Information between 16th April 2026 - 26th April 2026
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15 Apr 2026 - Unpublished Divisions: Crime and Policing Bill (14 April 2026) - View Vote Context Desmond Swayne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 82 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 277 Noes - 158 |
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15 Apr 2026 - Unpublished Divisions: Crime and Policing Bill (14 April 2026) - View Vote Context Desmond Swayne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 78 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 356 Noes - 90 |
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15 Apr 2026 - Unpublished Divisions: Crime and Policing Bill (14 April 2026) - View Vote Context Desmond Swayne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 89 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 300 Noes - 101 |
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15 Apr 2026 - Unpublished Divisions: Crime and Policing Bill (14 April 2026) - View Vote Context Desmond Swayne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 87 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 299 Noes - 169 |
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15 Apr 2026 - Unpublished Divisions: Crime and Policing Bill (14 April 2026) - View Vote Context Desmond Swayne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 87 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 301 Noes - 157 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Desmond Swayne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 89 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 292 Noes - 158 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Desmond Swayne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 87 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 294 Noes - 156 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Desmond Swayne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 88 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 293 Noes - 159 |
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21 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Desmond Swayne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 81 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 287 Noes - 150 |
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21 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Desmond Swayne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 80 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 284 Noes - 149 |
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21 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Desmond Swayne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 78 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 291 Noes - 144 |
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21 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Desmond Swayne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 77 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 288 Noes - 147 |
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21 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Desmond Swayne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 82 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 298 Noes - 152 |
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21 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Desmond Swayne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 77 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 287 Noes - 149 |
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21 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Desmond Swayne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 78 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 297 Noes - 147 |
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21 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Desmond Swayne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 84 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 293 Noes - 155 |
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Desmond Swayne speeches from: Security Vetting
Desmond Swayne contributed 1 speech (87 words) Monday 20th April 2026 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office |
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Desmond Swayne speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Desmond Swayne contributed 2 speeches (34 words) Thursday 16th April 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport |
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Hong Kong: Travel Information
Asked by: Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West) Monday 20th April 2026 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will review the adequacy of her Department's travel advice for Hong Kong, in the context of recent reports of enforcement actions, under the National Security Law, regarding electronic devices in the possession of travellers; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of those reports on UK travellers and journalists operating in the territory. Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office keeps its travel advice under constant review, and last updated its advice for Hong Kong on 1 April to reflect its assessment of the situation on the ground. |
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Myanmar: Humanitarian Aid
Asked by: Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West) Thursday 16th April 2026 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will increase humanitarian support to Myanmar’s refugees, internally displaced people and civil society in 2026. Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer provided on 16 April in response to Question 124595. |
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Min Aung Hlaing
Asked by: Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West) Thursday 16th April 2026 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she is taking diplomatic steps to hold the recently inaugurated President of Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing, accountable for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer provided on 16 April in response to Question 124592. |
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Environmental Land Management Schemes: Common Land
Asked by: Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West) Monday 20th April 2026 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will instruct the Rural Payments Agency to implement a manual system to process applications for ELM schemes on Common land. Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) recognises the importance of commons to the delivery of environmental outcomes. The RPA is currently assessing how common land can access Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier and is actively exploring both on and off system options, testing feasibility. Once this assessment is complete, the RPA will engage external stakeholders to discuss its planned approach. |
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Monday 13th April Desmond Swayne signed this EDM on Monday 20th April 2026 Upland farmers and common land 15 signatures (Most recent: 23 Apr 2026)Tabled by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale) That this House notes with concern that thousands of upland farmers in England face exclusion from future environment schemes due to the absence of a mechanism for common land to apply to the 2026 Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT); recognises that around 4,000 farming businesses … |
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20 Apr 2026, 5:34 p.m. - House of Commons " Sir Desmond Swayne. >> At column 780. >> My right hon. Friend, the Leader of the Opposition asked the Prime Minister. " Rt Hon Sir Desmond Swayne MP (New Forest West, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Security Vetting
257 speeches (20,914 words) Monday 20th April 2026 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Gregory Stafford (Con - Farnham and Bordon) Friend the Member for New Forest West (Sir Desmond Swayne), he said, “I got confused between vetting - Link to Speech |
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Representation of the People Bill (Eighth sitting)
77 speeches (18,631 words) Committee stage: 8th sitting Thursday 16th April 2026 - Public Bill Committees Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
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Wednesday 15th April 2026
Oral Evidence - University of Hertfordshire, University of Manchester, and LSE Human Rights (Joint Committee) Found: Chakrabarti; Tom Gordon; Baroness Hamwee; Afzal Khan; Lord Rook; Alex Sobel; Peter Swallow; Sir Desmond Swayne |
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Wednesday 15th April 2026
Oral Evidence - Quakers in Britain, Liberty, Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors, and Fire and Rescue Services Human Rights (Joint Committee) Found: Chakrabarti; Tom Gordon; Baroness Hamwee; Afzal Khan; Lord Rook; Alex Sobel; Peter Swallow; Sir Desmond Swayne |
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Wednesday 20th May 2026 2 p.m. Human Rights (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: The work of the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice At 2:15pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon David Lammy MP - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State at Ministry of Justice View calendar - Add to calendar |