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 EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroHome Office

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 Autism Act 2009 CommitteeLords 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 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

3864 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in implementing the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Human Rights report Forced Labour in UK Supply Chains, published on 24 July 2025, in particular its recommendation that Great Britis

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To: Department for Business and Trade • 14 May 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether United Solar Polysilicon has supplied solar energy or other energy-related projects into the UK market; and how they are ensuring compliance with the prohibition on the purchase of

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To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero • 14 May 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compatibility of the judgment in the Maira Shahbaz case with Pakistan’s obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 20 May 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan regarding the protection of girls from minority communities following the ruling in the Maira Shahbaz case in March 2026.

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To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 20 May 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Human Rights Watch report, “Start with the Youngest Children” China’s Use of Preschools to “Integrate” Tibetans, published in May, on China’s suppression of the Tibetan Language in pres

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To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 14 May 2026

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