Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Dec 2020
Public Health
"That would be discrimination. It would be vaccinationism, which we must of course resist.
The other thing that any kind of coercion would do is to set the seal on this Government’s reputation as the most authoritarian since the Commonwealth of the 1650s; but it is as nothing to the …..."Desmond Swayne - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Nov 2020
Covid-19: Winter Plan
"“He loved Big Brother.” The last ruler that told us how we may or may not celebrate Christmas was Oliver Cromwell. It didn’t well, did it?..."Desmond Swayne - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Oct 2020
Covid-19 Update
"What does the Prime Minister make of the special envoy’s statement that
“We in the World Health Organisation do not advocate lockdowns as the primary means of control of this virus”?..."Desmond Swayne - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 8th October 2020
Asked by:
Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the costs of operation Transition to mitigate the reasonable worst case scenario of congestion at the port of Portsmouth at the end of the transition period.
Answered by Julia Lopez
- Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
Further to the statement by my Rt. Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 23 September, the Government has announced a £705 million package of investment for border infrastructure, staff and technology to ensure our border systems are fully operational after the end of the Transition Period.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Oct 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
" What recent discussions the Government have had with the devolved Administrations on tackling the covid-19 outbreak. ..."Desmond Swayne - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Oct 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"If the effort against covid is a war, then the first principles are the selection and maintenance of the aim. In March, the aim was to flatten the curve and protect the NHS. Has it changed?..."Desmond Swayne - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Sep 2020
EU Exit: End of Transition Period
"The markets Bill does not break any law, does it?..."Desmond Swayne - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Sep 2020
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill
"The Prime Minister has warned us that a threat has been made to interpret the agreement in such a way as to exclude the possibility of the people of Northern Ireland having access to goods from the rest of the United Kingdom—a threat that clearly shows that those who have …..."Desmond Swayne - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 14th September 2020
Asked by:
Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether visa-free travel for UK owners of second homes in the EU is an objective in negotiations on the future relationship with the EU.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
The Government is not seeking to agree specific mobility arrangements for owners of a second home.
After the end of the transition period, UK nationals will require permission from the relevant Member State to stay longer than 90 days in a rolling 180-day period.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Jun 2020
Civil Service Appointments
"You would think that nothing had changed since the fall of Thomas Cromwell. Has my right hon. Friend read Hilary Mantel’s “The Mirror and the Light”? It is not really like that, is it?..."Desmond Swayne - View Speech
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