Hilary’s Parliamentary Activity - Hilary Benn - Member of Parliament for Leeds Central

Birth Certificates

Hilary Benn received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the circumstances in which people are required by law to produce or show their birth certificate.

Energy Bills: Self-disconnection

Commons debates

The Minister appeared to say in answer to an earlier question that no one should be physically disconnected from their energy supply. If I heard that correctly, and if that is indeed the...

Gender Recognition Certificates

Women and Equalities

Hilary Benn received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will list the circumstances in which a person may be required to show a Gender Recognition Certificate.

Pupils: Bullying

Department for Education

Hilary Benn received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what advice and training is given to primary schools on tackling pupil bullying.

Pupils: Bullying

Department for Education

Hilary Benn received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance and training is available for primary schools on tackling pupil bullying.

Prepayment Meters

Commons debates

What possible justification is there for forcing people to sit in the cold and the dark because they have been required to have a prepayment meter connected that they cannot afford to top up?...

Private Rented Housing

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Hilary Benn received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to review legislation on the rights and protections of lodgers in private houses.

Saudi Arabia: Prisons

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hilary Benn received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Gulf Strategy Fund supports any work in prisons in Saudi Arabia.

Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid Workers

Commons debates

This medieval misogyny—we ought to call it what it is—is doing huge damage to Afghanistan’s future. Does the Minister share the widespread concern that, since the Taliban have...

Levelling-up Fund Round 2

Commons debates

There is bitter disappointment that the really good bid from Holbeck—one of the most deprived parts of my constituency, which is the 18th most deprived in the country—has received...

Somaliland: Human Rights

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hilary Benn received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Somaliland.

Pakistan: Ahmadiyya

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hilary Benn received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in Pakistan on (a) the persecution of Ahmadi Muslims...

New Clause 1 - “Assimilated law”

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

The Bill certainly has not improved with age; on the contrary, all of its flaws have become more exposed as the chorus of criticism on it has become louder and louder. We have heard Ministers...

New Clause 1 - “Assimilated law”

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

Scotland Act 1998: Section 35 Power

Commons debates

Clearly, as we have heard, there is disagreement about the process contained within the legislation that the Scottish Parliament has passed. Will the Secretary of State clarify something? Whether...

Civil Partnerships and Marriage

Women and Equalities

Hilary Benn received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to take steps to enable opposite-sex couples to convert a civil partnership to marriage.

Warships: Procurement

Ministry of Defence

Hilary Benn received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to enable small and medium UK based engineering businesses to bid for work to provide waste management systems, including...

East Africa: Development Aid

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hilary Benn received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which UK-funded aid programmes in East Africa have had reduced levels of funding since 2020.

East Africa: Food Aid

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hilary Benn received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of humanitarian aid to East Africa was spent on nutrition support in the 2021-22...

Ukraine: Update

Commons debates

Night after night, the Russians continue to fire missiles at the Ukrainian civilian population. We saw at the weekend the attack on the residential block in Dnipro, which has so far claimed at...