"T4. When couriers demand payment of duty on goods from the European Union, with which we have a free trade agreement, are we being ripped off?..." Desmond Swayne - View Speech
"UK aid promoted trade in Africa by making borders seamless through digitising all the administrative processes. Is that on our agenda for trade with the EU at all? It is monstrous that we are filling in forms...." Desmond Swayne - View Speech
"Might the worries of those who are concerned about the increase in quotas over the next 15 years be assuaged somewhat by the fact that existing quotas are largely unused?..." Desmond Swayne - View Speech
"Are we using our position at the World Trade Organisation to counter reprehensible trading practices by China and others?..." Desmond Swayne - View Speech
"There are lessons for our strategy arising from Japan’s rather unsatisfactory negotiations with the EU, are there not?..." Desmond Swayne - View Speech
"I think we are spending £1.5 billion in the current period on climate change for less-developed nations, and the same amount—£1.5 billion—on promoting economic development and trade, so there is some synergy for us to work with, is there not?..." Desmond Swayne - View Speech
"When I was in the Minister’s position, I refused Foreign Office requests—indeed, instructions—to build a prison on Pitcairn to accommodate one prisoner. Will he assure me that he will not cave in?..." Desmond Swayne - View Speech