Lord Alton of Liverpool

Crossbench

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroDepartment of Health and Social CareHome OfficeDepartment for Business and Trade

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

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Committee Memberships

Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillCommons 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 Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]Commons Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]: Programming sub-committeeCommons 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 Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) BillCommons Court of RefereesCommons Courts (Remote Hearings) BillCommons Courts and Tribunals BillCommons Courts and Tribunals Bill: Programming Sub CommitteeCommons

Recent Questions

3916 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking with international partners to secure independent access to Tibet for United Nations’ experts and independent observers, following the entry into force of China’s Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and

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To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 6 Jul 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the human rights of ethnic and religious minorities in China of the new Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress passed by the government of China.

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To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 2 Jul 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Article 63 of the new Ethnic Unity and Progress Law introduced by the government of China, which directs Chinese authorities to act against organisations and individuals outside China for a

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To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 1 Jul 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the People's Republic of China's compliance with the Sino-British Joint Declaration; whether they intend to introduce legislation to automatically upgrade British National (Overseas) (BNO)

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To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 30 Jun 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Nicaragua about the human rights implications of the arbitrary detention of Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, Bishop Emeritus of Estelí, and other religious leaders on 29 a

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To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 6 Jul 2026

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