Tuesday 1 November 2022 Meeting Subject: Defence concepts and capabilities: from aspiration to realityWitness(es): The Rt Hon Ben Wallace, Secretary of State for Defence, Ministry of Defence; Major General David Eastman, Assistant Chief of Defence Staff -...
Speaker Pelosi spells out why she had traveled to Taiwan: “America must remember that vow we made to Taiwan ). We must stand by Taiwan, which is an island of resilience. Taiwan is a leader in governance… a leader in peace, security and economic dynamism: with an entrepreneurial spirit, culture of innovation and technological prowess that are envies of the world. Yet, disturbingly, this vibrant, robust democracy and proudly led by a woman, President Tsai Ing-wen — is under threat…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/02/nancy-pelosi-taiwan-visit-op-ed/ The Washington Post- Nancy Pelosi: “Some 43 years ago, the United States Congress overwhelmingly passed — and President Jimmy Carter signed into law — the Taiwan Relations Act, one of...
China: UK must strengthen resilience, protect cutting-edge technology, and safeguard our research facilities.
In Parliament Lord Alton highlighted betrayal of the national interest, by allowing the UK's security, academia, technology, and political systems to be interfered with by the Chinese Communist Party. Look through the lens of Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Wuhan, or...
China & Putin’s War: International Relations & Defence Committee
International Relations and Defence CommitteeWednesday 18 May 2022 Defence concepts and capabilities: from aspiration to reality. Lord Alton's questions to witness Meia Nouwens, Senior Fellow for Chinese Defence Policy and Military Modernisation, International...
Today’s debate on Taiwan. We must stand with Taiwan against the March of authoritarianism
The House is greatly indented to my noble friend, Lady D’souza, for bringing this Motion on Taiwan for debate today. I draw attention to the relevant AAPGs of which I am a member and also my membership of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China and commend the...
What is the Government doing to contest the challenges posed by China to the Commonwealth and the UK’s interests in Africa? – House of Lords International Relations & Defence Committee
International Relations and Defence Committee Wednesday 26 January 2022.Witness: Vicky Ford MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, Minister for Africa https://youtu.be/1GMVYVwcAdg Minister, can you say something about...
Genocide in Xinjiang, the destruction of democracy in Hong Kong and the continuing CCP threat to Taiwan – Questions to the Defence Secretary.
International Relations and Defence Committee Wednesday 27 October 2021 I asked Ben Wallace MP, the Defence Secretary questions today about Genocide in Xinjiang, the destruction of democracy in Hong Kong and the continuing CCP threat to the 23 million people in...
George Weigel Succinctly Explains Why The Vatican’s Silence Over Hong Kong Is So Shocking.
Writing In First Things, George Weigel Succinctly Explains Why The Vatican's Silence Over Hong Kong Is So Shocking. Remaining silent about Hong Kong, the Uyghur Genocide, threats to Taiwan, widespread persecution, and violation of human rights by the CCP, evokes...
Times reports today on Australian PM’s warning of the danger of conflict, on CCP abductions of Uyghurs who have fled abroad, and CCP’s round up of dissenters and silencing of references to the Cultural Revolution, the Great Famine, and the Tiananmen massacre.
Times reports today on Australian PM’s warning of the danger of conflict, on CCP abductions of Uyghurs who have fled abroad, and CCP’s round up of dissenters and silencing of references to the Cultural Revolution, the Great Famine, and the Tiananmen massacre.
Genocide, rape, torture and slave labour – Questions about China at International Relations & Defence Committee
House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee 9th June 2021Witness: Graham Stuart MP, Minister for Exports, Department for International Trade; Nigel Adams MP, Minister for Asia, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office Today, Nigel Adams MP,...
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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At the crossroads: Will the free world choose isolationism or global leadership? Essay for GIS Reports April 19th 2024.
https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/crossroads-isolationism-leadership At the crossroads: Will the free world choose isolationism or global leadership? LORD DAVID ALTON OF LIVERPOOL READING TIME: 16 MIN History teaches us that isolationism leads to disaster. Will the...
Letter from the Lord (David) Alton and Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, co chairs of the All Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea, to Lord (David) Cameron, the Foreign Secretary, about the CCP’s forced repatriation of North Korean refugees in breach of both the 1951 Refugee Convention and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
£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...