Hilary’s Parliamentary Activity - Hilary Benn MP

Brexit: Northern Ireland

Department for Exiting the European Union

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the Government has made an economic assessment of the Malthouse compromise proposals.

Sudan: Demonstrations

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Sudan on its treatment of protesters during recent demonstrations.

Sudan: Demonstrations

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on protests in Sudan; and if he will make a statement.

Children: Social Services

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 assessment he has made of the effect of changes in the level of Government funding of local authorities on the effectiveness of children's...

Leaving the Eu: Economic Impact of Proposed Deal

Commons debates

Things have come to a pretty pass when here we are, 37 days from Brexit, and the House of Commons is actually discussing which of several options—all of them economically damaging—we...

Honda in Swindon

Commons debates

This is the latest and the most serious in a series of announcements and warnings from the UK car industry about its future operations in this country. I know and the House knows that the...

Northern Ireland Backstop

Commons debates

If the technology that could keep the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic as it is today existed, there would be no need for the backstop. The Solicitor General knows that that...

Brexit

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

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he publish the terms of reference of Operation Yellowhammer.

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

Department for Work and Pensions

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how frequently her Department re-assesses entitlement to personal independence payments (PIP) mobility element in cases where the individual...

UK’s Withdrawal from the EU

Business of the House (Today)

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

I can only bow in admiration to the clarity with which the right hon. and learned Gentleman makes that point. We know that is where we will have to end up, and humouring those who refuse to...

UK’s Withdrawal from the EU

Business of the House (Today)

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

The backstop is, indeed, an insurance policy, and we cannot put a time limit on it, because it would not be an insurance policy if it is not there when it is needed. We cannot allow one side to...

UK’s Withdrawal from the EU

Business of the House (Today)

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend is, of course, entirely right. Nothing I heard from the Prime Minister on Tuesday and nothing I heard from the Secretary of State at the Dispatch Box today persuades me, or anyone...

UK’s Withdrawal from the EU

Business of the House (Today)

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

What a mess. What a complete and utter mess our country is in. There are just 43 days to go before we leave the European Union and, as we currently do not have an agreement, we are staring down...

Housing: Noise

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) local authorities and (b) housing providers are required to notify the occupant of property A before noise...

UK’s Withdrawal from the EU

Business of the House (Today)

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

The Secretary of State just told the House that he has put proposals to Michel Barnier. Can he therefore explain why Donald Tusk said yesterday that the EU27 are “still waiting for...

Retirement of the Clerk of the House

Commons debates

Thank you very much indeed, Mr Speaker. I join all those who have spoken so eloquently and beautifully in tribute to Sir David in rising to share with the House just two memories of him. It is a...

EU Trade Agreements: Replication

Commons debates

The past two and a half years have been a very painful process, as the wild and optimistic promises about what could be achieved from the Brexit process have collided with reality. That includes...

Leaving the EU

Commons debates

Although strength in pursuit of a principle is to be admired, inflexibility and denial in the face of the facts is not, especially when the future of the country is at stake. The facts are that...

Noise

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many environmental health staff with responsibility for dealing with noise nuisance were employed in local...

Counter-Daesh Update

Commons debates

Given what the people of Iraq and Syria faced when ISIS/Daesh suddenly acquired control of large parts of territory, what has been achieved in the years since is really quite remarkable. I am...