A FORMER leading MP and campaigner on human rights issues is to speak in Lancaster Cathedral.

Lord Alton of Liverpool, a Liberal MP for 18 years and a crossbench peer since 1997, has campaigned throughout his career against abuses of human rights, particularly of children.

Lord Alton, pictured, is a founding member of the Jubilee Campaign, an interdenominational pressure group that lobbies politicians and governments on behalf of persecuted Christians and disadvantaged children.

And on November 11 at 7.30pm he will be at St Peter's Cathedral, Lancaster, to present a talk entitled "The Persecuted Church."

Admission is free, with any donations going toward the Cathedral Organ Appeal. Refreshments will follow in the cathedral social centre.