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Division Vote (Lords)
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB) voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 33 Crossbench Aye votes vs 4 Crossbench No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 290 Noes - 143
Division Vote (Lords)
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB) voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 27 Crossbench Aye votes vs 2 Crossbench No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 271 Noes - 138
Division Vote (Lords)
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB) voted Aye and against the House
One of 11 Crossbench Aye votes vs 10 Crossbench No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 198 Noes - 198
Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 22 Jul 2025
Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025

"My Lords, I hope to be able to persuade the noble Lord, Lord Robertson, who knows that I have enormous respect for him, that the safeguards are not good enough and that he should reconsider before we get to a vote on this amendment. The noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, at …..."
Lord Alton of Liverpool - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 22 Jul 2025
Great British Energy: Nuclear Development

"My Lords, given the announcement at the weekend that £200 million is going to be spent through Great British Energy to purchase solar panels from China, how can the Minister reconcile that with the amendment passed by your Lordships’ House that goods that may have been manufactured using slave labour …..."
Lord Alton of Liverpool - View Speech

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Division Vote (Lords)
22 Jul 2025 - Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 - View Vote Context
Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB) voted Aye and against the House
One of 34 Crossbench Aye votes vs 17 Crossbench No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 155 Noes - 267
Written Question
Ethiopia: Armed Conflict
Tuesday 22nd July 2025

Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assistance they are providing to victims of conflict-related sexual violence in Ethiopia; how this assistance will be affected by the cuts to Official Development Assistance; and how they are coordinating the responses to atrocity crimes in Ethiopia with other countries.

Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK has played a critical role in supporting survivor-centred humanitarian interventions in Ethiopia, particularly in response to conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) in Tigray and other conflict-affected regions. The UK has prioritised healthcare, psychosocial support, access to justice, as well as policy efforts to increase accountability. In the last financial year, we allocated £4.6 million to deliver Gender Based Violence (GBV) and child protection services in Tigray, Afar, Amhara, Oromia and Somali regions. Between June 2023 and January 2025, GBV and child protection services reached over 50,000 women and girls, across 19 health facilities in affected regions. The UK remains committed to preventing CRSV and funding for GBV prevention and response has increased this financial year. Funding for future years has not yet been allocated.

Written Question
Arms Trade Treaty
Tuesday 22nd July 2025

Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the judgment by the High Court in R (Al-Haq) v Secretary of State for Business and Trade [2025] EWHC 1615 (Admin) on 30 June, whether they plan to consider the incorporation of the Arms Trade Treaty into domestic law.

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development)

The Government is fully committed to international law and acts in a manner that is consistent with our international obligations and commitments. We remain strongly committed to the Arms Trade Treaty and to act accordingly. Our export control regime remains consistent with our international obligations.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Jul 2025
Official Development Assistance

"My Lords, given that conflict is one of the reasons why development is always impeded, has the Minister had a chance to look at the correspondence last week between the Foreign Secretary and the Joint Committee on Human Rights, where the Foreign Secretary was asked whether these cuts will impact …..."
Lord Alton of Liverpool - View Speech

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Division Vote (Lords)
21 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB) voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 18 Crossbench Aye votes vs 2 Crossbench No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 216 Noes - 143