ConservativeHome's ToryDiary (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008
Over the nearly three years since David Cameron became leader a fair number of talented individuals have left the frontbench for a variety of reasons. We think of Graham Brady, Mark Field, Bernard Jenkin, Patrick Mercer and Hugo Swire, for...
Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
Remember Oleg Deripaska? The Russian oligarch who Peter Mandelson met? With the result that many leading Conservatives went on record criticising Mandelson for meeting him, painting him as a rather unsavoury character? For example, this is what Conservative MP Hugo Swire said: You will be aware of the continuing press reports surrounding the relationship [...]
THE WILTED ROSE (Free subscription) | 16/10/2008
I wondered how long it would take Lord Mandelson of North Greenwich to resign from his new cabinet post. Well, it seems he is on track to beat his previous records, and Tory MP Hugo Swire has commented: “You will be aware of the continuing press reports surrounding the relationship between the current Secretary of State for [...]
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 13/07/2008
He may have been the last man standing, but Hugo Swire stepped up to the plate, writes Dominic White.
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
East Devon MP Hugo Swire has urged ministers to put pressure on China to end its support of Zimbabwe following the recent fixed elections there.
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 19/06/2008
East Devon MP Hugo Swire has quizzed the Prime Minister about the ongoing political crisis in Zimbabwe and the country's relationship in China.
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 01/04/2008
Raising the school leaving age and lowering the voting age were among issues discussed at a Question Time event hosted by Exeter College Students' Union. Devon MPs Ben Bradshaw, Hugo Swire and Richard Younger- Ross debated the subjects, along ...
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 19/03/2008
East Devon MP Hugo Swire has visited a holiday park on East Devon's Jurassic Coast to get a first-hand view of the coming tourist season. He dropped in at Ladram Holiday Centre, near Otterton, to hear the tourism forecast from owners Frank and ...
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 11/03/2008
East Devon MP Hugo Swire has signed an early day parliamentary motion calling for a fairer deal for pig farmers. The motion expresses concern that British pig farmers are losing more than £20 on every animal raised, which it says, poses a serious ...
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 29/02/2008
East Devon MP Hugo Swire has been working with councillors to support the Exmouth Festival to be held in May. Deputy mayor, Cllr Darryl Nicholas, asked Mr Swire for help with extra cash for projects. Mr Swire wrote to Cllr ...
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
A string of teenage suicides has highlighted the urgent need to tighten up internet safety for youngsters, according to a Devon MP. East Devon's Hugo Swire has told MPs at Westminster that schools' hard-pressed computer departments did not have ...
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
East Devon MP Hugo Swire has told the House of Commons there is an urgent need to tighten up internet safety for youngsters. Mr Swire suggested a raft of measures to improve the safety of children online, including the setting up of an Internet ...
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 08/12/2007
Cutting funding for animal health inspectors in Devon could lead to new outbreaks of foot-and-mouth and other animal diseases, an MP has warned. Hugo Swire, Conservative MP for East Devon, questioned the proposed £68,000 cut during a debate ...
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 30/11/2007
East Devon Tory MP Hugo Swire has called on the Government to give councils a better deal when it hands out local government funding. He has written to Communities Secretary Hazel Blears to demand a fairer distribution of the local government ...
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 26/10/2007
Hugo Swire, MP for East Devon, has led a delegation to debate the future use of Rolle College, Exmouth. The delegation met Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw, Minister for the South West, to discuss community issues for the campus. Mr ...
