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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Dec 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"The hon. Gentleman obviously thinks very little of this country if he feels that other countries around the world do not want to do trade deals with the United Kingdom. Why does he think that?..."
Lord Swire - View Speech

View all Lord Swire (Con - Life peer) contributions to the debate on: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Dec 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"The hon. Gentleman needs to answer the question that I asked him first, with all due respect. He said there would be concern among many of these other countries—he did not say which—about what kind of trade agreement there would be, and about access to markets and so forth. Of …..."
Lord Swire - View Speech

View all Lord Swire (Con - Life peer) contributions to the debate on: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

Written Question
Family Courts: Perjury
Monday 11th September 2017

Asked by: Lord Swire (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases brought before the family courts have been found to be based on false allegations in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by Dominic Raab

The information requested is not held centrally.


Written Question
Vehicle Number Plates: Prosecutions
Monday 13th March 2017

Asked by: Lord Swire (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been in each of the last 10 years for improperly displayed vehicle number plates.

Answered by Sam Gyimah

The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts for offences under sections 42 and 59 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 in each year between 2011 and 2015 can be viewed in the table. From centrally collated data, it has only been possible to separately identify offences under individual sections of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act from 2011 onwards.