Lord Alton of Liverpool

Crossbench

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeHome OfficeDepartment for Business and TradeDepartment of Health and Social CareDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

Parliamentary Career

Constituencies

Liverpool, Mossley Hill

Elected 3 times

Jun 1983 - May 1997

Liverpool, Edge Hill

Elected 2 times

Mar 1979 - Jun 1983

Party History

Crossbench

Jun 1997 - Present

Liberal Democrat

Mar 1988 - May 1997

Liberal

Mar 1979 - Mar 1988

Registered Interests

No registered interests found.

Recent Votes

No voting records found

Committee Memberships

Administration CommitteeCommons Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance CommitteeCommons Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Lords)Lords Backbench Business CommitteeCommons Bishop's Stortford Cemetery BillCommons Built Environment CommitteeLords Business and Trade CommitteeCommons Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export ControlsCommons Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) BillCommons Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill Committee (Lords)Lords Childhood Vaccinations CommitteeLords City of London (Markets) BillCommons Committee of PrivilegesCommons Committee of SelectionCommons Committee of Selection (Lords)Lords Committee on StandardsCommons Committees on Arms Export ControlsCommons Commons Reference Group on Representation and InclusionCommons Communications and Digital CommitteeLords Conduct CommitteeLords Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)Joint Constitution CommitteeLords Court of RefereesCommons Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeCommons Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and DisinformationCommons Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillCommons Defence CommitteeCommons Defence Sub-CommitteeCommons Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform CommitteeLords Domestic Abuse Act 2021 CommitteeLords

Recent Questions

3923 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government which Minister is now leading on the Responsible Business Conduct review; when the review will be published; and what consideration has been given in the review to the recommendations made by the Joint Committee on Human Ri

Answered

To: Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade • 23 Jul 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the documentary by Channel 4 News and The Fuller Project A matter of life or death: giving birth in Sierra Leone, in particular its findings regarding the impact of cuts in UK humanitar

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To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 23 Jul 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the value of funding they provided for the establishment and running of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Daesh/ISIL (UNITAD) until it was closed in 2024; and wh

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To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 23 Jul 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government when they last made representations to the government of Cameroon about the case of journalist Tsi Conrad; and what response they received.

Answered

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 16 Jul 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have received any reports of border incursions and attacks at Nyaigamuda, Goloko, Pure, and Andejo in South Sudan; if so, what assessment they have made of those reports, and of whether any seizures of territor

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To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 17 Jul 2026

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