All 3 Debates between Lord Swire and Stuart Andrew

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Debate between Lord Swire and Stuart Andrew
Monday 22nd October 2018

(5 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Stuart Andrew Portrait Stuart Andrew
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As I said a moment ago, we are making sure that we go out to international competition, because that gives value for money to this country, and we can also then invest the savings we make in other capabilities. It means that we attract the best and affordable solutions. It also brings competition at the heart of our shipbuilding strategy, because we want our shipyards to go out there and compete for international orders.

Lord Swire Portrait Sir Hugo Swire (East Devon) (Con)
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Captain Mainwaring’s doughty band of men who formed the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard are in danger of looking like special forces, on account of their ability to climb in and out of Lance Corporal Jones’s converted bread van, when compared with the modern Army, which has 18,000 clinically obese soldiers and servicemen, with 398 having type 2 diabetes, 160 being on prescribed diet pills and 16 having had liposuction. When is the Secretary of State going to do something about the state of the fitness of the British armed forces?

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Debate between Lord Swire and Stuart Andrew
Tuesday 12th July 2016

(7 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Stuart Andrew Portrait Stuart Andrew (Pudsey) (Con)
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T3. After five decades of armed conflict in Colombia, where some 200,000 people have lost their lives and many millions have been displaced, a historic ceasefire has been agreed between the Colombian Government and FARC. Will my right hon. Friend update the House on the peace process and Britain’s role within it?

Lord Swire Portrait The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr Hugo Swire)
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Yes, of course. I welcome the bilateral ceasefire and disarmament agreement reached by the Colombian Government and FARC on 23 June. That is a significant step towards ending more than 50 years of conflict that have affected the lives of so many Colombians. We will continue to support Colombia during the implementation of the peace accord.

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Debate between Lord Swire and Stuart Andrew
Tuesday 4th March 2014

(10 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Swire Portrait Mr Swire
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We have had discussions with our Chinese opposite numbers on refoulement—that is, the repatriation of those who have escaped from DPRK to China. We had a UK-China strategic dialogue last week and I raised the issue with my opposite number, as did my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary with his opposite number.

Stuart Andrew Portrait Stuart Andrew (Pudsey) (Con)
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2. What recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Ukraine.