Speeches by Swayne.

“I suggest six minutes for Back-Bench speeches.”

“Order. I urge the hon. Member to give the Minister some time to respond.”

“Order. There will be a formal time limit of one and a half minutes, and I will not be able to call everyone.”

“Order. I call the spokesman for the Liberal Democrats.”

“Given the red carpet treatment afforded to Putin, will the Secretary of State remind our principal ally that it is our co-signatory to the Budapest memorandum?”

“The only effective measure of the Government’s actions is the number of crossings, isn’t it?”

“What action will His Majesty’s Government take if the Government of Israel proceed with their plan to build in the E1 corridor?”

“Q2. Jack Straw told us that the Human Rights Act 1998 places on us no expectation that we will remedy a declaration of incompatibility issued by a court, so the Prime Minister is wrong to say that the legacy Act is struck down. His own proposals, which open the door to compensation to Gerry Adams and place in jeopardy …”

“On the question of facts, will the Minister give way?”

“When Jack Straw introduced the Bill that became the Human Rights Act 1998, he made it clear from the Dispatch Box, in terms, that Parliament was not under any obligation, in any way, to introduce a remedial order after a declaration of incompatibility by a court. There is no need to win another court case. Parliament i…”

“15. What assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the new UK-EU trading relationship.”

“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 away, if they happen at all.” Given what we have negotiated aw…”

“Will the preparations take into account the lasting, disastrous consequences of lockdown, and the blithering absurdity of face coverings?”

“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 of taking it to £1 bi…”

“6. What statutory powers the Church plans to use to facilitate Project Spire.”

“8. What recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer national insurance contributions on charities.”

“The National Council for Voluntary Organisations puts the cost at £1.4 billion. That is right, isn’t it?”

“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?”

“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?”

“Was there any discussion about the killing zones that currently constitute the provision of humanitarian aid in Gaza?”