Lord Alton of Liverpool

Her Majesty's Government whether they have pursued allegations by Amnesty international that chemical weapons have been used against the civilian population in Darfur;  and whether they intend to raise this at the UN Security Council.

Her Majesty's Government what action the Department for International Development (DfID) is taking to promote Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which promulgates freedom of religion and belief; how that action relates to (1) Sustaina...

Her Majesty's Government whether they are considering opening a commercial section in the UK embassy in Khartoum; and, if so, what account they will take of (1) the World Bank’s assessment of Sudan as a suitable place to undertake business, (2) the Kharto...

Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to promote freedom of religion and belief as part of (1) their Counter-Extremism Strategy, and (2) the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect prosecution of those alleged to be responsible for genocide and war crimes in Iraq and Syria will begin.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to establish whether chemical weapons have been used against the civilian population in Darfur.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Sudan regarding the abduction and torture of the journalist Phil Cox and the translator Daoud Hari; and, whether they intend to raise the treatment of those two indiv...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information they have about the number and condition of casualties following reports of an aerial bombardment on 25 April in Derek in Northern Syria and in Shingal in Iraq.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Turkey about reports of the aerial bombardment on 25 April in Derek in Northern Syria and Shingal in Iraq, which may have affected Yazidi people located in those area...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of casualties following the aerial bombardment by Turkish forces on 25 April in Iraq's Sinjar region; and what assessment they have made of the condition of those casualties.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Turkey about the aerial bombardment by Turkish forces on 25 April in Iraq's Sinjar region.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of reports that Egypt's Grand Mufti, Shawki Allam, has identified 3,000 fatwas inciting the destruction of churches in Egypt; and, what support they are providing to the Grand Mufti and the go...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 3 February (HL4923), whether they have anything to add to their reply about the activities of the Korea National Insurance Corporation; whether they believe t...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 5 April (HL6328), what discussions they have had with the investigating authorities to determine whether the DPRK's actions constitute an act of terrorism und...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of North Korean nationals who have entered UK territories in the last five years, other than those accredited as diplomatic staff working for the DPRK Embassy in London.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the response by Lord Bates on 3 April (HL Deb, cols 930–1) concerning neglected tropical diseases, what further progress they expect to make in the elimination of sleeping sickness.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the response by Lord Bates on 3 April (HL Deb, cols 930–1) concerning neglected tropical diseases, how they are responding to Africa’s need for anti-venoms to treat snake bites, following the cessation of produc...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the response by Lord Bates on 3 April (HL Deb, cols 930–1) concerning neglected tropical diseases, what study the Department for International Development has made of the use of technologies to map neglected tro...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of reports of human rights violations committed by the government of North Korea against its exiled citizens, and of some exiled North Koreans having become UK citizens, what is their response to the recommend...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assistance they have offered the government of Egypt to protect Egypt's Coptic population from ISIS, following reports of targeted attacks, killings, and forced conversions.