (Basic Amount) (England) Regulations 2010 Copy of the SI 10th Report from the JCSI 14th Report from the Merits Committee Motion to Approve 14 Dec 2010 : Column 553 Lord Alton of Liverpool: On the question of personal debt, did the noble Lord see the...
Why we should legislate to stop the re-export of arms
The Re-Export Controls Bill completed all its House of Lords stages yesterday, January 12th, and has been sent, unamended to the House of Commons. 12 Jan 2011 : Column 1405: Lord Alton of Liverpool: Re-Export Controls Bill [HL] Bill Main Page Copy of the Bill Third...
Why I Oppose the Coalition Government's Proposals On Higher Education
Higher Education (Basic Amount) (England) Regulations 2010 Copy of the SI 10th Report from the JCSI 14th Report from the Merits Committee Motion to Approve 14 Dec 2010 : Column 553 Lord Alton of Liverpool: On the question of personal debt, did the noble Lord see the...
North Korea Lecture – Cambridge 2011
North Korea – A Different Approach - Cambridge University Lecture, January 31st 2011. Professor Lord Alton of Liverpool, Chairman of the Parliamentary All-Party Committee on North Korea. 1. Don’t Forget The Past. From 1910 until 1945 Korea was forcibly annexed into...
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Parliamentary Speeches and Interventions: 1979 - 2005 HANSARD 1803–2005 → People (A) Mr David Alton March 15, 1951 - Constituencies Liverpool Edge Hill March 29, 1979 - June 9, 1983 Liverpool Mossley Hill June 9, 1983 - March 8, 1988 Liverpool Mossley Hill March 8,...
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Spoken Interventions in the House of Lords
To read the details of the following interventions in House of Lords debates and questions please click on this link: TheyWorkForYou Website Results 1-20 of 406 items spoken by Lord Alton of Liverpool in Commons debates or Westminster Hall debates or Lords debates or...
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Address by the Most Rev. Wilfred C. Anagbe Bishop of Makurdi, Benue, Nigeria – speaking at a meeting in the UK Parliament – 25th March 2025 – under the auspice of Aid To The Church In Need and The All Party Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief.
David Smith MP - Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion Or belief. See: Humanitarian situation in Benue State (Fr Remi).pptx https://twitter.com/DavidAltonHL/status/1904615541995954369 The Most Rev. Wilfred C. AnagbeBishop of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi, Benue,...
Continuing Genocide In Darfur: meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Sudan and South Sudan – and replies from the Africa Minister to Parliamentary Questions about Sudan and the impact of cuts to USAID and UK Aid
Speaking on the Continuing Genocide In Darfur at a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Sudan and South Sudan, on Wednesday March 26th 2025, Lord Alton of Liverpool said: "In 2023, for the 20th anniversary of the Darfur genocide, I chaired an APPG inquiry...
75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights
Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB)House of Lords20th March 2025 https://youtu.be/fDobyATAMu0 My Lords, as we mark the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights, I thank my noble friends on the Cross Benches for selecting the Motion and express my gratitude...