The Plight of Egypt's Copts – 100,000 in exodus since March

Arab Spring Question: Tuesday November 29th 2011 2.36 pm Asked by Baroness CoxTo ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the implications of the Arab spring for religious minorities in the countries concerned. The Minister of State, Foreign and...

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,...

The Condition of England Question 2011

“The Condition of England Question – and what we might make of the events of August 2011.” View power-point presentation to accompany lecture at: https://www.davidalton.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/the-condition-of-england-question-2011.ppt David Alton My lecture...

Faith Tax Now Imposed On Catholic Parents And Their Children

Why A Local Faith Tax Is Targetting Catholic Parents and Their Children. There are a variety of ways in which opponents of church schools can seek to undermine them. Usually it is done by sleight of hand, small, seemingly innocuous restrictions, which seek to...

Shin Dong Hyok at Oxford

http://oxfordstudent.com/2011/11/03/ir-society-host-north-korean-defector/ https://www.davidalton.net/2010/12/23/the-gulags-of-north-korea/

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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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Questions about the number of children in Sudan who are (1) affected by malnutrition, and (2) no longer in education, due to the war; and about the percentage of UK aid to Sudan that (1) reaches recipients via emergency response rooms, and (2) supports emergency response rooms.

Lord Collins of Highbury, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL5805): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the...

Government responds to question asking what steps they are taking to ensure sustained medical and psychosocial support for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in Africa, particularly through the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative; and how they are working with international partners to strengthen long-term policy provisions for survivors in conflict-affected regions

Lord Collins of Highbury, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL5873): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure...

Africa Minister response to Questions about Tigray; about the risk of conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea; monitoring the implementation of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement; about illegal gold mining and human trafficking in Tigray; and the continued presence of Eritrean troops in Tigray

Lord Collins of Highbury, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL5872): Questions by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the...