Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL7843): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people they estimate are...
Government Minister responds to comments by the UN Human Rights Commissioner about the operation of care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic with their assessment of reports of care home staff (1) abandoning care homes, (2) leaving residents to die alone, (3) failing to make adequate preparations, and (4) failing to provide guidance and personal protection equipment; what assessment they have made, in assessing such reports, of the human rights of patients and staff in care homes; and the assessment they have made of a report by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services – respond positively, in principle, to a call for a UN convention on the rights of the elderly
Government Minister responds to comments by the UN Human Rights Commissioner about the operation of care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic with their assessment of reports of care home staff (1) abandoning care homes, (2) leaving residents to die alone, (3) failing...
Government fails to respond to parliamentary question asking what assessment they made of reports that during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic more than 4,000 people were discharged from hospital into care homes without being tested for the virus.
Lord Bethell, the Department of Health and Social Care, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL6991): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool: To ask Her Majesty's Government what...

Parliamentary Replies from Foreign Office, Home Office and DCMS Ministers about 1. the letter President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews about Uighur Genocide; 2.the need for international support for a full and impartial investigation into the detention of Uighur Muslims; 3.the new report on the persecution of Ahmadi Muslims and the rise of international extremism; 4. China’s failure to uphold Article 18 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights; 5. discussions about the detention of Uighur Muslims in camps in Xinjiang with the Ambassador of China to the UK; 6. reports that the influence of Daesh has grown during the COVID-19 pandemic; 7.how many Daesh fighters are known to have returned to the UK; how many such fighters and individuals assisting Daesh in different capacities have been prosecuted in the UK courts, and 8. what progress they have made in establishing how BT verify Huawei’s denials of (1) the use of slave labour, and (2) the use of Huawei technology in oppressing Uighur people.
Parliamentary Replies from Foreign Office, Home Office and DCMS Ministers about 1. the letter President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews about Uighur Genocide; 2.the need for international support for a full and impartial investigation into the detention of...

House of Commons Public Accounts Committee Says It Was “Reckless “ to Discharge Untested Patients Into Care Homes. In One Northern Care Home 27 Residents Died
County Durham care home 'recorded 27 deaths' Richard Holden, MP for North West Durham, has called for a full investigation into the deaths of 27 residents at Sandingham Care Home in Bishop Auckland linked to COVID-19 - the Local Government Association The call comes...

Care homes ‘thrown to the wolves’, MPs say. Some of the Questions put to the Government as this tragedy unfolded. And in a further indication of diminished accountability to Parliament, Ministers have produced an unprecedented standard reply to avoid having to give detailed responses to parliamentary questions – including questions which have remained unanswered for weeks on end.
Care homes ‘thrown to the wolves’, MPs say The Local Government Association LGA) has reported that Ministers have been accused of a “slow, inconsistent, and at times negligent” approach to social care during the coronavirus pandemic, which has exposed years of delayed...

Government replies on the level of coronavirus infection in UK prisons
Government replies on the level of coronavirus infection in UK prisons Lord Keen of Elie, the Ministry of Justice, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL6755): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool: To ask Her Majesty's Government,...

Protest in Parliament at the Lack of Scrutiny or Adequate Debate Over Covid 19 Regulations
Protest in Parliament at the Lack of Scrutiny or Adequate Debate Over Covid 19 Regulations 12.01 pm Friday July 24th 2020 House of Lords Debate on Cornoavirus Regulations Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) [V] My Lords, the Minister referred to the situation in Leicester....

Government replies on the impact of Covid-19 on religious minorities and says that it is “deeply concerned by the secondary effects that the Covid-19 pandemic is having on members of religious and belief communities. This includes incidents of hate speech targeting minority religious and belief groups, as well as the rise in conspiracy theories that certain faiths or beliefs are to blame for coronavirus.”
Government replies on the impact of Covid-19 on religious minorities and says that it is "deeply concerned by the secondary effects that the Covid-19 pandemic is having on members of religious and belief...

Last year, Councils used court action 2.3 million times and bailiffs 1.4 million times to collect council tax debt. The bailiff fees added £200 million to people’s debts. Over 1.3 million households are estimated to have built up council tax debts because of coronavirus. When the Covid restrictions on debt collection end on 23 August, the day on which bailiffs can arrive—or debt D-day, as the coalition charities have called it— there need to be pre-action protocols in place to prevent people finding themselves on the streets.
Last year, Councils used Court action 2.3 million times and bailiffs 1.4 million times to collect council tax debt. The bailiff fees added £200 million to people’s debts. Over 1.3 million households are estimated to have built up council tax debts because of...

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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Letter from Professor Gregory H. Stanton Founding President, Genocide Watch, Chair, The Alliance Against Genocide, rebutting the FCDO’s failed policy in dealing with the crime of Genocide.
Letter from Professor Gregory H. Stanton Founding President, Genocide Watch, Chair, The Alliance Against Genocide, rebutting the FCDO's failed policy in dealing with the crime of Genocide. Dear Lord Alton, Thank you for forwarding the reply from Lord Collins...
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Forced Labour in UK Supply Chains – Human Rights Joint Committee 7th May 2025
Human Rights (Joint Committee)Wednesday 7 May 2025 Subject: Forced Labour in UK Supply Chains Witnesses: Sarah Jones, Minister for Industry, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business and Trade;Daniel Cox, Deputy Director, Department for...