Roscoe Lectures – Forthcoming Lectures June 2014

The 120th Roscoe Lecture will take place in Liverpool on Monday June 9th. It will be delivered by the Mexican Ambassador.   As part of series of encounters with Ambassadors accredited to the Court of St.James we will be staging some “Meet the Ambassadors” Roscoe...

Boko Haram – and the abduction of

Boko Haram, the Nigerian radical Islamist group, has claimed responsibility for the abduction of 276 schoolgirls during a raid in the village of Chibok in northeast Nigeria last month. Boko Haram means "eradicate western education/influence."The group's leader...

Combatting Rare and Neglected Tropical Diseases – END7

Combatting Rare and Neglected Tropical Diseases - To read the full debate go to: http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/lords/todays-lords-debates/read/grandcommittee/844/ Thursday 06 February 2014 2.25 pm Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB): My Lords, I,...

Lord David Alton

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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Government quizzed on whether a percentage of aid to Pakistan will be allocated to improving the living conditions of people from religious minorities, including the provision of fresh running water and electricity, and the creation of primary schools; on education for destitute girls; and on whether religious minorities in Pakistan will be included in the list of marginalized communities prioritised for UK aid.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL4129): Questions by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Ahmad of...