Aung San Suu Kyi will be in Britain this week. http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2012/06/aung-san-suu-kyis-visit-marks-a-potential-turning-point-not-a-conclusion.html 22 June 2012 Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's pro-democracy leader, received her Honorary...
Catholic Culture – an impossible dream? The role of education in shaping our attitudes and our ethics: is the dream worth fighting for?
Jesuit Institute Conference – June 13th 2012 Catholic Culture – an impossible dream? I will divide my talk which is entitled "Catholic culture and Catholic identity – is it worth fighting for? Can the battle be won?" into three parts: 1. The emergence and achievements...
Invitation to a presentation on the persecution of Christian women in the world today – Committee Room 12, House of Commons on Tuesday May 15th at 5.30pm. See the following details:
11th May 2012 Re: Invitation to a presentation on the persecution of Christian women in the world today Chaired by Professor the Lord Alton of Liverpool House of Commons – Committee...
The remarkable Jimmy Wales and Wikipedia
I recently met Jimmy Wales, the remarkable man who launched Wikipedia in 2001. For anyone who may not have used Wikipedia – and there can’t be many internet users who haven’t– Wikipedia is a free open content internet encyclopaedia which has transformed access to...
Reflections on Local Elections 2012
Traditionally, the first Thursday of May is local election day. This weekend, spare a thought for those good local councillors who have lost seats, not because of local issues, but because the electorate wanted to punish Messrs.Cameron and Clegg. I cut my teeth in...
Professor David Hilmers on You Tube – speaking at St.Anselm's Birkenhead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW26il5f45A
Mr.Mohamed Nasheed – deposed President of the Maldives honoured in Liverpool
On April 2nd 2012 Mohamed Nasheed, the deposed President of the Maldives, was awarded an honorary fellowship by his university, Liverpool John Moores University. The citation was read by Prof.Lord Alton of Liverpool and the Vice Chancellor, Professor Nigel Weatherill,...
Roscoe Lecture by Dr.Professor David Hilmers – four times American astronaut.
http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/roscoe/97603.htm This link is to the excellent Roscoe Lecture delivered by the former American astronaut, Professor Dr.David Hilmers at St.George’s Hall, Liverpool, on Thursday March 15th 2012.
Gladstone Lecture – Liverpool – "son of Liverpool, scourge of tyrants."
The 87th Roscoe Lecture: St.George’s Hall, Liverpool. Lord Alton of Liverpool 27th October 2009. Gladstone – son of Liverpool, scourge of tyrants. Let me begin by saying why this Roscoe Lecture is being held now, why here and why the university is sponsoring it. Why...
Alex Salmond MSP Delivers the 103rd Roscoe Lecture – the case for an independent Scotland.
On Monday February 13th the Rt.Hon Alex Salmond MSP delivered the 103rd Roscoe Lecture: “The Case for an Independent Scotland” at St.George’s Hall, Liverpool. More than 1,000 people were present. The lecture may be accessed at (and a filmed version will also shortly...
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...