Adult Stem Cells - not human embryos - hold the key to the great breakthroughs in science. Good ethics and good science must march hand in hand: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/12104774/Miraculous-results-from-new-MS-treatment.html...
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...
Health: Stem Cell Therapy
Question for Short Debate 7.33 pm Tabled By Lord Alton of Liverpool To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional resources they are allocating to developing therapies using adult stem cells. Lord Alton of Liverpool: My Lords, as we return to a question that I have...
Opening Statement to the House of Lords Select Committee on Stem Cell Research 19th November 2001
Lord Chairman, May I first of all take this opportunity of thanking the Committee members for allowing my colleagues and I to present our evidence to the Select Committee today. I am joined by Professor David Prentice, Professor Neil Scolding, Mr. Gareth Williams, and...
David Alton's Universe Column on the report of the House of Lords Select Committee on Stem Cell Research – March 2002
Last week, the House of Lords Select Committee on Stem Cell Research, chaired by the Anglican Bishop of Oxford, gave the go ahead to experiments on cloned human embryos and 'spare' embryos left over from IVF procedures. Its conclusions came as little surprise to those...
David Alton's Universe Column on the report of the House of Lords Select Committee on Stem Cell Research – March 2002
Last week, the House of Lords Select Committee on Stem Cell Research, chaired by the Anglican Bishop of Oxford, gave the go ahead to experiments on cloned human embryos and 'spare' embryos left over from IVF procedures. Its conclusions came as little surprise to those...
Embryonic Stem Cells: High on Hype Low on Hope
Universe column for August 21st 2005 by David Alton We are told ad nauseam that unless scientists are allowed to work unfettered creating embryonic stem cells, preferably from cloned human embryos, we will never be able to cure most of the diseases which beset...
Lord Hunt’s All Party Amendment on Forced Organ Harvesting in China – Targeting Falun Gong, Uighurs, Political and Religious Dissidents – Debated In Parliament. Peers Demand That The Government Acts.
Yes Moved by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Share 24: Clause 2, page 2, line 23, at end insert— “(o) the origin and treatment of human tissue used in the process of developing and manufacturing medicines.”Member’s explanatory statement This amendment adds...
Chancellor’s welcome Budget response on mesothelioma research centre – Military Veterans Compensation Victory – New Bill Given Second Reading – Full debate – Also: Why are servicemen and women excluded from help? – call in the House of Lords for an annual Impact statement to monitor the number of fatalities and progress on research into causes and cures
Chancellor's welcome Budget response on mesothelioma research centre: £5 million has been put into the Budget announced on March 16th for a National Mesothelioma Centre (see below), in response to the proposal we put forward from Imperial College: "The...
Mesothelioma – Why are servicemen and women excluded from help? – call in the House of Lords for an annual Impact statement to monitor the number of fatalities and progress on research into causes and cures
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/asbestos-thousands-of-uk-soldiers-who-develop-cancer-due-to-exposure-unfairly-treated-by-mod-say-a6706011.html Also see: https://www.davidalton.net/2014/10/11/liverpool-conference-on-mesotheioma-and-the-law/ Mesothelioma...
House of Lords Debate on the Safety and Legality of creating genetically modified babies: safety, legality and issues of definition and ethics – speech by David Alton
Extracts from the debate on the motion moved by Lord Deben: His speech and the full debate can be read at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201415/ldhansrd/text/150224-0003.html...
Question in the Lords on 3% Mesothelioma Levy – Liverpool conference on Mesothelioma and the Law – reply from Lord Freud
Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Lord Faulks on 9 December 2014 (HL Deb, col 1710), what evidence they have for the assertion that a lack of good research proposals is deterring research into mesothelioma and that there...
Archive 2 – more indexed archived speeches and articles.
Also see: https://www.davidalton.net/2014/07/31/archive-indexed-miscellaneous-articles-and-columns/ Speech on the BBC’s Role in Society – 2003 A speech on the withdrawal of food and fluids from patients 2003 Coercive Population Control in China – 2001 Speech by Lord...
Archive – indexed miscellaneous articles and columns
Miscellaneous archived columns on the following subjects: Abortion and the right to know Paying a price for courage Politicians and how they vote on ethical issues 30 years of abortion in the UK Abortion and the possible link with breast cancer Joanna Jepson’s fight...
Memorial Service for Phyllis Bowman DSG at Westminster Cathedral
http://www.flickr.com/photos/catholicism/sets/72157630411521832/ Remarks by David Alton at the Memorial Service for Phyllis Bowman DSG, founder of Right To Life, held at Westminster Cathedral on July 3rd 2012, followed by the Homily of the Most Revd.Vincent Nichols,...
Phyllis Bowman – requiescat in pace – A friend in high places
I’m really going to miss the short sharp message: “It’s Phyllis; it’s urgent; ring when you can.” It was always urgent and it always elicited a response as soon as I could. Invariably she would be calling about the latest issue to vex the pro life movement’s most...
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...
Educating for good science and good ethics: Educating for Virtue: Lecture at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, North Korea, October 2011
Educating for Good Science and Good Ethics: Educating for Virtue Text of an address to be given by by Professor Lord (David) Alton at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, October 4th 2011. Powerpoint Presentation to accompany lecture Let me begin by first...
The Fight Facing Us – Speech to Right To Life, London, July 7th 2011
The Fight Facing Us Text of a Speech delivered by David Alton (Lord Alton of Liverpool) on Thursday July 7th, 2011, at the River Thames Right To Life Summer Event It was Victor Frankl in "The Doctor and the Soul", who said “sometimes, the unfinished are among the most...
Written Questions In the House of Lords
To read the details of the following written questions in the House of Lords, since March 2000, please click on the link below: Then click on the question and the answer will also be given:http://www.theyworkforyou.com/search/?pid=13103&s=section%3Awrans&pop=1...
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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