A Wake Up Call For Executives And Trustees - delivered in 2004 David Alton. John Ruskin once wrote that “a nation cannot last as a money making mob.” Most of us would concur with that view and would want to see wealth used ethically and creatively. The movement...
"Bringing about Political Change" – Liverpool Hope University 21st February – 2012
Liverpool Hope University Bringing About Political Change 4 - Powerpoint Presentation Hope University: Tuesday February 21st 2012. "Bringing about Political Change" Arun Gandhi attributed the following remark to his grandfather, Mahatma: “You must be the...
Declaring a Year of Jubilee – 2004 Advocate International Convocation Washington DC
Advocates International Convocation October 29th 2004. Washington DC Extracts from an Address by Lord Alton of Liverpool There is a story about an argument that ensues between three men who all believe that theirs is the oldest profession. There is a doctor, a lawyer...
Gladstone Lecture – Liverpool – "son of Liverpool, scourge of tyrants."
The 87th Roscoe Lecture: St.George’s Hall, Liverpool. Lord Alton of Liverpool 27th October 2009. Gladstone – son of Liverpool, scourge of tyrants. Let me begin by saying why this Roscoe Lecture is being held now, why here and why the university is sponsoring it. Why...
Withdrawal of funding for charities working with mesothelioma victims
6.45 pm Lord Alton of Liverpool: My Lords, claims management companies are sometimes described in more popular language as "claims farmers", and they are a real pest. Inasmuch as the Government are seeking to do something about the claims farmers, I am totally in...
Time Is Of The Essence
Who was ever heard to utter on their deathbed "I wish that I had spent more time at the office?" Most of us will ruefully reflect that insufficient time had been spent with our families and with the ones we love or in doing the things that we know give real worth or...
Craigmyle Lecture Given in 2002 – Faith in Education, Faith in Formation: Keeping Faith In A Changing World.
Each year a lecture is given in the House of Lords to commemorate the work of Lord (Donald) Craigmyle a former President of the Catholic Union. In 2002 the Craigmyle Lecture, was delivered by Lord Alton of Liverpool. Faith in Education, Faith in Formation: Keeping...
Educating For Citizenship
EDUCATING FOR CITIZENSHIP INSIGHTS FROM EUROPE (text originally delivered at Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virgina, USA). On both sides of the Atlantic the debate about 'educating for citizenship' has become a metaphor for a more fundamental debate about...
Engaging With the Korea – Short Debate at Westminster, January 17th 2012
European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Republic of Korea Framework Agreement) Order 2012 European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Republic of Korea Framework Agreement) Order 2012 36th Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments Considered in Grand...
Legal Aid Bill Threatens Access To Justice
Second Reading of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, House of Lords, November 21st. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldhansrd/text/111121-0002.htm When Lord Beveridge identified the five giant evils facing Britain, which led,...
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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£1 Trillion – Raised In Parliament Today. The Cost of Reparations In Ukraine and Bringing To Justice Those Responsible.
https://youtu.be/xlEfrgwELvc Alongside the fatalities, injuries and chronic suffering and misery which Putin’s war has brought to Ukraine, the economic cost of rebuilding and remedying war damage is now estimated to be close to £1 trillion. Yesterday David...
Stop Perpetrators Getting Away With Genocide – Public Letter sent to the UK Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary on the Genocide Determination Bill 2023-24. The letter was published this morning, 17 April 2024, 06:00 am UK time.
Stop Perpetrators Getting Away With Genocide - Public Letter sent to the UK Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary on the Genocide Determination Bill 2023-24. The letter was published this morning, 17 April 2024, 06:00 am UK time. 'First of its kind': Prominent lawyers...
Statement by the All-Part Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Pakistani Minorities, on April 16th – the anniversary of Iqbal Masih’s murder
Statement by the All-Part Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Pakistani Minorities, on the anniversary of Iqbal Masih’s murder See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW15xzLt2VI [London, 16 April 2024] Today, the APPG for Pakistani Minorities, a cross-party parliamentary...