Lord Alton of Liverpool

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether representatives from the British Embassy in Bangkok will attend court hearings and other key meetings in the case of British citizen Andy Hall; and, if not, why not.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the analysis in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' Global Trends Report of the number of refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced people worldwide.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 9 July (WA 49), whether they consider that the inability of three reviews to find evidence to suggest any of the techniques evaluated are unsafe constitutes evidence that such ...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the British Embassy in Bangkok has raised with the government of Thailand the prosecution of journalists from Phuketwan for reporting on abuses against the ethnic Rohingya from Burma.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' report Woman Alone: The fight for survival by Syria’s refugee women; and of its assessment of the situation of Syrian refugee families in ...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 1 April (WA 178), whether they intend to issue a clarification of the differences between the figures for the number of babies born with mitochondrial disorders in their press ...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any discussions were held at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict concerning the situation in Burma.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to persuade the government of Burma to sign the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; and what is their assessment of Burma’s position in respect of the Covenant.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps are being taken to incorporate discussion of torture, sexual violence and other war crimes and crimes against humanity and other human rights violations in the military training provided to the Burmese army by th...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding has been provided to BBC Media Action by the Department for International Development; whether the criteria for funding allocation include consideration of projects in closed countries with least access to ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 28 January 2013 (WA 269), what conclusions were reached by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's small panel regarding assessment of the effects o...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the purpose and value of the Modern Slavery Stakeholders Forum (1) to the Home Office, and (2) to the non-statutory sector and non-governmental organisations involved; and when and why it was originally established.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Modern Slavery Stakeholders Forum meetings have taken place since April 2013; and whether they will place in the Library of the House the minutes of those meetings.

To ask Her Majesty's Government when was the last meeting of the Modern Slavery Stakeholders Forum, how many public officials attended, how many attendees were from the non-statutory sector, and what were the proportions of public and private sector repre...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many representatives of non-governmental organisations or civil society are invited to attend meetings of the Modern Slavery Stakeholders Forum; and what funding arrangements are made for them to attend.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many advisers or experts paid for by public funds are invited to attend meetings of the Modern Slavery Stakeholders Forum.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many public officials are invited to attend meetings of the Modern Slavery Stakeholders Forum.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to urge the government of Burma to end torture in that country, to investigate reports of continuing use of torture, and to bring the perpetrators to justice.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of reports of the use of torture in the conflict zones of Burma; and whether they consider that any such actions should be categorised as a war crime or a crime against humanity.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to discuss with the Burmese authorities the creation of an independent inquiry, with Burmese and international participation, into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in that country.