Launch of Taken Campaign at the House of Lords: 4.45pm Wednesday October 16th, Inter Parliamentary Union Room, Westminster. Remarks by David Alton – Lord Alton of Liverpool. About the Taken Campaign http://takenebook.com/ I’d like to begin by encouraging people...
Second Vatican Council – 50 Years Later What Does It Say To Us? Northern Catholic Conference, Liverpool 2013.
Northern Catholic Conference , June 8th, 2013 - Vatican Two – Reading the signs of the times: 50 Years Later What Does The Council Say To Us? Also, for power point slides, see https://www.davidalton.net/media/ On October 11th 2012, we marked the momentous event...
Mind The Gap – Keynote Speech to CSAN Conference on Poverty – June 2013 – and Narrowgate Emergency Night Shelter Salford Closed Following changes to the Housing Benefit rules
Interview on the Increasing Poverty Gap In Britain: www.premier.org.uk/hearttoheart See also Archbishop Vincent Nichols: <a href="http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=22745"> CSAN Conference, London Keynote Speech, 12 June 2013 David Alton: ...
North Korea Debated in Parliament – Peers Spotlight Security Huamn rights and Humanitarian Concerns
To view the debate on North Korea click here: http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=12298 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uh05ubF56Q• https://www.davidalton.net/2013/01/11/the-prison-camps-of-north-korea/•...
The Creation of Animal Human Hybrid Embryos
Full Debate on the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations, 2012, may be read at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201213/ldhansrd/text/121213-gc0001.htm#12121339000271 Lord Alton of Liverpool: My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord...
Parliamentary Debate on The Contribution of Elderly People To Society
Friday December 14th. 2.47 pm Lord Alton of Liverpool: My Lords, I begin, as others have done, by paying tribute to the most revered Primate, not simply for choosing this important topic for debate here in your Lordships’ House today but also to say how...
Speech at the Oxford Union, October 2012, Opposing The Legalisation of Euthanasia and Assisted Killing of Patients
SPEECH AT THE OXFORD UNION - October 2012 Anyone who has followed the cases of Tony Nicklinson, Diane Pretty and Debbie Purdy – whose personal tragedies can leave no sane man or woman untouched – will inevitably ask the question is it possible to frame a better law?...
Baroness Cox and Lord Alton Highlight The Continued Killing In South Kordofan and Darfur
Sudan and South Sudan: EUC Report The EU: Sudan and South Sudan-follow-up report Motion to Take Note 17 Oct 2012 : Column GC568 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxi4R3uP9bo&feature=youtu.be 7.20 pm Lord Alton of Liverpool: My Lords, I welcome the noble Baroness,...
North Korea Case Reports and Human Rights Violation: From Documentation to Advocacy – why human rights in North Korea are key.
Kim Dae Jung Library - his prison uniform https://www.davidalton.net/media/Click on this link for the power point presentation which accompanies this talk. : David Alton (Professor Lord Alton of Liverpool) Seoul, September 2012. In setting the scene and in...
Why Britain Needs The Sharp Compassion of the Healer’s Art Maranatha Lecture October 3rd 2012. Manchester.
https://www.davidalton.net/media/ Click on this link for the power pont presentation which accompanies this lecture and which is in the Media section of the web site. Click on the linkbelow for a link to the video recording of the lecture:...
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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End of Life Care – two important letters in today’s Times spell out the facts of life and death .
END-OF-LIFE CARESir, Dr Henry Marsh (Apr 2) says the law does not allow him choice over his death and “insists instead that I must suffer”. That is not so. As a doctor, surely he knows that he can halt any life-prolonging treatment he is receiving at any time? If he...
A dialogue about Easter between a Christian and a Jew.Dr.Irene Lancaster and Dr.Rowan Williams reflect on centuries of prejudice and distortion.
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Tim Farron discusses “the mucky business” of politics with me for his radio show.
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