Issues - Hilary Benn - Member of Parliament for Leeds Central

Hilary’s Speech on the COP15 and Biodiversity Debate

Watch Hilary’s speech on why we must act at the forthcoming COP15 to value nature and restore it.

Hilary Benn’s question to Sajid Javid about Leeds Children’s Hospital

Watch Hilary Benn’s question to Sajid Javid about Leeds Children’s Hospital.

Hilary’s speech on cladding and building safety and the growing housing crisis in Leeds

Watch Hilary’s speech on cladding and building safety and the growing housing crisis in Leeds.

Hilary Benn’s speech during the Queens Speech Debate

Watch Hilary Benn’s speech in the House of Commons during the Queens Speech Debate.

Statement on Conversion Therapy

Many constituents have been contacting me about conversion therapy. I completely agree that LGBT+ conversion therapies – which are exploitative and damaging – should be banned as a matter of urgency, including for trans people. As you are no doubt aware, last October the Government published its long-awaited consultation on…

Hilary’s Question to the Boris Johnson about rising energy prices

I asked Boris Johnson at Prime Minister’s Questions what he is going to do to stop people disconnecting themselves because they have prepayment meters for their gas and electricity and simply can’t afford to keep them topped up because of rising energy prices. I’m afraid he didn’t really answer the…

Hilary’s speech on the Building Safety Bill and the cladding crisis

Statement on the Prime Ministers conduct

Many constituents have been contacting me about the Prime Minister’s conduct. We are now in the extraordinary position that having repeatedly assured the House of Commons that all the rules were observed and that there were no parties in Downing Street, the Prime Minister has been found by the Metropolitan…

Hilary Benn’s questions Priti Patel about the governments policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda

Hilary asks the Home Secretary where the evidence is that sending asylum seekers to Rwanda will actually reduce the number of boats crossing the Channel. As you will see, he didn’t get an answer. This scheme is unworkable and unethical, and it will also be hugely expensive.

Hilary raises high energy prices and prepayment meters

Watch Hilary’s question to Kwasi Kwarteng, the Business Secretary, in which he raised the problem of high cost prepayment meters and the risk that people will be going without warmth and light because of rapidly rising prices.

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