Today I pressed the U.K. Government to recognise that the CCP has a clear strategy of promoting dependency, undermining resilience and security, acquiring intellectual property and data, and destroying competitiveness through slave labour in a State accused of...
UNCLOS: fit for purpose in the 21st century? International Relations and Defence Committee – Admiral Sir Philip Jones, former First Sea Lord.
International Relations and Defence CommitteeWednesday 17 November 2021 Witness: Admiral Sir Philip Jones, First Sea Lord (2016-2019), Former First Sea Lord, Royal Navy Lord Alton asked the former First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Philip Jones, about maritime security - in...
Genocide in Xinjiang, the destruction of democracy in Hong Kong and the continuing CCP threat to Taiwan – Questions to the Defence Secretary.
International Relations and Defence Committee Wednesday 27 October 2021 I asked Ben Wallace MP, the Defence Secretary questions today about Genocide in Xinjiang, the destruction of democracy in Hong Kong and the continuing CCP threat to the 23 million people in...
Afghanistan and the threat posed by China
I asked Ben Wallace MP, the Defence Secretary questions today about Afghanistan and the threat posed by China. The Joint Committee on National Security Strategy concluded that “recent events in Afghanistan suggest the NSC and cross government machinery that supports...
“Whose side are we on, the slaves or the slave drivers?”
Today I asked whether the Government had taken note of the all party amendment passed on Tuesday night urging more concerted action in dealing with companies and countries banned in jurisdictions of our closest allies and tainted by everything from genocide to slave...
Telecommunications Bill – amendment requiring Government to review telecommunications company based in a foreign country – such as China – and which have been banned in a Five Eyes country is accepted 172 to 156.
Watch Lord Alton's contribution to the Telecommunications Bill All party amendment requiring the Government to review any telecommunications company based in a foreign country - such as China - and which have been banned in a Five Eyes country is accepted 172 to 156.
UK Government pushed to tackle the impunity of CCP officials such as Carrie Lam and Chen Quanguo.
Today the Government was pushed to tackle the impunity of CCP officials like Carrie Lam and Chen Quanguo for destruction of Hong Kong democracy and Uyghur Genocide. Lord Alton called for an audit of asset of CCP officials and their families. Raised the £430 million...
Minister confirms that UK is “aware of cases where China has pressured third countries to return Uyghurs” and has intervened “with positive results.”
Minister confirms that UK is "aware of cases where China has pressured third countries to return Uyghurs" and has told Turkey and other countries "to respect their obligations not to force persons to return to a country where there are substantial grounds for...
CNN report on CCP Genocide of Uyghurs “Some are just psychopaths”: exiled detective reveals extent of torture.
CNN report on CCP Genocide of Uyghurs “Some are just psychopaths': Chinese detective in exile reveals extent of torture against Uyghurs”.Truly shocking details of methods reminiscent of the Gestapo and the Schutzstaffel - the SS....
Baroness Morrissey said it’s time “ for investors to rethink their dealings in areas where there are clear human rights abuses”, including China.
https://www.hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021/10/4/baroness-morrissey-time-to-talk-about-investor-hypocrisy-and-the-need-for-investors-to-rethink-their-dealings-in-areas-where-there-are-clear-human-rights-abuses-including-china Baroness Morrissey: Time to talk about...
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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Statement by the All-Part Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Pakistani Minorities, on April 16th – the anniversary of Iqbal Masih’s murder
Statement by the All-Part Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Pakistani Minorities, on the anniversary of Iqbal Masih’s murder See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW15xzLt2VI [London, 16 April 2024] Today, the APPG for Pakistani Minorities, a cross-party parliamentary...
Questions on the warning by Médecins Sans Frontières of a critical vaccine shortage in Darfur; prediction by UNICEF’s that 700,000 Sudanese children will suffer severe malnutrition; UNICEF’s report that the 2023–24 El Niño phenomenon has led to the closure of schools in South Sudan; and the effect of the prolonged heatwave and drought on eastern and southern Africa.
Lord Benyon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3650): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool :To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the warning by...
Despite the suppression of the rights of girls and women in Afghanistan the Government admits it “has not introduced any Global Human Rights sanctions against the Taliban since they took power in 2021.” Parliament needs to assert oversight of the random and opaque process of Magnitsky Sanctions.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3308): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool :To ask His Majesty's Government how many Taliban leaders they have...