"I agree with my hon. Friend, but the same argument about causation and association is applied directly to marriage itself. The argument is made that were all the cohabiting couples to marry, the statistics for break-up would not change. How do we refute that argument?..." Desmond Swayne - View Speech
"As for the comments from the United Nations, how do the figures that my right hon. Friend has given compare internationally?..." Desmond Swayne - View Speech
"8. Whether his Department has set a target for the time taken for a personal independence payment claim to be processed from application to decision. ..." Desmond Swayne - View Speech
"Notwithstanding further appeal by the Department, will the Minister restore benefits after a successful first-tier decision for the applicant?..." Desmond Swayne - View Speech
"Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I was just going to observe the contradiction that it is impossible to, as the right hon. Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber (Ian Blackford) said, “inadvertently seek” to mislead the House. One either misleads the House seeking to do so …..." Desmond Swayne - View Speech