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...
Drama and Music To Make Us Think: Disability Hate Crime, Religious Persecution, Bullying, Relationships, the Holocaust, North Korea, Scapegoating of Minorities…
A theatre company, consisting primarily, but not exclusively, of actors with learning disabilities, recently came to Westminster to perform their play “Living without Fear” – and in one short hour achieved more in raising awareness about...
Celebrate Conference 2013
Click on the following links to access these presentations: Celebrate 2013 For Such A Time As This Celebrate Conference 2013 - Vatican Two 50 Years Later Celebrate Conference 2013 - Catholic Culture and Identity in the 21st Century Celebrate Conference 2013 - Joel's...
President Hu Jintao's Chance To End The One Child Policy and Gendercide
The contrast with the American presidential election campaign could not be greater but this week the Chinese Communist Party made its once in a decade transfer of power to a new Politburo of one-party State appointees. President, Hu Jintao is expected to hand over the...
President Hu Jintao’s Chance To End The One Child Policy and Gendercide
The contrast with the American presidential election campaign could not be greater but this week the Chinese Communist Party made its once in a decade transfer of power to a new Politburo of one-party State appointees. President, Hu Jintao is expected to hand over the...
The Horror of Mesothelioma – No Way To Treat Victims
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill Committee (6th Day) (Continued) Monday January 30th 2012 8.54 pm Amendment 137A Moved by Lord Alton of Liverpool 137A: Clause 43, page 30, line 23, at end insert- "( ) The amendments made by this section do not...
Lecture on the life of the remarkable Sophie Scholl by Professor Frank McDonough of Liverpool John Moores University.
This link takes you to Professor Frank McDonough's lecture about the life of Sophie Scholl:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBeHdtqQHQA
Celebrating The New – Not Seeing Off The Old: The Falconer Commission
http://respublica.org.uk/item/Celebrating-The-New-Not-Seeing-Off-The-Old Baroness Hollins - President Elect of the BMA condemns Falconer Proposals: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8995355/Sick-people-need-help-to-live-not-help-to-die.html The Telegraph View...
Fr.Steven Ochieng's work in Turkana – 2011
One of the journalists who attended this week's event in the House of Lords, at which Fr.Steven Ochieng described his work in Turkana, wrote the following article which summarised Steven’s key messages. This is a great service that you may find of interest. ...
Public Whip – Alton Voting Record Link
David Alton - Voting Record Voting record for David Alton - Link available below: The Public Whip
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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Government responds to question about the potential of an international tribunal for delivering reparations to victims of the war in Ukraine
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3874): Question n Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the...
Replies to Parliamentary Questions on whether the UK Government intend to propose legislation to ensure that the UK is not a safe haven for perpetrators of war crimes in Ukraine and whether they are planning to introduce legislation to amend the International Criminal Court Act 2001 to enable UK courts to prosecute non-citizens and non-residents for crimes against humanity, war crimes or genocide in Ukraine.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3876): Question By Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to propose legislation...
Replies to Parliamentary Questions on the number of people who are dying of hunger or who are food insecure in Sudan; how quickly the UK decision to increase humanitarian aid for war victims in Sudan will be made available; what it will be used for; and how it will be deployed; and the impact of the war in Sudan on South Sudan, including (1) the numbers of displaced people and refugees, and (2) the impact on its economy caused by the loss of receipts from the export of oil
Lord Benyon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3877): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people...