Leah Sharibu

Leah Sharibu

Again I have raised the case of Leah Sharibu and the abduction of Nigerian girls. Wednesday 7 December 2022Lord Alton of Liverpool(CB)My Lords, it is four years since a 14 year-old girl, Leah Sharibu, was abducted by Boko Haram. She was forcibly taken, raped and...

Nigeria – Government answers questions on the integrity of elections in Nigeria; asked whether they have held discussions with the President of Nigeria about the Electoral Act(Amendment) Bill 2022 and raised reports that 24,000 voters from 16 communities in Plateau state, Nigeria, may not be able to vote in upcoming elections

Nigeria - Government answers questions on the integrity of elections in Nigeria; asked whether they have held discussions with the President of Nigeria about the Electoral Act(Amendment) Bill 2022 and raised reports that 24,000 voters from 16 communities in Plateau...

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...

NIGERIA: 49 KILLED AND 27 ABDUCTED.

NIGERIA: 49 KILLED AND 27 ABDUCTED.

NIGERIA: 49 KILLED AND 27 ABDUCTED IN SOUTHERN KADUNA ATTACKS - by armed assailants of Fulani ethnicity on communities in three Local Government Areas of Kaduna state, central Nigeria. “Most communities in southern Kaduna, including some in Birnin Gwari and Igabi,...

Lord David Alton

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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In advance of a debate on April 25th on how UK aid is used to support minorities in Pakistan, Government responds to my Question on why Ahmadi Muslims were not included on the single electoral list with all other voters in the recent elections in that country

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3227): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool.:To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord...

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...