Desmond Swayne: It is the Minister’s belief that the Bill will be a remedy for the problems in the market. She will acknowledge that, while there are only a few of us in the House who do so, there is a rather larger number out there who believe that it will make a bad situation significantly worse. The Lords amendment at least gives the opportunity of finding out who is right about this—whether it is her...
Desmond Swayne: I thank the Home Secretary for her dedication and the work that she is doing. What are the prospects of securing an alternative airline carrier to make the Rwanda plan a reality?
Desmond Swayne: Last week, the Home Secretary’s sharing of a draft parliamentary answer barely got a mention. They were all over it because this was a damaging policy row with the Prime Minister’s subordinate. She lost her Home Secretary. Why does my hon. Friend think that has changed?
Desmond Swayne: How will the Minister answer the intemperate correspondence to which many of us have been subjected, announcing that the Bill will provide for the rape of the countryside and the destruction of wildlife? Will he be able to persuade people that this is a proportionate measure that will allow us to choose the regulations by which we wish to live, and judge them on their merits?
Desmond Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time pilots were in place who fly (a) fast jet, (b) other fixed wing and (c) rotary craft in each of the three regular services as of 18 October 2022.
Desmond Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many qualified part-time pilots of (a) fast jet, (b) other fixed wing and (c) rotary aircraft there are in the (i) Royal Naval Reserve, (ii) Army and (iii) Royal Auxiliary Air Force.
Desmond Swayne: Will the Minister expedite the track 2 process for carbon capture, usage and storage?
Desmond Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether hours flown as a member of a University Air squadron reduce the flying hours required at the first stage of the pilot training pipeline.
Desmond Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any current Poseidon pilots hold civilian airline licences.
Desmond Swayne: They will no doubt be relieved on the grounds of the rate of interest they are required to pay on their student loans, won’t they?
Desmond Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any Poseidon pilots have been recruited from civilian populations with a civilian airline licences.
Desmond Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost was to train a (a) typhoon, (b) Atlas C.1, (c) Poseidon, (d) Reaper and (e) Chinook pilot in the latest period for which data is available.
Desmond Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time taken was to train a (a) typhoon, (b) Atlas C.1, (c) Poseidon, (d) Reaper and (e) Chinook pilot in the latest period for which data is available.
Desmond Swayne: What steps his Department is taking steps to reform the UK human rights framework.
Desmond Swayne: Has the Secretary of State proposals to protect free speech from the use of strategic lawsuits against public participation?
Desmond Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish a timetable for announcing successful bids in respect of the Second Cluster Sequencing development for the carbon capture, utilisation and storage sector; and if he will make it his policy to allow all credible bids to proceed.
Desmond Swayne: There has been no moratorium on fracking for thermal energy and it has continued apace at many sites, but the science is the same, is it not?
Desmond Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions (a) she and (b) her Department has had with their Spanish counterparts regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of Tobias Evald White-Sansom in Mallorca on 31 July 2022.
Desmond Swayne: What steps the Church is taking to help support Ukrainian refugees.
Desmond Swayne: As we approach the six-month point, what action can the Church take to encourage members of their congregations to step forward—and the congregations themselves to support them—where some initial sponsorships are not renewed?