Hilary’s Parliamentary Activity - Hilary Benn - Labour MP for Leeds South

Northern Ireland Office: Aviation

Northern Ireland Office

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

Data on ministers’ overseas travel and on senior civil servants’ business expenses is published on a quarterly basis. The latest publication can be found at:...

Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Troubles

Commons debates

The hon. Gentleman has no reason to apologise to anybody, because he has just demonstrated what I said in my statement about the pain that endures to this day on the part of families who have...

Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Troubles

Commons debates

As the hon. Gentleman will know, the purpose of article 2 was to ensure that there was no diminution in the rights of people in Northern Ireland as a result of our withdrawal from the European...

Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Troubles

Commons debates

Let me first thank the right hon. Gentleman for his service in Northern Ireland. Let me also say how sad I am to hear about the case that he has just described. Justice information should...

Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Troubles

Commons debates

On the one inquiry I announced to the House, in relation to the murder of Pat Finucane, I explained the unique circumstances that led me to reach that conclusion. If I may correct the hon....

Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Troubles

Commons debates

I can indeed give my hon. Friend that assurance. It is absolutely what we should do when we are thinking, in this particular case, of those who served in the armed forces—the 250,000 people...

Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Troubles

Commons debates

Clearly, legislation on the statute book, and the provisions that it contains, remains in place until such time as it changes. On the right hon. Gentleman’s important point about what the...

Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Troubles

Commons debates

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that appalling atrocity. When I was the shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, I met a number of the Birmingham families over video. They have...

Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Troubles

Commons debates

In dealing with the legacy of the troubles it is important that everyone faces up to the consequences of what happened and of what they did or did not do—everyone. It is a painful and...

Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Troubles

Commons debates

I am very happy to give my hon. Friend that assurance. I have talked tonight about a lot of process, future legislation, remedial orders and so on. That is why I said at the end of my statement...

Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Troubles

Commons debates

I am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his question. He played a distinguished role during his time as Secretary of State. He knows, as I know and we all know, the importance of...

Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Troubles

Commons debates

I am very happy to give my hon. Friend that assurance. I have had a lot of meetings and discussions already, and to quote that phrase, I shall have further such meetings over the next few months,...

Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Troubles

Commons debates

I hope that it might be possible to reach agreement with the Irish Government about how we take this forward. Whether they withdraw the interstate case is, of course, entirely a matter for them,...

Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Troubles

Commons debates

The answer to my hon. Friend’s second question, as I have already indicated, is when parliamentary time allows. In answer to his first question, I hope that people will see a Government...

Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Troubles

Commons debates

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the manner of his response and for acknowledging that the Government have a mandate to introduce the changes I have set out today, although he did not...

Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Troubles

Commons debates

With permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the legacy of the troubles in Northern Ireland. The timing of the statement was chosen so as not to take time away from...

Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023

Northern Ireland Office

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

As part of my commitment to repeal and replace the Legacy Act, I am undertaking a wide range of engagements, consulting with interested parties, including victims and survivors, veterans,...

Gambling: Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Office

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

Gambling policy is devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive. It is for the Northern Ireland Department of Communities to consider any changes to gambling laws.

Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023

Northern Ireland Office

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

The Government remains committed to repealing and replacing the Legacy Act. In my statement to the House on 29 July, I made clear my commitment to propose measures to allow inquests previously...

Consent process under Schedule 6A Northern Ireland Act 1998

Northern Ireland Office

Written Ministerial Statements

Schedule 6A of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and Article 18 of the Windsor Framework provides Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLAs) with the opportunity to consider whether Articles...