The Lord Alton of Liverpool
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Alton of Liverpool's full title is The Lord Alton of Liverpool. His name is David Patrick Paul Alton, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
68 Content(42.0%)
9 Not-Content(5.6%)
85 didn't vote(52.5%)
2026-06-09
Not-Content
13–66
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Content
198–139
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2026-03-05
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208–142
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2026-03-05
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214–142
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2026-01-12
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201–169
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2026-01-05
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131–127
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194–130
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168–178
Not-Content
2026-01-05
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210–131
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132–124
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Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-06-22
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office
I welcome what the Minister just said about the updating of some of the guidelines but will he return to the report that the Joint Committee on Human Rights published exactly 10 months ago, which called for the highest enhanced tier of the foreign influe
2026-06-18
Transnational Marriage Abandonment
My Lords, just two nights ago in Parliament, there was a two and a half-hour session organised by one of the all-party parliamentary groups at which a number of women and girls gave evidence. Evidence that was given by Professor Javaid Rehman and Profess
2026-06-11
Bosnia and Herzegovina
My Lords, on this day last week, the noble Baroness, Lady Helic, spoke powerfully in the debate on genocide and atrocity crimes, pledging support for my Genocide Determination Bill, which will be debated on 17 July. Today, as we recall the horrific dep
My Lords, I strongly welcome the role that the Minister has played in ensuring that this legislation is brought forward. I remind him of the debate that we had in in your Lordships’ House on the Joint Committee on Human Rights report, Transnational Repre
My Lords, the Minister is always helpful in the replies that he gives to the House, but I press him further on the second limb of the question I put to him about the discovery of cellular modules in a former Prime Minister’s car. This was not something j
I am grateful to the noble Baroness, and to the Minister for that reply.
That disclosure was made yesterday to a Select Committee in another place—that a Chinese cellular module was discovered in the then Prime Minister’s car—and on the previous day,
To ask His Majesty’s Government, further to the reported discoveries of concealed surveillance equipment in Government offices and vehicles, what assessment they have made of the implications of this for (1) national security, and (2) public policy.
2026-06-09
Cuba: Humanitarian Situation
My Lords, in that one-party state which systematically suppresses dissent, freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, which routinely uses sham trials and which imposes arbitrary detention in harsh prison conditions, targeting journalists, labour activ
My Lords, I am greatly encouraged to have heard our House speak so powerfully, so eloquently, and with such a united voice about our determination to tackle atrocity crimes in whatever vestige they may come, whether it is outright genocide, crimes agains
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords participating in today’s debate, along with the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, Protection Approaches, and the Coalition for Genocide Response—of which I am a patron—Dr Ewelina Ochab, and the Hous
That this House takes note of the role of government policy in combating atrocity crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
2026-05-21
King’s Speech
My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford. As the gracious Address rightly notes, antisemitism, political fragmentation and alienation are challenges that demand we work far harder to renew our institutions and p
My Lords, given what the Minister has rightly said about the systemic challenges facing aid workers and others in the east of the DRC, will she look carefully during her visit to the region at the effect of the large numbers of displaced people now in re
2026-05-19
Supreme Court Dillon Judgment
My Lords, in thanking the Minister for the way she introduced her response to the Statement this afternoon, I link that with thanks to the Secretary of State, Hilary Benn MP, for the way they both engaged with the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the r
2026-04-21
Sudan
My Lords, in this fourth year of Sudan’s war, will the Minister take the opportunity to underline the link between the 14 million people whom the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says are displaced in Sudan and the desperate Sudanese people
2026-04-16
Data Centres: Energy Demand
My Lords, when the Minister last answered on this question, he was good enough to talk about the problem of using Uyghur slave labour in the manufacture of solar panels. He promised to write to me, and I am grateful to him for following up that promise.
2026-03-19
UK Energy Sources and Cost of Energy
My Lords, in the light of the Times report earlier this week on energy links between the United Kingdom and Xinjiang, has the Minister read the Joint Committee on Human Rights report on supply chain transparency and modern-day slavery? Will he say when h
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, brevity is the order of the day but, like some of my noble friends, I would like to add my support to the amendments that have been laid before your Lordships’ House by my noble friend Lady Kidron.
The Joint Committee on Human Rights, which
2026-03-17
BBC World Service: Sustainability
My Lords, has the Minister had the chance to read the debate in your Lordships’ House on 26 February about the report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights on transnational repression? Specifically, has she read the evidence that was given by Reporters
That this House takes note of the Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights Transnational repression in the UK (7th Report, HL Paper 160).
My Lords, I start by saying how grateful I am to noble Lord, Lord Hanson of Flint, for the way in which he has engaged with the JCHR on this issue, and indeed to his colleague, Dan Jarvis, Member of Parliament, another Minister in the Government, who gav
My Lords, it is an honour to open today’s debate on the Joint Committee on Human Rights report Transnational Repression in the United Kingdom. As chair of the JCHR, I pay tribute to my committee colleagues from both Houses and thank the terrific JCHR tea
2026-02-09
Jimmy Lai: Prison Sentence
My Lords, Sebastien Lai, Jimmy Lai’s son, whom many in the House know, said this morning that he had not spoken to his father for five years and that he regarded this sentence—20 years, as the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, has said—on a 78 year-old Britis
2026-02-05
Crime and Policing Bill
2026-02-05
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I thank everybody who has participated in this important debate. I was particularly grateful, of course, to the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of The Shaws, with her immense experience and as a colleague on the Joint Committee on Human Rights—we
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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Party history
1997-06-12 → present
Crossbench
current
1988-03-03 → 1997-05-01
Liberal Democrat
1979-03-29 → 1988-03-03
Liberal
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1993-11-18 → 1996-10-17
Privileges
2019-07-01 → 2023-01-31
International Relations and Defence Committee
2024-12-04 → present
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Chair
+£17,806/yr
2024-09-05 → present
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
2023-01-31 → 2024-05-30
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Contact
Parliamentary office
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APPGs (2026) · 9 active officership(s) · 17 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | The FoRB Foundation | 4 | 2026-11-23 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Pakistani Minorities
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | — | 4 | 2027-02-22 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hong Kong
Country, Area or Region Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2027-02-15 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria
Country, Area or Region Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2026-08-23 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea
Country, Area or Region Group
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Co-Chair | — | 4 | 2027-02-08 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Public Accountability
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2025-03-01 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Tibet
Country, Area or Region Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2026-10-23 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Uyghurs
Subject Group
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Officer | — | 4 | 2027-02-28 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Yazidis
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 3 | 2026-01-10 |
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the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
Showing
134
of 134 tabled
124 answered(92.5%)
12
departments
2026-06-08
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Human Rights
Pending
2026-06-03
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Darfur: Unmanned Air Systems
Answered
2026-06-03
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Great British Energy: Supply Chains
Pending
2026-06-01
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Afghanistan: Religious Freedom
Answered
2026-06-01
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
UN Human Rights Council
Answered
2026-06-01
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
UN Human Rights Council
Answered
2026-06-01
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Travellers: Equality
Pending
2026-05-20
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pakistan: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Answered
2026-05-14
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tibet: Pre-school Education
Answered
2026-04-22
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sudan: Genocide Convention
Answered
2026-04-22
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Uyghurs: Supply Chains
Answered
2026-04-21
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Xinjiang: Human Rights
Answered
2026-04-20
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
China and Iran: United Nations
Answered
2026-04-20
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sudan: Internally Displaced People
Answered
2026-04-15
Department of Health and Social Care
Antidepressants: Prescriptions
Answered
2026-04-13
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nigeria: Christianity
Answered
2026-03-26
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Islamic State: Crimes of Violence
Answered
2026-03-26
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iraq and Syria: Islamic State
Answered
2026-03-25
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Myanmar: Human Rights
Answered
2026-03-25
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Myanmar: Armed Conflict
Answered
2026-03-20
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Middle East and North Africa: Bilateral Aid
Answered
2026-03-20
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Middle East and North Africa: Bilateral Aid
Answered
2026-03-20
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Multilateral Aid: Health Services
Answered
2026-03-18
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage: Xinjiang
Answered
2026-03-17
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Xinjiang: Development Aid
Answered
2026-03-17
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage: Finance
Answered
2026-03-12
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Zimbabwe: Politics and Government
Answered
2026-03-09
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Darfur: Humanitarian Situation
Answered
2026-03-09
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: British Nationals Abroad
Answered
2026-03-09
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Craig Foreman and Lindsay Foreman
Answered
2026-03-09
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
China: Religious Freedom
Answered
2026-03-05
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hong Kong: British National (Overseas)
Answered
2026-03-02
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Taiwan: Foreign Relations
Answered
2026-03-02
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Telecommunications Cables: Seas and Oceans
Answered
2026-03-02
Department for Business and Trade
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Taiwan
Answered
2026-03-02
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Taiwan: Foreign Relations
Answered
2026-02-26
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sudan: Armed Conflict
Answered
2026-02-23
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Makhabat Tazhibek-kyzy
Answered
2026-02-23
Department of Health and Social Care
Antidepressants: Prescriptions
Answered
2026-02-23
Department of Health and Social Care
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Answered
2026-02-23
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tigray: Armed Conflict
Answered
2026-02-23
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tigray: Armed Conflict
Answered
2026-02-11
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Islamic State: Resettlement
Answered
2026-02-10
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Xinjiang: Forced Labour
Answered
2026-02-10
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Xinjiang: Forced Labour
Answered
2026-02-10
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Xinjiang: Forced Labour
Answered
2026-02-04
Department of Health and Social Care
Isotretinoin and Spironolactone: Prescriptions
Answered
2026-01-23
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Myanmar: International Criminal Court
Answered
2026-01-23
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Islamic State: Yazidis
Answered
2026-01-22
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Myanmar: Humanitarian Aid
Answered
2026-01-22
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Syria: Armed Conflict
Answered
2026-01-16
Department of Health and Social Care
Dutasteride and Finasteride: Prescriptions
Answered
2026-01-12
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ethiopia: Armed Conflict
Answered
2026-01-12
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia
Answered
2026-01-12
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ethiopia: Peace Negotiations
Answered
2026-01-12
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ethiopia: Human Rights
Answered
2026-01-12
Home Office
Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
Answered
2026-01-07
Leader of the House of Lords
Written Questions: Government Responses
Answered
2026-01-07
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: Capital Punishment
Answered
2026-01-07
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: Capital Punishment
Answered
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
1 bills
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genocide Determination Bill [HL] | Lead | 2nd reading | 2026-06-04 |
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
12 bills
12 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genocide Determination Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2026-06-04 | |
| Genocide Determination Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 1st reading | 2023-12-04 | |
| Genocide Determination Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2022-06-08 | |
| Modern Slavery (Amendment) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 1st reading | 2021-06-15 | |
| Genocide Determination Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-02-05 | |
| Genocide Determination Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2019-10-21 | |
| Genocide Determination Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-07-13 | |
| Genocide Determination Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2016-06-13 | |
| Mesothelioma (Amendment) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2015-06-02 | |
| Mesothelioma (Amendment) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2014-07-17 | |
| Mesothelioma (Amendment) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2014-01-21 | |
| Re-Export Controls Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2010-05-26 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.