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

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…

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…

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