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The law should have majesty; it should be awesome. May I ask the Secretary of State to resist this fetish for translating everything into newspeak?

There is fault in divorce. We all know that. It is a question not just of unreasonable behaviour, but of abominable, disgraceful and outrageous behaviour. But...

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Desmond Swayne (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
8 June 2020
Reference
677 cc113-4
House
House of Commons

There is undoubtedly fault in a divorce but, in my experience from continual exposure at constituency surgeries, the attribution of that fault leads parents to use their children as weapons in a continuing battle with their former partner.

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Desmond Swayne (Conservative)
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Proceeding contributions
Date
25 June 2019
Reference
662 c575
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House of Commons

I entirely agree with the case that has been made for the manifesto, of which I am a supporter. I will draw to the attention of the Minister—in so far as it has not been drawn to his attention already, because it most certainly has—the magnitude of the problem we...

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Desmond Swayne (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
8 February 2018
Reference
635 cc646-8WH
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House of Commons

My hon. Friend draws a very important and powerful corrective to proceeding with that Bill, certainly in its current form.

I am very glad that the hon. Member for Glasgow North West (Carol Monaghan) spoke earlier. I draw attention to what she said about service life. Those of us who have...

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Desmond Swayne (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
8 February 2018
Reference
635 cc648-9WH
House
House of Commons

That this House notes that Early Day Motion 128 `Parenting Time Presumption' has now been signed by 340 hon. Members of all political parties representing more than half of all hon. Members in the House; further notes that the Motion urges that separated parents should each have a legal presumption...

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Tim Loughton (Conservative)
Type
Early day motions
Date
14 June 2006
Reference
2367
House
House of Commons

That this House believes that separated parents should each have a legal presumption of contact with their children, so that both parents can continue to parent their children and children are able to benefit from being parented by both their parents, as well as from contact with any grandparents and...

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Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative)
Type
Early day motions
Date
18 May 2005
Reference
128
House
House of Commons