All articles written by Alistair Carmichael MP on PoliticsHome.com

21 Nov Foreign affairs

Boycotting the G20 can help improve Human Rights in Saudi Arabia

With Saudi Arabia reeling from the effects of Covid-19 and with an incoming Biden administration promising to focus on climate change, now is the time to put pressure on the regime to improve its human rights record

03 Nov Defence

Torture has been illegal in the UK for over 300 years – today the Overseas Operations Bill will overturn this

The Overseas Operations Bill will not deliver adequate protection for our armed forces personnel – rather, it will reduce their rights.

02 Nov Communities

The UK’s digital story of unequal outcomes has been laid bare by the pandemic

Those living and working in the countryside must have the same digital access as their urban counterparts. It’s time for government to rise to the rural connectivity challenge

13 Oct Foreign affairs

Honours should not be awarded to police officers involved with human rights violations

It is unconscionable to witness the Hong Kong honours system rewarding police officers responsible for the abuse of HongKongers. The UK government must impose Magnitsky-style sanctions to demonstrate our commitment to global human rights.

14 Sep Brexit

The UK risks losing all moral authority on law-breaking if the Internal Markets Bill goes ahead

The UK Internal Market Bill strikes at the future constitutional integrity of the United Kingdom as a unitary state. There is still time for us to reject this murky path the government have decided on.

07 Sep Home affairs

The Immigration Bill provides an opportunity to end ‘inhumane’ indefinite detention

Immigration detention should be a last resort, yet the Government detains thousands of people a year for months on end. We have tabled amendments to the Immigration Bill to impose a 28-day time limit.

28 Jul Foreign affairs

Britain cannot continue to shy away from the atrocities inflicted on China’s Uighur population

Our government has done too little to acknowledge the atrocities facing the Uighurs

01 Jul Foreign affairs

Boris Johnson says three million Hong Kongers can come to UK as he accuses Beijing of ‘clear and serious breach’ of China-UK agreement

Boris Johnson has confirmed almost three million Hong Kong residents can now come to the UK amid a row over China’s decision to impose a controversial new security law.

22 May Coronavirus

WATCH: Sunak's recession warning; Johnson's track and trace pledge and MPs' fears over 'unsafe' return: catch up on the week in Parliament

Catch up on the week in Parliament with our three-minute round-up

23 Apr Coronavirus

Is the 'hybrid' Parliament here to stay?

With the introduction of a semi-virtual Parliament underway, some MPs are calling for the measures to be installed on a permanent basis. Sebastian Whale reports

25 Feb Foreign affairs

Alistair Carmichael: Talk of 'Global Britain' is meaningless if we fail to stand up fro Hong Kong

Support is growing across Parliament for a more active response in the face of clear infringements by China on Hong Kong’s historic rights, writes Alistair Carmichael

18 Jul 2019 Foreign affairs

'Mentioning human rights in meetings' will no longer cut it – we must hold the Saudi Regime to account

As the UK looks to leave the European Union and seeks to build trading partnerships elsewhere the question will be asked – what price is trade with Britain? Pursue trade deals with despotic regimes while ignoring their human rights abuses and we risk losing our good name in a fire sale, warns Alistair Carmichael MP.

11 Apr 2019 Foreign affairs

The people of Hong Kong look to the UK to keep the promises we made to them

Former Liberal Democrat Cabinet minister Alistair Carmichael writes following his Urgent Question on the guilty verdict handed to pro- democracy activists in Hong Kong.

06 Nov 2018 Culture

The Treasury would be £4.6billion better off after 10 years if VAT is cut for the tourism industry

Former Secretary of State for Scotland Alistair Carmichael writes ahead of his House of Commons Adjournment debate on the potential effect of a VAT reduction on the tourism industry.

22 Jul 2018 Political parties

Julian Smith needs to explain himself to Parliament over pairing fiasco

Liberal Democrat Chief Whip Alistair Carmichael calls on his Tory counterpart Julian Smith to explain himself to MPs over the pairing row that has engulfed the Tory party over the past week.

01 Feb 2018 Environment

British farmers & crofters must be listened to in the debate on post-Brexit agriculture

Former Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael MP writes ahead of his Westminster Hall debate on ‘the policy framework for agriculture after the UK leaves the EU’.

31 Oct 2017 Environment

Hammond threatens 'economically fragile communities' every time he plunders our successful Scottish Whisky industry

The Liberal Democrat MP, Alistair Carmichael, says the Treasury must stop treating the Scottish Whisky industry as a 'cash cow'.

09 Jun 2016 Home affairs

Refugee families divided by lines of Home Office rule book

The Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael writes for PoliticsHome ahead of his debate today, questioning the Government’s refugee family reunion system that is tearing families apart.

02 Feb 2016 Culture

'Adequate' mobile phone signal is not good enough for users

Former Secretary of State for Scotland writes ahead of presenting his 'Mobile Telecommunications Network Coverage Bill' in Parliament today which calls on mobile phone providers to improve their service provision, which is barely adequate in some parts of the UK.