Watch Hilary’s question to Grant Shapps on the scrapping of HS2 to Leeds 18 Nov 2021 Why the scrapping of HS2 to Leeds is a broken promise and a betrayal of the North. Read more →
Watch Hilary’s question to the Prime Minister in the COP26 debate 16 Nov 2021 Hilary’s question to the Prime Minister on why his plan to decarbonise our homes falls so far short of what is needed to get to net zero. Read more →
Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – November 2021 04 Nov 2021 Safety, levelling down, Slung Low and decarbonising The killing of Sir David Amess while serving his constituents came as a great shock, and our hearts go out to his wife and family. He was much liked on all sides of the House of Commons for his cheerfulness, good humour and… Read more →
Watch Hilary’s recent question on the cladding crisis 26 Oct 2021 Watch Hilary’s question to the Rt Hon Christopher Pincher MP, the newly-appointed Minister for Housing, on the 25th October 2021. Read more →
Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – October 2021 01 Oct 2021 Last month, a blue plaque was unveiled in memory of the Rev Don Robins. He was appointed vicar of St George’s Church in the heart of Leeds in 1930 at the time of the Great Depression. Looking around his new parish, he saw the homeless, the hungry and the destitute… Read more →
Watch Hilary’s speech on the cut to Universal Credit 16 Sep 2021 Watch Hilary’s speech in the opposition day debate on the cut to Universal Credit. Read more →
Watch Hilary’s recent question about the Afghan Resettlement Scheme 13 Sep 2021 Watch Hilary’s question earlier today to Victoria Atkins MP, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, about details of the Afghan Resettlement Scheme and advice for those still trying to leave Afghanistan. Read more →
Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – September 2021 02 Sep 2021 Afghanistan and St George’s Crypt The speed of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan took many people by surprise, and there must come a time when we look back and reflect on what happened so we can learn the lessons. But for now we have to deal with the sadness and… Read more →
Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – August 2021 30 Jul 2021 Recently, I attended a demonstration at Leeds Dock organised by the leaseholders who live there and who are affected by the cladding scandal. Many of them were holding cardboard signs showing the amounts of money they fear they may be asked for to fix the fire safety defects in their… Read more →
Hilary’s Article for South Leeds Life – July 2021 03 Jul 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… Read more →