Each year a lecture is given in the House of Lords to commemorate the work of Lord (Donald) Craigmyle a former President of the Catholic Union. In 2002 the Craigmyle Lecture, was delivered by Lord Alton of Liverpool. Faith in Education, Faith in Formation: Keeping...
Liverpool – 30 Year-Old Official Papers – and proposed "Managed Decline" following the Toxteth Riots.
Liverpool... And "managed decline".... The old year came to an end with the annual release, under the 30-year rule, of a cache of official papers by the National Archives. This year’s treasure trove included the official documents relating to the Toxteth Riots...
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 Commons1980s
Results 21 to 30 of 95 Local Government Finance (No. 2) Bill Lords — May 13, 1982 Baroness, Lady Stedman, and by my honourable friend David Alton, and by the honourable Member, Mr. Roberts, in another place. It has been put down so many times, and so many attempts...
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...
The Riots of 2011 and the Riots of 1981
The Riots of 2011 and the Riots of 1981 Just thirty years ago, between July 4th and 6th 1981, I watched as rioters assaulted policemen, looted shops, and reduced Liverpool’s Lodge Lane and Upper Parliament Street to burning embers. Hundreds of policemen sustained...
House of Commons Debate on Genetics and Embryology: 1996. Plus ça change
House of Commons Debate on Genetics and Embryology: 1996. Plus ça change Science Policy and Human Genetics HC Deb 19 July 1996 vol 281 cc1405-78 Mr. David Alton (Liverpool, Mossley Hill) The hon. Member for East Kilbride (Mr. Ingram) said that it was unsatisfactory...
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...
Terry Wynn R.I.P.
Terry Wynn, former editor of the Catholic newspaper, the Universe and one time Editor of Liberal News and head of PR for the Liberal Party organisation died last Wednesday in Southend University Hospital. He was being treated for throat cancer, which he had...
1974 Notice of Poll Liverpool edge Hill, General Election, February 28th 1974
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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