Speeches and Articles - Hilary Benn - Member of Parliament for Leeds Central

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – April 2024

I’ve written in my column before about the housing crisis in Leeds – and elsewhere – which is affecting a growing number of people. The size of the housing waiting list is going up while the supply of houses has been going down. So having read in a recent edition…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – March 2024

Gaza, transport and climate change Sometimes, things happen out of context. I was recently in Northern Ireland and visited the Harryville Men’s Shed just outside Ballymena. It’s a drop in centre for men of all ages who feel lonely or isolated, and it provides a range of activities from a…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – February 2024

The Horizon Post Office scandal is one of the most terrible injustices our country has ever seen. I don’t know about you, but I watched all the episodes of the excellent ITV drama ’Mr. Bates v the Post Office’ with increasing incredulity and anger. How could this have possibly happened?…

‘They need their parents’: Afghans in UK tell of pain of family separation

Article first published in The Guardian 30th January 2024, available online here https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/30/afghans-in-uk-tell-of-pain-of-family-separation-parents Young people evacuated from Kabul during west’s withdrawal in 2021 remain apart from parents who could not leave. In August 2021, as the UK and US withdrew from Afghanistan, marking the end of the 20-year war, Zulikha…

Watch Hilary’s speech on the agreement to restore Northern Ireland’s Government

Watch Hilary’s speech about the need to restore devolved government in Northern Ireland

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – January 2024

Happy New Year. I was listening to the radio the other morning when Esther Rantzen came on. She revealed that she is receiving treatment for stage four lung cancer which is terminal and she said that she has joined Dignitas, the organisation that runs the assisted dying clinic in Switzerland.…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – December 2023

Gaza, Holbeck and School Visits The appalling suffering in Israel and Gaza continues, although at the time of writing a truce to allow for the release of some of the hostages is about to happen. Many of my constituents feel very strongly indeed about the attack on Israel on 7th…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – November 2023

Gaza, Northern Ireland and the cladding crisis The crisis in Gaza and Israel is awful and deeply distressing and a lot of constituents have contacted me about it. On 7th October, Hamas deliberately murdered 1,400 Israelis, including young people enjoying a music festival, and men, women, children and babies in…

Hilary’s Speech to Labour Party Conference 2023

Monday 9th October 2023 / 4.25 pm Hilary Benn MP Conference Speech Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Conference. I want to begin by thanking my predecessor Peter Kyle for everything he did – and did so well – for the people of Northern Ireland. When Keir asked me…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – October 2023

Building Blocks, vaccinations and Northern Ireland First things first. 100 not out. What an achievement by South Leeds Life. It was a great pleasure to attend the celebration of the 100th edition of the South Leeds Life newspaper at the Rowland Road Working Men’s Club recently. There was a great…

Watch Hilary’s speech on the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill

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