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...
World War One – day of World War One Poetry in Liverpool – Remembering the First World War and 16.5 million deaths
Remarks made by David Alton at the launch of the “Merseyisde at War” commemoration of World War One Poetry – hosted by Liverpool John Moores University on November 30th 2013 in Liverpool Visit: http://www.merseyside-at-war.org/ Forthcoming Roscoe Lecture: Thursday 13...
Launch at Westminster of Taken Campaign to Combat Human Trafficking – Hazel Thompson's powerful report on the situation in Mumbai. Also read about Kavi – and a special showing of the film in Liverpool.
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...
Launch at Westminster of Taken Campaign to Combat Human Trafficking – Hazel Thompson’s powerful report on the situation in Mumbai. Also read about Kavi – and a special showing of the film in Liverpool.
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?...
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.
Social Media
Site Search
Recent Posts
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...
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...