"Yesterday on “Farming Today” at 5.45 am, it was put to a shellfish farmer that it was going to become much easier for her to export her produce to the European Union. Her response was, “Yes, but we are told that the changes will be two or perhaps four years …..." Desmond Swayne - View Speech
"Will the preparations take into account the lasting, disastrous consequences of lockdown, and the blithering absurdity of face coverings?..." Desmond Swayne - View Speech
"A number of Members this morning have lobbied for expenditure to repair their churches, and the hon. Lady has told them to lobby the Government—the Department for Culture, Media and Sport—for that money. At the same time, the Church has already spent £5 million on this project, with the aspiration …..." Desmond Swayne - View Speech
"8. What recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer national insurance contributions on charities...." Desmond Swayne - View Speech
"We have had Borstals and approved schools, neither of which were particularly successful at reforming those who were in custody in them. Is the Minister confident that this new architecture, this new arrangement, will be more successful?..." Desmond Swayne - View Speech
"To describe it as fair and equal to treat people with identical conditions differently purely on the basis of whether they are an existing recipient of benefits is Orwellian newspeak on stilts, isn’t it?..." Desmond Swayne - View Speech
"Was there any discussion about the killing zones that currently constitute the provision of humanitarian aid in Gaza?..." Desmond Swayne - View Speech