Speeches by Swayne.

“I remind hon. Members that they may make a speech only with prior permission from the Member in charge and the Minister. As is the convention for 30-minute debates, there will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up.”

“Order. I suggest that Members limit themselves to five minutes.”

“I call the Minister, in the time that remains to you.”

“On three occasions in answering this question the Minister has said that “Israel must”. What will he do if Israel does not?”

“It was proper and lawful to send HMS Spey through the Taiwan strait in pursuit of vital international freedom of navigation in the South China sea, was it not, and can we see more like it?”

“At the lobby last week by the food banks, a number of people expressed the wish to have greater facilities to educate their clients with respect to shopping and preparing meals more effectively. They make a fair point, don’t they?”

“There is a difference of principle on the question of human rights, because there are two lives involved in these decisions. That is the fundamental problem.”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I wonder if you can assist me as I am at a loss as to what amendment we are discussing.”

“Sanctions are no remedy when it comes to the imperilled two-state solution. Is the Minister going to the conference with a plan?”

“Studied ambiguity of what and when has had no impact on Israeli policy. We want to know, and Israel needs to know, precisely what the Government mean by “further steps”.”

“What has caused the system, which was once the benchmark for all others, to become such a disappointment?”

“5. What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on school standards.”

“T5. Lord Hermer says that we are not even trying to reform the convention. Why not?”

“In pursuit of deterrence, will the Minister recommit to first use when either the strategic or tactical situation demands it?”

“Respect for justice is diminished by the fiction of the judge announcing a sentence and those in the know then calculating on the back of a fag packet the fraction that it actually represents. Has this statement not reinforced that system with bells on?”

“May I tell my hon. Friend why I think the hon. Member for Peterborough (Andrew Pakes) is wrong? Since the very inception of our negotiations to join what was then the common market—now the European Union—it has attached huge importance to fishing. We have just handed over the enormous leverage of an annual negotiation,…”

“Will the Secretary of State withhold the remedial order until he is certain that he can deliver the Prime Minister’s pledge to prevent Gerry Adams from receiving compensation?”

“1. If he will take steps to ensure that compensation is not paid to people detained using interim custody orders during the troubles in Northern Ireland.”

“The House wants to know, and Israel needs to know, exactly what the Foreign Secretary means by “further action”.”

“Will the Secretary of State delay putting before the House the remedial order until he is certain that the Government have a way of delivering the Prime Minister’s commitment to preventing Gerry Adams from claiming compensation?”