Pressed @RTHondavehanson to do more to protect those subject to punitive transnational repression- drawing attention to the Inquiry of @HumanRightsCtte and what we intend to do to strengthen our response to those threatening our citizens. @CommonsSpeaker @LordSpeaker @alexsobel https://t.co/IaeDhgOFzL
— Lord (David) Alton (@DavidAltonHL) March 6, 2025
APPG-HK successfully lobbied the Government to change its policy on ETA requirement for BNO. In a letter to Group vice chair @DavidAltonHL, Minister @SeemaMalhotra1 announced BNOs now no longer need ETA when entering the UK. We thank everyone who has been campaigning for this pic.twitter.com/gkCoA9PMO4
— Fight For Freedom. Stand With Hong Kong. 重光團隊 (@Stand_with_HK) March 6, 2025
Hong Kong BNO U.K. residents: Two welcome replies from Home Office Minister @SeemaMalhotra1 – affirming our commitment to those citizens who have settled in the U.K. following appalling persecution by the CCP. @RTHondavehanson @Stand_with_HK @hk_watch @ipacglobal @thecfhk pic.twitter.com/gOXxdo7i6C
— Lord (David) Alton (@DavidAltonHL) March 6, 2025
Ministers urged to act over Hong Kong activists targeted in UK | Politics News | Sky News @HumanRightsCtte @ipacglobal @hk_watch @Stand_with_HK @thecfhk @CatherineWest1 @YvetteCooperMP https://t.co/kYkbpyAqpj
— Lord (David) Alton (@DavidAltonHL) March 6, 2025
Rane:"Lingering Risk of Protests and significant unrest in China persists…New protests could drive the government to abandon economic reforms & threaten the president's tenure,exacerbate political centralization of power,or further restrict information" https://t.co/aFL6eQfUKG pic.twitter.com/1s7CwfjEeq
— Lord (David) Alton (@DavidAltonHL) March 5, 2025
Religious persecution in China:
https://twitter.com/DavidAltonHL/status/1896918261654282627
My Question @UKParliament about the impact on the Tower of London World Heritage Site of the proposed mega CCP embassy on the Royal Mint site @MPIainDS @TomTugendhat @RobertJenrick @SarahChampionMP @amcarmichaelMP @ipacglobal @benedictrogers @CECCgov @BobFu4China @iguangcheng pic.twitter.com/fB20b91y2n
— Lord (David) Alton (@DavidAltonHL) March 4, 2025
For the US to put itself on the side of dictators and against democracy is a shocking fissure. It is a betrayal of the deepest American and British values of freedom, liberty, and sovereignty. https://t.co/lKfCWFmPLu
— Lord (David) Alton (@DavidAltonHL) March 4, 2025
Mingyang Smart Energy Green Vault North Sea Wind Farm Project @LordPhilofBrum tells me: "investment in energy sector is subject to the highest levels of national security scrutiny & we will continue to work closely with industry to build secure supply chains" @UKHouseofLords pic.twitter.com/huXZYa8M9u
— Lord (David) Alton (@DavidAltonHL) March 3, 2025
Telegraph reports disturbing story about new Wuhan experiments “similar to those that may have triggered the global Covid pandemic.” @mattwridley calls out the CCP regime & warns of the dangers of “testing risky viruses”. @wesstreeting @CatherineWest1 @Keir_Starmer @KemiBadenoch pic.twitter.com/JI95AXrvNx
— Lord (David) Alton (@DavidAltonHL) March 2, 2025
Repatriation of Uyghur Muslims to China:
https://twitter.com/DavidAltonHL/status/1895019174860111879
National Review“The United States vs.Ukraine at the United Nations -Infamy.” At a meeting in @UKParliament I said America’s friends were appalled to see the US voting with North Korea,China & Russia at the United Nations.Dictatorship or Democracy? https://t.co/IT8u6m9jIL
— Lord (David) Alton (@DavidAltonHL) February 26, 2025
I pressed the Government to place tougher restrictions on the import of Chinese electric vehicles which are linked to slave labour in Xinjiang and will always undercut UK made cars and cost the jobs of British car workers. pic.twitter.com/Z5np9Mc2Fw
— Lord (David) Alton (@DavidAltonHL) February 26, 2025