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

Perinatal Mortality: Registration

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 ask registrars to prioritise appointments for the parents of babies who were stillborn so that they can register both the birth...

Perinatal Mortality: Registration

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for parents of children who were stillborn to register the death of their baby in England; and if she will...

Perinatal Mortality: Coroners

Ministry of Justice

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will ask coroners to prioritise post-mortems and the holding of inquests for babies that have died.

UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly: UK Delegations

Leader of the House

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

To ask the Leader of the House, when he expects the House to consider arrangements for establishing the UK delegation to the European Parliamentary Partnership Assembly.

Energy Supply: Costs

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support people with paying their energy bills and insulating their homes during winter 2021.

Energy Supply: Prices

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy that all energy suppliers must offer a no standing charge tariff to residential customers.

General Practitioners

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 assessment he has made of the number of GP appointments in England that are being carried out face-to-face with patients as of 1...

Building Safety Fund: Leeds

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 Cartier House, Leeds Dock, has been successful in its bid for funding from the Building Safety fund.

Immigration: Afghanistan

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to suspend the requirement for spouses from Afghanistan to pass the English language test in order to be able to enter...

Immigration: 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 EU family permit applications have been received since 1 January 2021.

Immigration Controls: 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 the current average processing time is for EU family permit applications.

Refugees: Afghanistan

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that people with a connection to the UK because of their work with UK universities on issues...

Universal Credit

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 many universal credit claimants received their final payment of the £20 a week universal credit uplift on or prior to 8 September 2021.

Afghanistan: Interpreters

Ministry of Defence

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2021 to Question 41667 on Afghanistan: Immigration, and with reference to the email of 6 October 2021 from the...

Wheelchairs: Procurement

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 proportion of wheelchairs made available to NHS patients in the last 12 months were manufactured in the UK.

Security Update

Commons debates

I am sure the whole House would like to thank you, Mr Speaker, for the leadership you have shown and for the absolutely palpable care that you have for us as Members of the House of Commons in...

Before Clause 1 - Purpose and declaration of biodiversity and climate emergency

Environment Bill

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am very glad that the hon. Member for Lichfield (Michael Fabricant) has raised this matter, because I saw that set of gallows as I was...

Before Clause 1 - Purpose and declaration of biodiversity and climate emergency

Environment Bill

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

I join colleagues in sending our love, prayers and thoughts to the families of David Amess and James Brokenshire on their terrible loss. I want briefly to talk about the office for environmental...

Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete

Department for Transport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether an environmental impact assessment has been undertaken on the number of additional journeys that will result from the introduction of a 32...

Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings Strategy

Commons debates

There are about a quarter of a million homes in Leeds with gas boilers. I have many constituents, as all Members have, who are struggling to pay the gas bill at the moment, let alone face the...