Desmond Swayne MP: speeches

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27 Mar 2025 · PIP Changes: Impact on Carer’s Allowance · Hansard source
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The analogy of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has proved to be controversial, but the Minister agrees with the point he was making, does he not?
24 Mar 2025 · Planning and Infrastructure Bill · Hansard source
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I have often found that the right of a councillor to insist that a matter goes to the planning committee, rather than be determined by officers, actually leads to the application going through where pettifogging officers would have refused it.
20 Mar 2025 · British Sign Language Week · Hansard source
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Order. Interventions must be short.
20 Mar 2025 · British Sign Language Week · Hansard source
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Before we begin, I point out that a British Sign Language interpretation of proceedings is available to watch on parliamentlive.tv. There are also British Sign Language interpreters in the room for the benefit of those watching from the Gallery. I appreciate that some Members will wish to use sign language during their contributions; I ask them to keep that limited and brief, so as not to creation confusion with the other interpretations available.
20 Mar 2025 · British Sign Language Week · Hansard source
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I have to impose a three-minute formal time limit.
20 Mar 2025 · British Sign Language Week · Hansard source
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I suggest five minutes for every speech to start with.
20 Mar 2025 · British Sign Language Week · Hansard source
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I call Perran Moon.
20 Mar 2025 · Fly-tipping · Hansard source
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Alas, the last Government did not take up my suggestion that the offenders be garrotted with their own intestines. The first problem, however, is to catch them. Is there any way that local authorities can be encouraged to take advantage of the collapse in price and improvement in quality of internet-connected cameras?
20 Mar 2025 · Conflict in Gaza · Hansard source
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Despite a huge investment in our relationship with Israel over so many years, we appear to be reduced to the position of spectators on a touchline, shouting at the players and being largely ignored. To what extent does the Secretary of State believe that our lack of leverage—if any—is a consequence of policy decisions taken in Washington?
18 Mar 2025 · Welfare Reform · Hansard source
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Because working is so beneficial to mental health, will the Secretary of State require claimants to undertake socially useful work in order to retain their benefits?
17 Mar 2025 · Sentencing Council Guidelines · Hansard source
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On a point of great importance to the Lord Chancellor, she is reduced to asking the Sentencing Council to change its mind. The former Minister for common sense is right. There is a lesson here for all parliamentarians about the way we delegate powers to quangos that then come up with solutions that we clearly find repulsive.
17 Mar 2025 · Topical Questions · Hansard source
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What is the Minister’s estimate for the number of pensioners who would qualify for pension credit but have not applied in North Durham?
13 Mar 2025 · Victory in Europe and Japan: 80th Anniversaries · Hansard source
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My father served on HMS Fearless, which was sunk, and although he survived, many of his comrades remain buried at sea. Will there be any initiative to address war graves at sea, given that there have been egregious examples of their being plundered for scrap and other things?
11 Mar 2025 · Local Government: Nolan Principles · Hansard source
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Order. Can we have shorter interventions in future?
11 Mar 2025 · Local Government: Nolan Principles · Hansard source
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I will call Alberto Costa to move the motion, and I will then call the Minister to respond. As is the convention for 30-minute debates, there will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up,.
11 Mar 2025 · Employment Rights Bill · Hansard source
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In that consultation, how many small businesses expressed their support for the Bill?
6 Mar 2025 · Topical Questions · Hansard source
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Does the Minister have an appetite for a policy of like-for-like retaliation when a cyber-attack by a hostile state is confirmed?
6 Mar 2025 · Public Procurement: Support for SMEs · Hansard source
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I congratulate the Government Whips’ Office— [Laughter.] What discussions have been had with the Crown Commercial Service regarding Romeo Mike 6277 network—RM6277?
4 Mar 2025 · Government Borrowing · Hansard source
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The servicing cost is now twice what we are spending on defence, which the Chancellor is right to be increasing. What is her ambition for finding savings in the welfare budget?
4 Mar 2025 · Government Borrowing · Hansard source
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10. What assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the most recent figures for Government borrowing.
26 Feb 2025 · Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 · Hansard source
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Why did the Secretary of State abandon the appeal in Dillon and Ors?
26 Feb 2025 · Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 · Hansard source
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6. What steps he plans to take to replace the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023.
26 Feb 2025 · British Indian Ocean Territory · Hansard source
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Is my right hon. Friend aware that there is already a campaign, led by local celebrities in Mauritius, to ensure that once sovereignty is restored to Mauritius, the treaty is reneged on and an attempt is made to close the airport?
26 Feb 2025 · High Street Businesses · Hansard source
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We will now hear from Jas Athwal, after whom we will hear from Steve Darling. May I ask you, Mr Athwal, to be very brief?
26 Feb 2025 · High Street Businesses · Hansard source
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Order. We have done our sums; Members have three minutes each.

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