Repatriation: Afghanistan

11 Aug 2022

Home Office

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) British citizens and (b) accompanying family members who have travelled to the UK directly...

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Numed Healthcare: Medical Equipment

28 Jul 2022

Department of Health and Social Care

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2022 to Question 11557 on Numed Healthcare: Medical Equipment, whether NHS Supply Chain has received...

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Scotfield Group: Leeds

27 Jul 2022

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 his Department has had discussions with Scotfield Ltd about unsafe cladding at the Gateway Building in Leeds.

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Passports: Applications

27 Jul 2022

Home Office

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of applications for British passports that have been (a) replacements for existing...

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Fossil Fuels: Exploration

27 Jul 2022

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Shell's proposal to commence seismic blasting on the Wild Coast of...

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Housing Associations: Service Charges

26 Jul 2022

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, what recent assessment he has made of the reasonableness and value for money of service charges levied by housing...

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Uzbekistan: Politics and Government

26 Jul 2022

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 assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of recent events in the autonomous republic of...

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Darfur: Violence

21 Jul 2022

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 she has made a recent assessment of the impact of violence in Darfur on the Massaleit community.

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New Clause 12 - Adjudications of matters pertaining to international law

20 Jul 2022

Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

There is a problem with the operation of the Northern Ireland protocol and it needs to be sorted out, but this Bill is not the way to do it. Indeed, it will end up making matters worse, because...

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Clause 13 - Implementation, application, supervision and enforcement of the Protocol

20 Jul 2022

Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

The hon. Gentleman is making an interesting and important speech. In clause 20(4), the Government propose to allow cases to be referred to the European Court; they say they want the European...

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Clause 13 - Implementation, application, supervision and enforcement of the Protocol

20 Jul 2022

Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

The right hon. Gentleman makes a fair point, and I understand it entirely. I am talking about the situation as it is today. We should, therefore, be calm and reasonable in describing it. Let us...

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Clause 13 - Implementation, application, supervision and enforcement of the Protocol

20 Jul 2022

Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

Brexit undoubtably casts a heavy shadow over this debate. The point raised by the right hon. Members for Chipping Barnet (Theresa Villiers) and for Lagan Valley (Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson) on the...

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Clause 7 - Regulation of goods: option to choose between dual routes

19 Jul 2022

Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way; he is being most generous. The argument has been put by the Minister and others in the Chamber that businesses in Northern Ireland would be...

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Clause 7 - Regulation of goods: option to choose between dual routes

19 Jul 2022

Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

The dual regulatory regime raises more questions than it answers. If I understand the Government’s position correctly, a firm can decide to operate under one regime or the other. Say, for...

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Clause 7 - Regulation of goods: option to choose between dual routes

19 Jul 2022

Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

Will my hon. Friend give way?

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Clause 7 - Regulation of goods: option to choose between dual routes

19 Jul 2022

Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

It is on the point that the Minister just raised. If I heard him correctly, he just said that the Government were taking a power to prescribe which regulatory route should be chosen. Earlier, he...

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Clause 7 - Regulation of goods: option to choose between dual routes

19 Jul 2022

Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

Will the Minister give way?

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Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement: Scrutiny

19 Jul 2022

Commons debates

The Government made a promise to the House that there would be a debate, and the Government have broken that promise. That sets a very bad precedent, precisely because this is the first trade...

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Extreme Heat Preparedness

18 Jul 2022

Commons debates

Last year’s advice report by the Adaptation Committee stated that “the gap between the level of risk we face and the level of adaptation underway has widened. Adaptation action has...

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Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and Beyond

14 Jul 2022

Commons debates

I agree completely. There should be no limit to the number of trees that we can plant. We can each play our part if we have the opportunity. As MPs, because of the nature of our job, we probably...

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