In Parliament Lord Alton highlighted betrayal of the national interest, by allowing the UK's security, academia, technology, and political systems to be interfered with by the Chinese Communist Party. Look through the lens of Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Wuhan, or...
Procurement Bill – procurement of goods made in states credibly accused of genocide and states using slave labour
House of Lords, Wednesday 25 May 2022 Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, with his customary thoroughness in opening today’s debate, the noble Lord, Lord True, outlined the purpose of this Procurement Bill with its 13 parts, 116 clauses and 11 schedules. We have...
The Government admits that 1.9 billion items of stock manufactured in China and supplied to the NHS do not meet the correct level of protection.
They spend billions of taxpayers’ money and then say that to provide details “would exceed the disproportionate cost of £850.” The Government admits that 1.9 billion items of stock manufactured in China and supplied to the NHS as high grade do not meet the correct...
UK Middle East Minister says “It is unacceptable that the Assad regime continues to restrict aid access to millions”.
In response to a letter signed by Lord Alton and Dr. Ahmad Dabbagh, Consultant Ophthalmologist, NHS; Dr. David Nott, Professor of Humanitarian Surgery, Imperial College; Mr. Brooks Newmark, former MP and former Minister for Civil Society; Dr. Ghanem Tayara, Chairman...
In the first 11 months of last year, nearly 360,000 antidepressants were prescribed to youngsters under the age of 18; Total bill for prescribed items dispensed over five-year period more than £9m;Nearly 15,000 antidepressants were issued to children aged five to 11 in 2019
In the first 11 months of last year, nearly 360,000 antidepressants were prescribed to youngsters under the age of 18Total bill for prescribed items dispensed over five-year period more than £9mNearly 15,000 antidepressants were issued to children aged five to 11 in...
Government declines to reveal details of a £252 million PPE contract saying is “commercially sensitive” to say whether any of the equipment was unfit for use in the NHS or other purposes.
Lord Bethell, the Department of Health and Social Care, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL10941): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask Her Majesty's Government which contracts they awarded to Ayanda Capital for the...
Government asked what steps it is taking to ensure that the UK has not and will not be complicit in using Uighur slave labour to produce PPE for the NHS and profits for the Chinese Communist Party
In an oral question in Parliament today Lord Alton of Liverpool asked Lord Bethell, the Health Minister, this question: "In a written answer the noble lord the Minister has confirmed to me that the NHS warehouse for PPE at Daventry has masks made by Medwell Medical....
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...