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Division Vote (Commons)
21 Jan 2025 - Environmental Protection - View Vote Context
Desmond Swayne (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 67 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 352 Noes - 75
Division Vote (Commons)
21 Jan 2025 - Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - View Vote Context
Desmond Swayne (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 97 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 191 Noes - 338
Division Vote (Commons)
21 Jan 2025 - Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - View Vote Context
Desmond Swayne (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 99 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 192 Noes - 338
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jan 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jan 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jan 2025
Community Engagement Principles and Extremism Definition

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Written Question
Charities: Employers' Contributions
Friday 17th January 2025

Asked by: Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the planned increase in employer National Insurance contributions on charities.

Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Government highly values the charity sector, and its positive contribution across society.

Due to the difficult economic inheritance from the previous government, we have had to take a number of difficult decisions on tax, welfare and spending to fix the public finances, fund public services, and restore economic stability.

The Government has considered the implication of this policy change on the charity sector, and the impacts have been published in the usual way by HMRC as part of the Autumn Budget process.

A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN), which gives a clear explanation of the policy objective and an assessment of the impacts, was published alongside the National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill on 13 November 2024. This Note includes the impacts of the policy on the Exchequer; the economic impacts of the policy; and the impacts on individuals, businesses, civil society organisations and equality impacts.



Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Jan 2025
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Division Vote (Commons)
15 Jan 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context
Desmond Swayne (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 99 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 341 Noes - 171
Division Vote (Commons)
15 Jan 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context
Desmond Swayne (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 102 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 175 Noes - 342