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India — Debate (18 Dec 2008)

Lord Alton of Liverpool: ...converts to Islam, Christianity or Buddhism, for example—and anti-conversion laws both need to be challenged because of the way that they affect dalits. These laws undoubtedly contribute to a climate of violence and aggression against India's tiny Christian minority, which numbers some 24 million followers—just 2.3 per cent. St Thomas the Apostle brought Christianity to Kerala...

World Food Prices (3 Jul 2008)

Lord Alton of Liverpool: ...an officer, we heard first-hand accounts of the increasingly desperate situation in many parts of Sudan. I was therefore staggered to read the Minister's assertion: "Our initial assessment is that the flight changes announced by the World Food Programme's Humanitarian Air Service will not adversely affect the frontline work of the humanitarian operation in Darfur".—[Official Report,...

Education and Inspections Bill (30 Oct 2006)

Lord Alton of Liverpool: ..., significant gains have been made. If we want to integrate the Muslim community in this country, it will not happen by imposing 25 per cent quotas. Does anyone believe that, in the present climate, people will be queuing up to send their children to Muslim schools to take up that 25 per cent of places? It would be unrealistic to believe that. We will see change through patience and...

Democratic Republic of Congo (27 Mar 2006)

Lord Alton of Liverpool: ...Africa during 2005, little was done to stabilise the Congo. When the Prime Minister appeared before a parliamentary committee a few weeks ago, it was significant that in two and a half hours of exchanges Africa was not mentioned once. Notwithstanding what the noble Lord, Lord Giddens, said about our welcome contribution to reconstruction in the Congo, it is depressing how quickly political...

Racial and Religious Hatred Bill (25 Oct 2005)

Lord Alton of Liverpool: ...we are entitled to do so if we wish although in recent years it has not always been our practice. If we are to put a new framework for the Bill in place, now is the time to do so. If it needs to be changed in ways such as those outlined by the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, who made his usual thoughtful, consistent contribution on this issue, we shall be free to do so on Report. There is merit,...

Street Children in Latin America (22 Jun 2005)

Lord Alton of Liverpool: ...had been consigned to the pages of history. But as graphically illustrated by the cases on the website to which I referred, and by the film, "City of God", the carnage continues. It flourishes in a climate of fear, silence and official collusion. I began my own visit in Rio at the church of Our Lady of Candelaria, where in July 1993 six police officers opened fire on a group of street...

Address in Reply to Her Majesty's Most Gracious Speech (19 May 2005)

Lord Alton of Liverpool: ...the depredations of the Janjaweed militia, as long ago as 2001, thousands were said to be dying. By 20 May, 2004, with an estimated 30,000 dead, I asked the Government: "What has to happen to change the passive role we have taken so far of merely monitoring the situation? Are we not in grave danger of making the same mistakes that we made at the time of the genocide in Rwanda?". The...

Liverpool (20 Mar 2002)

Lord Alton of Liverpool: ...Gideon Ben Tovim, who leads the Labour Opposition, have behaved in a constructive way in addressing the needs of the city. That has altered the outside world's perception of Liverpool and created a climate in which new investment and change have become possible. Earlier in the month the city at last shed the unwelcome and invidious title of levying the highest council tax in the country,...

International Development Bill [H.L.] (16 Jul 2001)

Lord Alton of Liverpool: ...abuses and other human rights abuses in China. But we also believe that programmes of the kind supported by UNFPA can contribute to improving policy and practice, and to helping to bring about a climate where coercion and abuse will no longer be tolerated".--[Official Report, 6/3/01; cols. WA24-25.] Therefore, the argument remains the same: if we stay within, somehow we shall be able to...

Turkey: EU Membership (25 Jul 2000)

Lord Alton of Liverpool: ...faced systematic destruction, and we detailed examples of individual atrocities and what we described as cultural genocide. In the intervening period, I regret to tell your Lordships, little has changed. Turkey's tiny Christian minority--probably fewer than 100,000 people--has never been a fashionable cause. But as Turkey edges towards membership of the European Union, her attitude towards...