The world watches Hong Kong's umbrella protests with apprehension tinged with hope Anyone who loves China and the people of China will be watching events in Hong Kong with a combination of apprehension, fear and hope. The apprehension and the fear is based on what...
Archive 2 – more indexed archived speeches and articles.
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 Case For A Greater Liverpool Combined Authority
The Case For A Greater Liverpool Combined Authority Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB): My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Storey, not least because in the 1970 general election, what seems like a million years ago now, we were both students and...
Christmas is Coming – but Not to Chang Song-Thaek's North Korea – Launch of Campaign for BBC World Service Korea – and A Christmas Reflection
Christmas is Coming - but Not to Chang Song-Thaek's North Korea - A Christmas Reflection The irony wasn’t lost on me or my travelling companions as our Air China plane touched down at Pyongyang airport and the cabin was filled with the usual end-of-flight piped music...
Christmas is Coming – but Not to Chang Song-Thaek’s North Korea – Launch of Campaign for BBC World Service Korea – and A Christmas Reflection
Christmas is Coming - but Not to Chang Song-Thaek's North Korea - A Christmas Reflection The irony wasn’t lost on me or my travelling companions as our Air China plane touched down at Pyongyang airport and the cabin was filled with the usual end-of-flight piped music...
The Loss of Legal Aid Will Lead To A Loss of Justice
House of Lords Debate, initiated by Lord Carlile QC on December 13th 2013. Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB): My Lords, perhaps a non-lawyer might be permitted to detain your Lordships’ House for just a few moments. Although I am not a lawyer, I have a daughter who has...
On Line Safety Bill debated – suicide sites, cyber bullying, and protection of young children.
Subject: On Line Safety Bill Second Reading Friday December 6th 2013 Read the full debate at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201314/ldhansrd/text/131206-0001.htm#13120659000674 1.40 am Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB): My Lords, like other...
Congressman Chris Smith Talks Sense On The Need For A Syrian War Crimes Tribunal
Congressman Chris Smith talks a lot of sense in proposing the creation of a Syrian War Crimes Tribunal: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/rep-chris-smith-establish-a-syrian-war-crimes-tribunal/2013/09/09/be88e10c-197c-11e3-82ef-a059e54c49d0_story.html Raining...
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...
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Hikvision and Surveillance Cameras – “a timeline for the removal of surveillance equipment supplied by companies subject to the National Intelligence Law of China from sensitive sites..is due to be published by 26 April….We encourage all organisations to follow NCSC supply chain security guidance when selecting a technology supplier.”
Baroness Neville-Rolfe, the Cabinet Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3549): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool :To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total cost to date of the removal of Hikvision cameras from...
A debate has been secured in the House of Lords on April 25th 2024 on the Plight Of Pakistan’s Minorities. The APPG on Pakistan Minorities has been holding an Inquiry into the use of predominantly minority slave labour in brick kilns and as bonded labour. Human Rights Without Frontiers has highlighted “Bonded by Brick: The Story of Modern-Day Slavery in Pakistan” produced by The Centrum Media (TCM), Pakistan’s first digital news platform
In advance of my debate on Pakistan Minorities on April 25th: Bitter Winter (02.04.2024) - The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting operates in Washington, D.C., as a news media organization focusing on issues of international interest that other media outlets are...
Statement by Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the Democratic Republic of Congo at 55th Session of the Human Rights Council – and, separately, a warning of the danger of a new war between Congo and Rwanda
55th Session of the Human Rights Council Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the Democratic Republic of Congo Statement by Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 2 April 2024 Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Decades of...