Speeches by Swayne.

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

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

“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?”

“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.”

“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?”

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

“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?”

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

“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?”

“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?”