Hilary’s Parliamentary Activity - Hilary Benn MP

EU Exit Negotiations

Commons debates

The Prime Minister has once again told the House that we will be leaving the customs union, but the truth is that we will be remaining in a customs union, both in the transition and in the...

EU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Advice

Commons debates

I take the hon. Gentleman’s point, but I think the House agrees that there could not be a difference between the two, for reasons that Government Members have clearly set out. These are...

EU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Advice

Commons debates

I will, and then I shall bring my remarks to a close.

EU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Advice

Commons debates

I absolutely bow to the right hon. and learned Gentleman’s expertise. I was going to make a second point, which may offer Ministers some comfort: also by definition, the legal advice the...

EU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Advice

Commons debates

This has been a very constructive and helpful debate, and it greatly illustrates the power of the House to concentrate the mind of the Government. I would say to the right hon. and learned...

Social Security Benefits: Leeds

Ministry of Justice

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment support allowance assessment appeals were successful in Leeds in the last 12...

Centenary of the Armistice

Assessment and Treatment Units: Vulnerable People

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

I want to speak about two men who never came home from the great war: my great uncle Oliver Williams Benn and George Edwin Ellison. Oliver was little spoken of in our family when I was growing...

Employment: EU Nationals

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has issued to employers on how to check the entitlement to work of EU citizens in the event that the UK leaves the EU...

Leaving the Eu: Rights of EU Citizens

Commons debates

If the UK leaves the EU in March with no deal, and if, as the Minister has told the House this afternoon, employers will not be required to make any additional checks other than asking for an EU...

Leasehold Charges

Housing, Communities and Local Government

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

Leaseholders in several private blocks in Leeds are being asked to pay huge bills to deal with unsafe cladding. The cost is between £10,000 and £28,000 for each leaseholder at Skyline...

Banks and Building Societies: CCTV

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will require banks and building societies to retain CCTV footage at their premises for a fixed period of time in order for it to be...

Banks and Building Societies: CCTV

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of routine wiping of CCTV footage at banks and building society premises on the police's ability...

NHS Digital

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, what the budget is for NHS Digital for each year until 2021-22.

NHS Digital

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, what training has been offered to existing NHS Digital staff on cyber security, data science and machine learning.

NHS Digital

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, what discussions he has had with NHS Digital staff and their representatives regarding the proposed organisational redesign; and how many...

NHS Digital

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, how many redundancies are planned as a result of the restructure of NHS Digital; and where those staff affected by the Org2 redesign are...

Nuclear Treaty: Us Withdrawal

Commons debates

President Trump’s decision to withdraw unilaterally from hard-won international agreements, including the Paris climate accord and the Iran nuclear deal, is cause for concern. I agree with...

Leaving the EU

Exiting the European Union

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

Last Sunday, when the Secretary of State was asked on “The Andrew Marr Show” how long the proposed UK-wide customs backstop might last, he said: “It could be time-limited, there...

Immigrants: EU Nationals

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications have been received from EU nationals for settled status; and how many of those applications (a) have been granted, (b)...

October EU Council

Commons debates

The Economic Secretary invited me earlier to put this question to the Prime Minister, so I will. He told the House that he expected the negotiations on the future partnership to be concluded by...