Also see: https://www.davidalton.net/2014/07/31/archive-indexed-miscellaneous-articles-and-columns/ Speech on the BBC’s Role in Society – 2003 A speech on the withdrawal of food and fluids from patients 2003 Coercive Population Control in China – 2001 Speech by Lord...
The Killing Of People With Down’s Syndrome: Richard Dawkins says it’s immoral to let a Down’s Syndrome baby be born. Since when have eugenics been moral or ethical? What would happen if you were diagnosed with Dawkins’ Syndrome?
Well written piece on Down's Syndrome: http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/5881256?utm_hp_ref=uk See Photographer with Down's syndrome who 'sees the world differently' 9 September 2014 Last updated at 00:01 BST Photographer Oliver Hellowell has Down's syndrome, which his...
Archive – indexed miscellaneous articles and columns
Miscellaneous archived columns on the following subjects: Abortion and the right to know Paying a price for courage Politicians and how they vote on ethical issues 30 years of abortion in the UK Abortion and the possible link with breast cancer Joanna Jepson’s fight...
As the last Christian is expelled from Mosul by ISIS – Times Article on why the world must respond to the cry of Iraq's Christians – and the full text of the House of Lords debate on Article 18 and Freedom of Belief – with news of Meriam Ibrahim's journey to Rome and ISIS subjecting women to female genital mutilation
http://blog.geopolitical-info.com/?p=957Article 18 – An article of faith Lord AltonAugust 12, 2014The United Nations doctrine ‘responsibility to protect’ has been flouted by the failure of international authorities to protect vulnerable minorities from sweeping...
As the last Christian is expelled from Mosul by ISIS – Times Article on why the world must respond to the cry of Iraq’s Christians – and the full text of the House of Lords debate on Article 18 and Freedom of Belief – with news of Meriam Ibrahim’s journey to Rome and ISIS subjecting women to female genital mutilation
http://blog.geopolitical-info.com/?p=957Article 18 – An article of faith Lord AltonAugust 12, 2014The United Nations doctrine ‘responsibility to protect’ has been flouted by the failure of international authorities to protect vulnerable minorities from sweeping...
Strong parliamentary opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E39xaYdqeX0&list=PLwjFHo9tsCgV8zRRMRNgNwKV68Ka-U3tE
July 18th 2014 Debate on the Assisted Dying Bill. 6.36 pm https: Care Not Killing Alliance interview about the Bill... //www.youtube.com/watch?v=E39xaYdqeX0&list=PLwjFHo9tsCgV8zRRMRNgNwKV68Ka-U3tE https://www.youtube.com/user/cnkalliance Full debate at:...
Strong parliamentary opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E39xaYdqeX0&list=PLwjFHo9tsCgV8zRRMRNgNwKV68Ka-U3tE
July 18th 2014 Debate on the Assisted Dying Bill. 6.36 pm https: Care Not Killing Alliance interview about the Bill... //www.youtube.com/watch?v=E39xaYdqeX0&list=PLwjFHo9tsCgV8zRRMRNgNwKV68Ka-U3tE https://www.youtube.com/user/cnkalliance Full debate at:...
Debate on Euthanasia and End of Life Care at Westminster
Read the full parliamentary debate at: http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/lords/todays-lords-debates/read/unknown/94/ Also - see this BBC report of Belgium's decision to euthanise children: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25364745 Extracts...
Not In Our Name Campaign. Man imprisoned for killing his unborn child – but for 8 million others its just a question of choice.The Abortion of Baby Girls – an Upside Down World Worthy of Alice In Wonderland – and a world in which greater worth is attached to a goldfish than to an unborn child
NOT IN OUR NAME - Join the campaign against the Royal College of Midwives support of abortion-on-demand up-to-birth campaign. UK abortion provider BPAS have launched a campaign to legalise abortion-on-demand, up-to-birth, for any reason. (For more...
Motability – the effect on people with disabilities and the role of Atos Health Care and an Open Letter to the Minister, David Freud
Social Security (Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance and Carer’s Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 Motion of Regret 8.05 pm Moved by Lord Alton of Liverpool That this House regrets that the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance, Attendance...
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...
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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...