U.K. says “Reports that the hair of Uyghur and other minority women detained in prisons and “political re-education camps” is being used for profit is deeply disturbing, and such practices are unacceptable. No business, whether in the UK or abroad, should profit from...
Danny Kruger MP is right “There’s a better way of dying than assisted suicide.” Changing the law is providing a one way, no return, ticket to death.
Danny Kruger MP is right “There’s a better way of dying than assisted suicide.” Changing the law is providing a one way, no return, ticket to death. Danny Kruger Wednesday September 15 2021, 9.00pm, The Times Danny Kruger MP is right “There’s a better way of dying...
Stephen Daisley, writing in The Spectator, says Parliament must “draw the line at self-destruction. If the life of the individual is not inviolable, then nor are the rights that life confers.”
tephen Daisley, writing in The Spectator, explains the dangers of assisted suicide and says Parliament must “draw the line at self-destruction. If the life of the individual is not inviolable, then nor are the rights that life confers.” The British Medical Association...
Simon Caldwell is right: Assisted suicide is the opposite of death with dignity.
Simon Caldwell is right: Assisted suicide is the opposite of death with dignity: "the myth that only a lethal cocktail of drugs or a deadly jab can deliver a beautiful and serene death is a romantic fantasy, the stuff of movies….Although some patients die relatively...
Dr.Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, powerfully sets out the case against changing the law on “assisted dying“.
In a Statement to the British Medical Journal Dr.Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, powerfully sets out the case against changing the law on assisted dying-“those resisting legal change include a large proportion of those most directly involved in...
Written Questions Tabled in Parliament: Tigray, Iran, China, Hikvision, Taliban, Faulty PPE, plus Balloted Motion on slave labour, child labour and exploited labour in supply chains
Written Questions Tabled in Parliament: Tigray, Iran, China, Hikvision, Taliban, Faulty PPE, plus Balloted Motion on slave labour, child labour and exploited labour in supply chains
Mekelle University says only 20-50% of farmland in Tigray will produce reasonable outputs – well below what is required.
A research team of Mekelle University and UGent says that conflict in Tigray will mean in that area of Tigray only 20-50% of the farmland will produce reasonable outputs - well below what is required to sustain the local population in a subsistence farming economy A...
Protecting, Respecting and Valuing Life – from it’s very beginning. (Lord) Yehudi Menuhin, the renowned violinist once said he first learned his love of music in his mother’s womb. His mother was once told, “Madam, your womb is a veritable conservatoire.”
Yehudi Menuhin - Lord Menuhin Monday January 25th 2021Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Stroud, for raising this crucial issue. There are four amendments in this group, and I would like to speak to Amendments 15 and 172. Amendment...
Nuala O’Loan And David Alton Urge Ireland’s Politicians To Stop and Think Before Backing Euthanasia
Nuala O'Loan And David Alton Urge Ireland's Politicians To Stop and Think Before Backing Euthanasia. TDs should stop and think before permitting the administering of lethal drugs to seriously ill people - and consider what similar legislation has led to elsewhere. Op...
Nagorno-Karabakh’s carnage – a continuation of the Armenian Genocide.
Nagorno-Karabakh's carnage - a continuation of the Armenian Genocide The Government was asked today, in Parliament, how Nagorno-Karabakh's, indigenous, overwhelmingly Armenian, community see today's terrible violence as an extension of the Armenian genocide, which...
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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UK aid supporting minorities in Pakistan – short debate House of Lords 25th April 2024. Full Text of Speeches and Recording of Debate
Lords Grand CommitteeThursday 25 April 2024 Full debate: https://youtu.be/VMSZpOq_oyk Lord Alton of Liverpool:I am grateful to all noble lords participating in today’s short debate about ways in which UK development aid to Pakistan- rising from £41.5 million this...
Letter to the Prime Minister calling for Recognition of the Armenian Genocide
The Right Honourable Rishi Sunak MPPrime Minister10 Downing StreetLondonSW1A 2AAApril 24, 2024 Dear Prime Minister,I am writing to you on the occasion of the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. On April24th, Armenians worldwide commemorate this day, which has...
At the crossroads: Will the free world choose isolationism or global leadership? Essay for GIS Reports April 19th 2024.
https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/crossroads-isolationism-leadership At the crossroads: Will the free world choose isolationism or global leadership? LORD DAVID ALTON OF LIVERPOOL READING TIME: 16 MIN History teaches us that isolationism leads to disaster. Will the...