"Death by Appointment" - is an important new book by (Baroness) Ilora Finlay and Robert Preston - which explores all the troubling issues around euthanasia/assisted suicide, including the role of doctors, and the place of palliative care in ensuring a good death Click...
Same old Assisted Dying plan, same old unresolved problem – that it would put the vulnerable at risk
This op ed by Sir Desmond Swayne MP makes the key point about attempts to legalise assisted dying and euthanasia- it endangers the lives of the vulnerable and its simply not safe to do it. Desmond Swayne: Same old Assisted Dying plan, same old unresolved problem –...
Letters to The Times from a leading U.K. lawyer and leading authorities on palliative care – along with a view from the hospices – outlining why it would put vulnerable people at risk to legalise euthanasia/assisted dying
Letters to The Times from a leading U.K. lawyer and leading authorities on palliative care - along with a view from the hospices - outlining why it would put vulnerable people at risk to legalise euthanasia/assisted dying GOOD PALLIATIVE CARE Sir, Judith Magill...
Sad day for New Zealand – following the Netherlands where one in twenty five of all deaths are now a result of euthanasia. Care and Kill are not Interchangeable words. Opposed by New Zealand’s doctors, disability groups, and hospices: a bad law with bad consequences
A Bad Law With Bad Consequences Sad day for New Zealand - following the Netherlands where one in twenty five of all deaths are now a result of euthanasia. Care and Kill are not Interchangeable words. Opposed by New Zealand's doctors, disability groups and hospices: a...
Nuala O’Loan And David Alton Urge Ireland’s Politicians To Stop and Think Before Backing Euthanasia
Nuala O'Loan And David Alton Urge Ireland's Politicians To Stop and Think Before Backing Euthanasia. TDs should stop and think before permitting the administering of lethal drugs to seriously ill people - and consider what similar legislation has led to elsewhere. Op...
Government answers to questions about the contradictions in policies of the devolved Parliaments and Westminster about children and the ability of grandparents to support their grandchildren because of number restrictions; and a reply about the relationship between euthanasia and suicide rates in the Netherlands.
Lord Bethell, the Department of Health and Social Care, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL8105): Question By Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reasons why (1)...
The Links between Depression, Suicide, and Euthanasia – and the responsibilities of broadcasters. Government replies in Parliament.
Baroness Barran, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL7956): Question from Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench Peer): To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they...
Welsh Asembly Votes Against Assisted Suicide Bill – Strong parliamentary opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E39xaYdqeX0&list=PLwjFHo9tsCgV8zRRMRNgNwKV68Ka-U3tE
January 16th 2015 Further Debate on the Falconer Bill. Is this "assisted dying" or "assisted suicide"? Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB): http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=16956&st=11:22:46.3370000 My Lords, I will be brief because I did hear...
Strong parliamentary opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E39xaYdqeX0&list=PLwjFHo9tsCgV8zRRMRNgNwKV68Ka-U3tE
July 18th 2014 Debate on the Assisted Dying Bill. 6.36 pm https: Care Not Killing Alliance interview about the Bill... //www.youtube.com/watch?v=E39xaYdqeX0&list=PLwjFHo9tsCgV8zRRMRNgNwKV68Ka-U3tE https://www.youtube.com/user/cnkalliance Full debate at:...
Strong parliamentary opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E39xaYdqeX0&list=PLwjFHo9tsCgV8zRRMRNgNwKV68Ka-U3tE
July 18th 2014 Debate on the Assisted Dying Bill. 6.36 pm https: Care Not Killing Alliance interview about the Bill... //www.youtube.com/watch?v=E39xaYdqeX0&list=PLwjFHo9tsCgV8zRRMRNgNwKV68Ka-U3tE https://www.youtube.com/user/cnkalliance Full debate at:...
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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2024 Hong Kong Symposium: British Hong Kongers are the Advance Guard In the Battle Between Dictatorship and Democracy.
Giving the Closing address at this year's 3-day Hong Kong Symposium David Alton (Lord Alton of Liverpool) thanked Finn Lau, the Chair of the Symposium and the Steering committee for organising such a well attended and successful event. Lord Alton described the British...
Female genital mutilation in The Gambia raised with The Gambia’s Foreign Minister
Lord Benyon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3714): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool :To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are working with the United Nations and...
UK aid supporting minorities in Pakistan – short debate House of Lords 25th April 2024. Full Text of Speeches and Recording of Debate
Lords Grand CommitteeThursday 25 April 2024 Full debate: https://youtu.be/VMSZpOq_oyk Lord Alton of Liverpool:I am grateful to all noble lords participating in today’s short debate about ways in which UK development aid to Pakistan- rising from £41.5 million this...