https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lady-hale-suggests-british-judges-should-quit-hong-kong-court-3cwrl3sqg Wednesday November 16 2022, 7.00pm, The Times Lady Hale, who briefly sat on the Hong Kong bench herself, suggested that British judges should stand down from the...
Human Rights: China. House of Lords debate.Thursday 17 November 2022 https://youtu.be/uTB7ZAzJpGY Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, the whole House is indebted to the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans for the—as always—exemplary way in which he...
HSBC’s shameful enthusiasm for the Chinese regime should alarm all who value freedom The bank is in a difficult situation, but the zeal with which it applies Communist party rules is alarming BEN MARLOW CHIEF CITY COMMENTATOR TELEGRAPH 22 July 2022 In a world where...
House of Lords - Queen's Speech Debate Wednesday 18 May 2022 7.20pm Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, 1 July will see the 25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China. “One country, two systems”—which might have been a...
International Relations and Defence CommitteeWednesday 18 May 2022 Defence concepts and capabilities: from aspiration to reality. Lord Alton's questions to witness Meia Nouwens, Senior Fellow for Chinese Defence Policy and Military Modernisation, International...
https://youtu.be/ebe6aTJmn0g Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, I declare my interest as a patron of Hong Kong Watch and vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Hong Kong. Is it not outrageous that this has happened to a venerable and holy 90 year-old...
https://youtu.be/qAKcnq695mQ Lord Alton Amendment 179 Moved byLord Alton of Liverpool Share this specific contribution 179: After Clause 78, insert the following new Clause— “British National (Overseas) visas: eligibility (1) Within two months of this...
Today during a House of Lords Second Reading debate on the Borders and Nationality Bill I said we had an opportunity to put right long standing wrongs - not to introduce unjust and counterproductive measures. Forty years ago during consideration of the 1981 British...
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...
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...
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...
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...