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U.K. Government asked, given the alleged role of Ebrahim Raisi in Iran’s  extrajudicial executions in the 1980s and in subsequent executions and impunity and his statement that “amputation of arms and limbs is a divine punishment and divine punishments are a source of great pride for us” how does the Government view the prospect of his election as Iran’s President in the forthcoming elections.

U.K. Government asked, given the alleged role of Ebrahim Raisi in Iran’s extrajudicial executions in the 1980s and in subsequent executions and impunity and his statement that “amputation of arms and limbs is a divine punishment and divine punishments are a source of great pride for us” how does the Government view the prospect of his election as Iran’s President in the forthcoming elections.

Oral Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool in Parliament today: .Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, can the Minister study this morning’s statement by openDemocracy, which includes an appeal by a survivor of the 1988 mass executions of Iran’s political prisoners,...

China and Hong Kong:  David and Goliath Struggle     The UK and Commonwealth should guarantee the citizenship, resettlement rights and right of abode of Hong Kong people in Commonwealth countries.     “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will….In a gentle way, you can shake the world” – Mahatma Gandhi  

China and Hong Kong:  David and Goliath Struggle   The UK and Commonwealth should guarantee the citizenship, resettlement rights and right of abode of Hong Kong people in Commonwealth countries.   “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an...

Pentecost Golden Jubilee of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral; Funeral of Edge Hill’s former Vicar, Alan Godson; Arab Hope Maker Award to Cairo’s Mama Maggie; General Election June 8th 2017 – Election Notebook – recalling earlier contests.Parliamentary Questions raised by David Alton.

Pentecost and a Golden Jubilee The eve of Pentecost was the perfect time to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Liverpool’s Cathedral of Christ the King. The Cathedral choirs began the wonderful evening of celebration...

Archive – House of Commons1980s

Results 21 to 30 of 95 Local Government Finance (No. 2) Bill Lords — May 13, 1982 Baroness, Lady Stedman, and by my honourable friend David Alton, and by the honourable Member, Mr. Roberts, in another place. It has been put down so many times, and so many attempts...

Essay for GIS Reports: A high-stakes game of snakes and ladders: Russia’s war on Ukraine is a last stand for the international rules-based order. The West will need to rally fierce and unwavering support for the defender and global freedoms to prevail.🇺🇦

🇺🇦 Putin’s War - the high stakes in a lethal game of snakes and ladders. https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/russia-war-ukraine-global/ LORD ALTON OF LIVERPOOL Russia’s war on Ukraine is a last stand for the international rules-based order. The West will need to rally...

Flags and Flowers in the Ukraine.

Flags and Flowers in the Ukraine. Writing in today’s Telegraph,Charles Moore recalls how, as an 11-year-old, he heard the news  that Russian tanks had moved into Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring of Alexander Dubcek. ...

Displaced People Worldwide Debate – House of Lords

Displaced People Worldwide Debate – House of Lords

House of Lords 6th January 2022Lord Alton of Liverpool to move that this House takes note of (1) the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ estimate that 82.4 million people are displaced worldwide, 42 per cent of whom are children, and 32 per cent of whom are...

TS Eliot said “Last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s language and next year’s words await another voice”. Whose voices will now be raised for those living in the perpetual bitter winter of persecution because of their beliefs? Setting the People Free.

Setting the People Free: Talk Given To the Anglican Benefice of St. Wilfrid, St.John’s and All Hallows, Lancashire. December 2021 Canon McConkey told me that the theme which would link these Advent Talks were the words from the hymn “ Come thou long expected Jesus...

In advance of the launch tomorrow of a new report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea a letter has been sent today to Dominic Raab about the CCP’s forced repatriation of 50 North Korean escapees on 14th July. These North Koreans will without doubt end up in prison and labour camps where they will very likely die, either by execution or as a result of the dire conditions and mistreatment.

19 July, 2021   The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP Secretary of State  Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office King Charles Street London SW1A 2AH Dear Foreign Secretary,   We are writing to bring to your attention the forcible repatriation of 50...

The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee has today published its important report “Never Again: The UK’s Responsibility to Act on Atrocities in Xinjiang and Beyond”. It says that the Government must act on the decision by the Commons to name atrocities in Xinjiang as a Genocide.

https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/78/foreign-affairs-committee/news/156425/fac-xinjiang-detention-camps-report-published-21-22/ The Foreign Affairs Committee today publishes its report “Never Again: The UK's Responsibility to Act on Atrocities in Xinjiang and...

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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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As senior officials in Hong Kong remain unsanctioned by the UK, Ministers say they have “urged the authorities” and HSBC Trustees to release savings of escapees; that “Article 23 of Hong Kong’s Basic Law, enacted on 23 March is likely incompatible with international human rights law and will have a negative impact on the people of Hong Kong in the exercise of their rights and freedoms”; and have “noted the allegation that some evidence to be used to prosecute Jimmy Lai had been obtained through the torture of Andy Li.”

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3229): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will take steps to impose...

Reply to Question in Parliament about whether the UK Government will allow British National (Overseas) visa holders to voluntarily pay up to 15 years’ worth of Class 3 national insurance contributions towards a state pension, in cases where such visa holders have been denied access to their Mandatory Provident Fund pension savings by HSBC

Baroness Vere of Norbiton, Treasury, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3506): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will allow British National (Overseas) visa holders to voluntarily...

In advance of my oral question, scheduled to be asked in the House of Lords on April 17th,3 Parliamentary Replies on Putin’s War in Ukraine – bringing to justice those responsible for the Crime of Aggression and Reparations – including £2.5 billion from the sale of Chelsea FC.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3194): Question:To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the General Assembly of the United Nations...