"My Lords, I welcome what the Minister said about the importance of safeguards. He will have seen the report last week from Liberty and the Times, which found that, across 43 regional police forces, children as young as 12 have been caught by facial recognition. Will he confirm that …..." Lord Alton of Liverpool - View Speech
"My Lords, can the Minister confirm that the 51 Venezuelans who are on our sanctions list for their role in undermining democracy and human rights remain sanctioned? Will she say whether we are considering imposing sanctions on those who have been involved in the cartels in the illegal smuggling of …..." Lord Alton of Liverpool - View Speech
"My Lords, in the context of the rise of ISIS again in Somalia and jihadism throughout the region, will the noble Baroness say something about the position of minorities in Syria, who have suffered genocide in the past? Recent attacks on Alawites and Druze in particular should give cause for …..." Lord Alton of Liverpool - View Speech
"My Lords, in my allotted three minutes, I, too, thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Leeds for his long-standing commitment to the people of Sudan. I commend to the Minister, and ask for her response to, the first-hand report by Marcus and Tomas Ray, presented to the APPG …..." Lord Alton of Liverpool - View Speech
"My Lords, the Prime Minister opened last week’s House of Commons debate on the Second Reading of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill—the Hillsborough law—with what he described as
“a simple acknowledgment, long overdue, that the British state failed the families and victims of Hillsborough to an almost inhuman level”.—[ …..." Lord Alton of Liverpool - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in the development of the proposed ‘Hillsborough Law’...." Lord Alton of Liverpool - View Speech
"My Lords, the Minister has indeed done the issues justice. I am grateful to him, not least for the tone he adopted in the reply he gave to the points that the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, and I made in our speeches about Hong Kong.
"My Lords, first, I express my thanks to many noble Lords, both those in the Chamber this evening and others outside it. I felt a tsunami of good wishes and kindness since experiencing a routine bus journey to your Lordships’ House at 8.15 am one morning, after which I ended …..." Lord Alton of Liverpool - View Speech
"I am very happy to butt in and to say that was exactly the point I wanted to make. The noble Lord referred us to subsection (1) in the amendment and the phrase “in general”. That in itself needs to be fleshed out as to what it really means. The …..." Lord Alton of Liverpool - View Speech