Desmond Swayne
Conservative - New Forest West
5,600 (12.1%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 1st May 1997
9 Former APPG memberships
Covid-19 Vaccine Damage, Dying Well, Fire Safety and Rescue, Mindfulness, Psychology, St Helena, Street Children, Taiwan, ThalidomideDivision Voting information
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.
Department Debates
(2 debate contributions)
(2 debate contributions)
(2 debate contributions)
(1 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
Desmond Swayne has not made any spoken contributions to legislative debateLatest EDMs signed by Desmond Swayne
Fire Brigades Union
Tabled by: Stephen Gethins (Scottish National Party - Arbroath and Broughty Ferry)That this House recognises the hard work of the Fire Brigades Union and Jim Malone, a constituent of the hon. Member for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry, who, with the support of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Scottish Trades Union Congress and Scottish Government, have been able to facilitate the …
(Most recent: 2 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 5
Plaid Cymru: 4
Scottish National Party: 3
Liberal Democrat: 3
Independent: 2
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Conservative: 1
Pesticide use in towns and cities
Tabled by: Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion)That this House recognises the harm caused to both human health and the environment by the use of pesticides such as glyphosate in our villages, towns, cities and public spaces; notes that glyphosate was designated as probably carcinogenic to humans by the World Health Organisation in 2015, is increasingly being …
(Most recent: 24 May 2024)
Signatures by party:
Independent: 5
Labour: 5
Scottish National Party: 3
Plaid Cymru: 3
Green Party: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
Conservative: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Desmond Swayne, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.
Desmond Swayne has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Desmond Swayne has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
Desmond Swayne has not introduced any legislation before Parliament
2 Bills co-sponsored by Desmond Swayne
Road Traffic and Street Works Bill 2023-24
Sponsor - Kit Malthouse (Con)
Affordable Home Ownership Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Christopher Chope (Con)
Latest 4 Written Questions
(View all written questions)The department collects information from local authorities on penalty notices issued for unauthorised absence. This is published in the statistical release on Parental Responsibility Measures, which can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/parental-responsibility-measures.
Information is not collected on the type of school the penalty notice relates to. Independent schools set their own attendance policies and penalty notices are not issued for pupils in these schools.
In England, in the 2022/23 academic year, 356,181 penalty notices were issued for unauthorised family holiday absence in state funded schools, including academies.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
1 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Questions
(View all Desmond Swayne's Defra questions)Pesticides are strictly regulated based on the risks and benefits of use. The Government will always take decisions according to these legal requirements and with full consideration of the evidence.
This government recognises that nature is at a crisis point across Britain. We will therefore change existing policies to prevent the use of those neonicotinoid pesticides that threaten our vital pollinators.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
A temporary arrangement has been in place since 2018. The previous administration held a call for evidence last year and we will consider the evidence carefully before coming to a view.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
EEA and Swiss citizens with pre-settled status have the same access to benefits as they did prior to the UK leaving the EU. They will be able to access income-related public fund benefits, such as Universal Credit, if they are exercising a qualifying right to reside in the UK, for example by being a worker. This is similar to the rules for UK citizens residing in EU member states on the basis of the Withdrawal Agreement. The eligibility of claimants with pre-settled status is verified through the Habitual Residence Test.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)