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

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

Watch Hilary’s response to the Urgent Question on the PSNI data breach

Watch Hilary’s response to yesterday’s urgent question on the data breach that has caused such concern to PSNI officers and staff. They face risks every day in serving the public, and they need our support, protection and reassurance.

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – September 2023

I really didn’t want to start my first column of the autumn writing about machetes and zombie knives, but I feel I must. I’ve been campaigning for some time along with others, including the police, for the Government to take much more effective action to ban their sale and possession.…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – July 2023

If you’d told me at the start of the week that I would be speaking in a debate on concrete mixers, I might have thought it unlikely. But that’s exactly what I did recently to stand up for a local company called Mixamate that operates in South Leeds and beyond,…

Watch Hilary’s speech in the debate on the Privileges Committee Report on the conduct of Boris Johnson

Watch Hilary’s question at PMQs on support for people living with Huntington’s Disease

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – June 2023

Voter ID, Remembrance and community sport The recent council elections – and congratulations to all those elected in South Leeds and to Al Garthwaite from Beeston on becoming our city’s new Lord Mayor – was the first after a new law came in requiring us to show voter ID. In…

Watch Hilary’s speech on the second reading of the Energy Bill

Here is Hilary’s speech on the second reading of the Energy Bill in which he spoke about the challenges we face in decarbonising the way in which we heat our homes – in other words, what is going to eventually replace gas boilers?

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – May 2023

Slung Low, Leeds Baby Bank and Smart Motorways It was a great pleasure recently to visit Slung Low in their new home in Holbeck. Slung Low is a really imaginative and energetic theatre company that brings performing to the heart of our community and builds links all over the place.…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – April 2023

Just under two years ago a constituent called Rory Burke wrote to me. He revealed that he has a brain tumour and asked me to attend a meeting to discuss ways in which we could try to find a cure. I went along and little did I know then that…

Watch Hilary’s speech on the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement

Watch Hilary’s question to Michael Gove about cladding

Following the public meeting we had last Saturday – thanks to everyone who attended – Michael Gove has agreed to come to Leeds to meet leaseholders who are still waiting for their homes to be made safe. We look forward to it.

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