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

Watch Hilary’s speech in the lockdown debate

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – December 2020

As a hard and difficult year draws to a close, we are all desperately hoping that 2021 will be different. Well, that hope appears to have been answered. Three new ‘stars’ have appeared in the dark winter sky in the form of coronavirus vaccines. It is extraordinary that they have…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – November 2020

Half term hunger It is the Government’s responsibility to make sure that children do not go hungry.” These were the words of my parliamentary colleague Kate Green when she moved the motion calling for free school meals to be funded during the autumn half term, Christmas and Easter holidays. The…

Agriculture Bill

Lots of constituents have contacted me about the protection of UK environmental, animal welfare and food safety standards and child health in future trade deals. I support the #SaveOurStandards campaign. While the UK Government’s Trade Bill and Agriculture Bill have been making their way through Parliament, I have supported amendments…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – October 2020

Covid-19 Since March, our lives have been dominated by Covid. As I write, Leeds has just been put under new restrictions which mean that families won’t be able to see anyone else in their homes. It is the rising rate of infections in our city that has made this inevitable…

Internal Market Bill

I have been contacted by many constituents about the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill. I share the concerns raised by my constituents and that’s why I opposed the Bill at Second Reading in the House of Commons. You can read below what I said in my speech on 21 September.…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – September 2020

Managed Area, exams, evictions and paint brushes The independent review into the managed area in Holbeck recently published its report. It’s worth reading, although I found parts of it rather frustrating. In particular, I was genuinely puzzled as to why there was such an apparently low response rate to the…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – August 2020

Bielsa, face masks and volunteers First things first. Many congratulations to Leeds United on winning the Championship and being promoted to the Premier League. It’s been a long wait, but a bright future beckons now that the club is back where it belongs. I recently watched a television programme on…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – July 2020

As I write this, I’ve just remembered that today I should have been at the Beeston Festival which is always one of the highlights of the year. It’s a reminder of just how disrupted normal life has been by this pandemic. And yet we have found new ways to support…

Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – June 2020

Looking at my diary at the start of each day has presented a whole new world since lockdown began. Where once there were meetings that involved travel, near or far, and papers I had to remember to take with me, now there are Zoom, Skype, Teams and Webex video meetings.…

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