Sir Desmond Swayne

Con

121 parliamentary sessions on record in this archive

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Commons Oral Questions 24 June 2025
Gaza: Humanitarian Situation
On three occasions in answering this question the Minister has said that “Israel must”. What will he do if Israel does not?
Commons Oral Questions Work and Pensions 23 June 2025
Child Poverty
At the lobby last week by the food banks, a number of people expressed the wish to have greater facilities to educate their clients with respect to shopping and preparing meals more effectively. They make a fair point, don’t they?
Commons Debate 17 June 2025
Crime and Policing Bill
There is a difference of principle on the question of human rights, because there are two lives involved in these decisions. That is the fundamental problem.
Commons Debate 13 June 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I wonder if you can assist me as I am at a loss as to what amendment we are discussing.
Commons Ministerial Statement 10 June 2025
Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Sanctions are no remedy when it comes to the imperilled two-state solution. Is the Minister going to the conference with a plan?
Commons Ministerial Statement 4 June 2025
Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Studied ambiguity of what and when has had no impact on Israeli policy. We want to know, and Israel needs to know, precisely what the Government mean by “further steps”.
Commons Oral Questions Scotland 4 June 2025 2 contributions
School Standards
5. What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on school standards.
What has caused the system, which was once the benchmark for all others, to become such a disappointment?
Commons Oral Questions 3 June 2025
Topical Questions
T5. Lord Hermer says that we are not even trying to reform the convention. Why not?
Commons Debate 2 June 2025
UK Nuclear Deterrent
In pursuit of deterrence, will the Minister recommit to first use when either the strategic or tactical situation demands it?
Commons Ministerial Statement 22 May 2025
Independent Sentencing Review
Respect for justice is diminished by the fiction of the judge announcing a sentence and those in the know then calculating on the back of a fag packet the fraction that it actually represents. Has this statement not reinforced that system with bells on?
Commons Debate 21 May 2025
Business and the Economy
May I tell my hon. Friend why I think the hon. Member for Peterborough (Andrew Pakes) is wrong? Since the very inception of our negotiations to join what was then the common market—now the European Union—it has attached huge importance to fishing. We have just handed over the enormous leverage of an…
Commons Oral Questions 21 May 2025 2 contributions
Interim Custody Orders: Compensation
1. If he will take steps to ensure that compensation is not paid to people detained using interim custody orders during the troubles in Northern Ireland.
Will the Secretary of State withhold the remedial order until he is certain that he can deliver the Prime Minister’s pledge to prevent Gerry Adams from receiving compensation?
Commons Ministerial Statement 20 May 2025
Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
The House wants to know, and Israel needs to know, exactly what the Foreign Secretary means by “further action”.
Commons Oral Questions Defence 19 May 2025
Topical Questions
Will the Secretary of State delay putting before the House the remedial order until he is certain that the Government have a way of delivering the Prime Minister’s commitment to preventing Gerry Adams from claiming compensation?
Commons Debate 16 May 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
The Bill does allow applicants to shop around for doctors, and it strikes me that there is a danger that some doctors, who might have an ideological view of the Bill, will specialise in the provision of that service, which would give it rather greater scope than the hon. Lady intends.
Commons Proceedings 15 May 2025
Recalled Offenders: Sentencing Limits
Many domestic abusers will, given their nature, welcome the opportunity to give another twist of the knife at the cost of a mere 28 days. Has the Minister just presented them with a practical opportunity?
Commons Proceedings 13 May 2025
UK-EU Summit
It is important to remember the history here. There was no common fisheries policy until the prospect of Britain’s joining the common market arose, and then those countries created one simply so that they could rip us off.
Commons Ministerial Statement 6 May 2025
Middle East Update
The Minister has made the Government’s position crystal clear that the Israeli plan is unacceptable. How will British Government policy towards Israel change as that plan is implemented?
Commons Ministerial Statement 1 May 2025
Business of the House
May we have a statement next week from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in which he can set out his compelling reasons for proceeding with the Henry VIII power of a remedial order to amend the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 when the Government have already …
Commons Proceedings 1 May 2025
Energy Prices: Energy-intensive Industries
A vital ingredient of any net zero policy is an understanding of the word “net”. Ultimately, we are going to have to grapple with technology that we have had for over a century to remove carbon directly from the air, aren’t we?
Commons Oral Questions Business and Trade 1 May 2025
Topical Questions
Arrangements at the border are disadvantaging companies on both sides of the channel, so there are mutual advantages to be had in negotiations without feeling the need to make any major concessions, aren’t there?

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