Sarah Knapton of The Daily Telegraph reports that : “New documents show that just 18 months before the first Covid-19 cases appeared, researchers had submitted plans to release skin-penetrating nanoparticles and aerosols...
Challenged the Government to fight the big pharmas when they use intellectual property rights to restrict access to vaccines. Pointed out that 97% of the costs of developing the Astra-Zeneca vaccine have come from public funds
House of Lords 17th June 2021
Three Covid Questions Which I Have Asked The Government To Address – counterfeit medicines, mental illness and obesity
Here Are Three Covid Questions Which The Government Should Address....fake medicines, mental illness and obesity. 1. what action it is taking to tackle the sale of fake coronavirus vaccines by fraudsters and to act on the statement of Graeme Biggar, the director...
Government needs to focus on the vulnerable in care homes – blanket national lockdowns don’t target them. Figures show that COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes in England have increased to nearly 400 a month.
COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes: Today’s Daily Telegraph. We need targeted, focused, protection for the vulnerable- blanket lockdowns don’t do that. COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes Figures show that COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes in England have increased to...
Oral Intervention in Parliament November 9th 2020 – Covid Statistics – telling the whole story – a case of Disraeli’s “lies, damned lies and statistics”?
Do the Covid Statistics- tell the whole story? Or is it a case of Disraeli's "lies, damned lies and statistics"? Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) [V] My Lords, can the Minister tell us what analysis the Government have made of the root cause and relationship to lockdowns...
New national lockdown? PM damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t.
Dammed if he does, dammed if he doesn’t. When you are in a hole, stop digging. New national lockdown? PM damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t. Locking down is like taking a sledge hammer to the economy and to people’s mental health - while the terrible failure...
Six months after being asked the Government finally admits that COVID-19 testing swabs were not delivered to a care home and that symptomatic carers who were self-isolating had to make a 120 mile journey in order to be tested.
Six months after being asked the Government finally admits that COVID-19 testing swabs were not delivered to a care home and that symptomatic carers who were self-isolating had to make a 120 mile journey in order to be tested. Lord Bethell, the Department of Health...
Fair access to medicines – “obscene” for a pharmaceutical to charge over $2000 for a Covid 19 treatment which can be produced for $9. Why the Sheehan amendment should be included in the Medicines Bill
Don’t lock out anyone from Covid 19 Vaccines Read the full debate at: https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2020-10-26/debates/A00A2D14-3F6A-4FD6-8DE6-E23CF750A43B/MedicinesAndMedicalDevicesBill Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, in her prescient, topical and...
Government says it will respond to Amnesty International’s Report “As if expendable: the UK Government’s failure to protect older people in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic” – It’s focus should be on greater protection for the vulnerable in care homes not on putting the general population at risk by blanket lock down measures.
Government says it will respond to Amnesty International’s Report “As if expendable: the UK Government’s failure to protect older people in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic” – It’s focus should be on greater protection for the vulnerable in care homes not on...
Debate on Coronavirus and the North of England. Government told: “Our loss of liberty under the cover of Covid-19, and the intolerable threat to use our Armed Forces to enforce decrees and edicts touching every aspect of our lives, is simply not acceptable, and Ministers need to understand that.”… “Constantly changing messaging has been buttressed by muddle and confusion.” “An over-centralised “pushmi-pullyu”, stop-start approach destroys jobs and drives up unemployment.” “Chaos and confusion undermine confidence in government, while an emasculated Parliament gives the illusion of accountability and scrutiny.”
Coronavirus Regulations for the North of England – 25.09.2020 Speech in the House of Lords 12.25 pm Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) [V] My Lords, I declare an interest as I live in the north-west of England, as do members of my family, one of whom is an A&E...
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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Lord Alton – Borders Bill – 26th June 2025.
Lord Alton made a speech on the Borders Bill urging Government to tackle the root causes of mass migration and displacement and to hit the smuggling gangs while upholding our obligation to protect the vulnerable. https://youtu.be/HLVBKjHRRpo Lord Alton of...
APPG for Pakistani Minorities Welcomes Historic Passage of Child Marriage Restraint Act 2025
PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE31 May 2025 APPG for Pakistani Minorities Welcomes Historic Passage of Child Marriage Restraint Act 2025 London, UK — The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Pakistani Minorities warmly welcomes the signing of the Islamabad...
My analysis today for @GIS_Reports of the geopolitical role of the papacy-why Pope Leo needs to reassess the Vatican’s embrace of the CCP-which commits genocide, persecutes religion, imprisons political dissenters, uses slave labour, tramples on human rights – and why, Hong Kong’s Venerable Cardinal, Joseph Zen, warned the Conclave’s voting Cardinals to avoid the whiff of red smoke.
My analysis today for @GIS_Reports of the geopolitical role of the papacy-why Pope Leo needs to reassess the Vatican's embrace of the CCP-which commits genocide, persecutes religion, imprisons political dissenters, uses slave labour, tramples on human rights - and why...