The Tyburn Lecture – May 9th 2012

The Tyburn Lecture, May 9th 2012. David Alton: “What Price Faith?” The prophet Isaiah reminds us that you should never forget “the rock from which you are hewn.” And in the Book of Deuteronomy we are told to “remember the days of old; consider the generations long...

Truth, Justice, Charity, Liberty in a Globalised World – Paper given at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Vatican City, during a symposium in anticipation of the 5oth anniversary of the publication of Pacem in Terris

https://www.davidalton.net/2012/05/04/pacem-in-terris-and-the-tranquillity-of-order/ Truth, Justice, Charity and Liberty in the Globalised World Rome, April 2012 THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Vatican City XVIII PLENARY SESSION (27 April – 1 May 2012)...

Euthanasia – the Joffe Bill – 2004

My Lords,   On a Friday last June many of us gathered in your Lordships’ House for what must rank as one of the longest second reading debates in recent years, starting at 11am and not finishing until just before 7pm. This was a memorable debate with many...

Mental Capacity – 2005 Speech

January 10th 2005 Speech by Lord Alton of Liverpool on the 2nd Reading of The Mental Capacity Bill.       My Lords, I support the principle of creating a statutory framework to protect those individuals who lack mental capacity. Those organisations that have been...

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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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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...

UK Gov. responds to my question about the Hong Kong Watch report, “Tuition Fees for BNO Visa Holders: The Case for Home Fee Status”, and the impact of the cost of international fees on the ability of young British National (Overseas) (BNO) visa holders to attend university; and whether they will follow the Scottish Government in introducing home fees status for BNO visa holders after three years of residency in the UK. But says nothing which wasn’t already known.

Baroness Barran, the Department for Education, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3505): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Hong Kong Watch report, Tuition...