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

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – July 2021

The recent fire at the Blue residential block by Granary Wharf was a chilling reminder of the risk of fire in high rise buildings. This block has some cladding problems, although it seems they were not involved in the fire. Thankfully the West Yorkshire Fire Service arrived extremely quickly, put…

Watch Hilary’s speech in the debate on cuts to Foreign Aid

Watch Hilary’s opening remarks in the recent debate on cuts to Foreign Aid.

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – June 2021

There are now just five months to go before world leaders gather in Glasgow for the big climate change conference. Meanwhile, the scientific evidence about our changing climate accumulates. The 2015 Paris climate agreement committed countries to keep the global temperature increase to just 1.5C above late 19th century levels…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – May 2021

Fan power, e-scooters and cemeteries Well that didn’t last long, did it? Announced one evening with a surprising lack of advocates, the proposed European Super League dominated the news but collapsed within 48 hours in the face of a universally hostile reaction. It was a great victory for the voice…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – April 2021

Exactly a year ago, in my column for South Leeds Life, I reflected on how the world had changed in ways that could scarcely have been imagined four weeks earlier. Twelve months on, who would have imagined that we would have seen 126,000 people lose their lives, three lockdowns, businesses…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – March 2021

Vaccinations, Cladding and Decluttering Cllr Judith Blake is stepping down as the Leader of Leeds City Council following her appointment to the House of Lords. I have had the privilege of working with Judith over many years in her roles both as a Middleton Ward councillor and as Council Leader…

Watch Hilary’s speech in the Cladding Debate

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – February 2021

Voluntary organisations, Universal Credit and conspiracy theories I had a very useful catch-up recently with Elissa Newman of Holbeck Together, the voluntary organisation of which I have the honour to be Patron. Despite the lockdown, Elissa and her wonderful team have continued to support their service users with regular phone…

Watch Hilary’s Speech on the Environment Bill

Watch Hilary’s speech on the Environment Bill, New Clause 5 on the State of Nature target here https://youtu.be/wWzP17EDMnw .

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – January 2021

As some of us try and make up for Christmas indulgence by increasing the number of steps we take each day, you notice just how much more of your surroundings you can take in when walking as opposed to travelling the same route by car. I really enjoy looking at…

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