To listen to the serialised extracts from Shin Dong Hyok's book, "Escape From Camp 14", which have been broadcast this week on BBC Radio Four, use the following link to take you to the recordings:...
House of Lords debate – South Sudan and South Kordofan – March 26th 2012.
Debate followed by extended remarks: South Sudan Question 6.30 pm Asked By Baroness Cox To ask Her Majesty's Government what provisions they are making to support the Government of South Sudan, with particular reference to the development of good governance and...
House of Lords Debate on Kony and the LRA – March 26th 2012 – Kony 2012
Extended remarks followed by the debate: I first requested this short debate nearly eighteen months ago after meeting Juliet, a courageous young woman, on the day she delivered a letter to the Prime Minister, asking for help for victims of Joseph Kony and the Lord’s...
Ten Questions Interview
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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...
Charities, SRI, and Making Change – 2004
When most charities were formed they had as a basic mandate the desire to bring about change – so shouldn’t they be using their leverage to challenge and to change? Yet, there is always a nervousness that by collaborating with commercial interests you can become...
Ruskin and the Money Making Mob
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...
Why Human Cloning Is Wrong : Text of A Statement Made By Lord Alton of Liverpool to the House of Lords Select Committee on Stem Cells on Monday 19th of November, 2001:
Text of A Statement Made By Lord Alton of Liverpool to the House of Lords Select Committee on Stem Cells on Monday 19th of November, 2001: Lord Chairman, May I first of all take this opportunity of thanking the Committee members for allowing my...
Finding Somewhere For the Birds To Sing.
Finding Somewhere For the Birds To Sing. David Alton People take various routes into politics. Mine was the well trod path from local government into the House of Commons. I now sit as an independent in the Lords. Throughout the...
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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UK aid supporting minorities in Pakistan – short debate House of Lords 25th April 2024.
Lords Grand CommitteeThursday 25 April 2024 Full debate: https://youtu.be/VMSZpOq_oyk Lord Alton of Liverpool:I am grateful to all noble lords participating in today’s short debate about ways in which UK development aid to Pakistan- rising from £41.5 million this year...
Letter to the Prime Minister calling for Recognition of the Armenian Genocide
The Right Honourable Rishi Sunak MPPrime Minister10 Downing StreetLondonSW1A 2AAApril 24, 2024 Dear Prime Minister,I am writing to you on the occasion of the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. On April24th, Armenians worldwide commemorate this day, which has...
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...