Desmond Swayne MP: speeches

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27 Apr 2026 · Lord Mandelson Humble Address: Government Response Update · Hansard source
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A referral to the Privileges Committee has always been considered a House matter—a matter for the individual judgment of Members of Parliament. It would be an abomination if it were to be whipped by either side, wouldn’t it?
20 Apr 2026 · Security Vetting · Hansard source
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On 4 February, my right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition asked the Prime Minister: “did the official security vetting that he received mention Mandelson’s ongoing relationship with… Jeffrey Epstein?” —[ Official Report , 4 February 2026; Vol. 780, c. 259.] The Prime Minister replied, “Yes, it did.” What on earth was it that the Prime Minister received and was talking about that my right hon. Friend referred to as the official security vetting? He said that he had received it.
16 Apr 2026 · Project Spire · Hansard source
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Is the Church going to launch a new charity? If so, when, and why the delay?
16 Apr 2026 · Project Spire · Hansard source
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3. What recent discussions the Church has had with the Charity Commission on Project Spire.
26 Mar 2026 · Local Government Reorganisation · Hansard source
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There was only one voice demanding the sacrifice of part of the rural New Forest district—it was Labour in Southampton, wasn’t it?
26 Mar 2026 · Pothole Repairs: Government Funding · Hansard source
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Can I declare my interest, having lost three tyres to potholes this year? What assessment has the Department made of the efficiency with which potholes are being filled? What on earth is it filling them with, because within weeks and sometimes days, a newly filled pothole is back again?
23 Mar 2026 · Middle East · Hansard source
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Does the Secretary of State have contacts at US Central Command that can give reassurance that there is a plan? The President’s social media feed gives the opposite impression. Is Britain at war?
19 Mar 2026 · Courts and Tribunals Bill · Hansard source
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2. Whether the Attorney General has advised the Lord Chancellor on the potential impact of the Courts and Tribunals Bill on the rule of law.
19 Mar 2026 · Courts and Tribunals Bill · Hansard source
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On 3 February, the Lord Chancellor undertook to model his proposals for jury trials and to publish the results. Has the modelling been done and when will the results be published?
19 Mar 2026 · Statutory Right to Food · Hansard source
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Is this a wind-up, Mr Speaker? They will be asking for collective farms in this socialist paradise next. Has the Minister made any assessment of the impact that a right to food would have on the public purse once our activist judges got hold of it?
18 Mar 2026 · Student Loans · Hansard source
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I’ve got a short one!
18 Mar 2026 · Student Loans · Hansard source
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The Minister’s hon. Friend, the hon. Member for Leeds Central and Headingley (Alex Sobel), asked a perfectly reasonable question about looking at the thing in the round, and her answer was that she would take the conversation forward. I think we need more than that.
16 Mar 2026 · Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address · Hansard source
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Did the Prime Minister’s chief of staff communicate with Mandelson via a private email address?
16 Mar 2026 · Strait of Hormuz · Hansard source
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What is the Minister’s latest assessment of the threat of transnational oppression carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps?
10 Mar 2026 · Topical Questions · Hansard source
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T8. The Chancellor said that she will meet representatives of the North sea oil industry to see how it can help. The proper question is how she can help it, is it not?
10 Mar 2026 · Digital ID: Public Consultation · Hansard source
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I am almost speechless! This House is the properly accountable people’s panel, not some collection of stooges and trustees selected by the Minister. In any event, it is no good him telling us it is asleep—this parrot is dead, killed by lack of trust in the Government after the whole saga of Labour Together, isn’t it?
9 Mar 2026 · Immigration Policy · Hansard source
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Where will we send an illegal entrant with no right to remain but whose country of origin is unsafe?
9 Mar 2026 · Unemployment · Hansard source
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The Government loaded costs on to employers while the benefits bill let rip. What on earth did they think would happen?
9 Mar 2026 · Unemployment · Hansard source
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18. What assessment he has made of trends in the level of unemployment.
3 Mar 2026 · West Bank: Illegal Settlements · Hansard source
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The Minister is absolutely right: Israel must stop. What estimate has he made of the time that we have before a separate Palestinian state becomes, geographically and economically, utterly untenable?
2 Mar 2026 · Topical Questions · Hansard source
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T4. Instead of the Secretary of State’s cap on the number of branded items of school uniform, will she substitute that for a monetary cap, which would afford much greater flexibility to schools?
26 Feb 2026 · Topical Questions · Hansard source
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T2. My hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (Mr French) has drawn our attention to the fact that Sport England is losing its consultee status. This is at a time when sports clubs are facing business rate increases of as much as 46%. Are Ministers alive to the prospect of sporting facilities becoming increasingly attractive grey-belt building propositions?
24 Feb 2026 · Banking Hubs: Rural and Post-Industrial Communities · Hansard source
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I will call Ann Davies to move the motion and I will then call the Minister to respond. I remind other Members that they may make a speech only with prior permission from the mover of the motion and the Minister. As no other Member has approached the Minister, nobody else will be speaking, unless it is through an intervention. There will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up.
24 Feb 2026 · Local Transport: Planning Developments · Hansard source
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Thank you.
24 Feb 2026 · Local Transport: Planning Developments · Hansard source
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I call Chris Bloore.

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