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Flats: Fire Prevention

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, what obligations there are on those responsible for fire safety in blocks below 11 metres to a) identify and b) remedy...

Building Safety (Remediation of Unsafe Cladding etc) Bill

Commons debates

No, the hon. Gentleman is not; I did not think that he was. That is a fundamental problem. It is about confidence in the system and in the property. Too many of my constituents still worry that...

Building Safety (Remediation of Unsafe Cladding etc) Bill

Commons debates

I understand the point that the hon. Gentleman is making, but is he arguing that a mortgage lender should be required by law—

Building Safety (Remediation of Unsafe Cladding etc) Bill

Commons debates

I unreservedly welcome the Bill. The story of the cladding crisis arose out of the appalling tragedy at Grenfell on that night over nine years ago, when all those people died in the place they...

Building Safety (Remediation of Unsafe Cladding etc) Bill

Commons debates

I very much welcome what my right hon. Friend just announced about those who have found themselves the owner of a flat that they did not know was non-qualifying, because of a previous owner. It...

Leeds Station: Repairs and Maintenance

Department for Transport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she next plans to review the safeguarding of Blue, 3 Little Neville Street, Leeds LS1 4ED in connection with the potential future development of...

Leeds Station: Repairs and Maintenance

Department for Transport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason Blue, 3 Little Neville Street, Leeds LS1 4ED has been safeguarded in connection with potential future development of Leeds Station in...

Clause 97 - Commencement

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the way in which he has handled these two days of Committee consideration with such skill, grace and understanding. The fact that the...

Clause 72 - The Independent Commission on Information Retrieval

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

Does the hon. Gentleman accept that the reason the Loughgall inquest began, and was then terminated by the previous Government’s legislation, is that the Attorney General in the last...

Clause 1 - Introduction

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

I want to finish, because many Members wish to speak. This is unquestionably the unfinished business of the Good Friday agreement. Those who signed that extraordinary document knew that this...

Clause 1 - Introduction

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

The hon. Member—my hon. Friend, if I might call him that—makes a very powerful point. Every family deserves, in so far as it is possible, to find an answer to how and at whose hands...

Clause 1 - Introduction

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Hilary Benn made a speech in the House of Commons

Let me begin by congratulating my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on the amendments that he has tabled. Notwithstanding what we have just heard, I think that they show beyond doubt that...

Drumcree

Commons debates

My right hon. Friend was clearly faced with a very difficult decision, but I think he took the right decision in the light of the advice he was given by the Chief Constable, which he has reported...

Robert Hamill Inquiry Report

Commons debates

I begin by congratulating my right hon. Friend on his appointment as Secretary of State. This is the first chance I have had to do so, and I wish him every success for the future. This is a...

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Commons debates

I will not give way because of the constraints of time. I do not think we can any longer justify the contradiction that is at the heart of this debate. We know that people with terminal illnesses...

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Commons debates

This is a very difficult moral and practical question, but for me it is fundamentally about whether we can act to relieve human suffering. We have heard a number of profoundly moving speeches in...

Israel and Palestine

Commons debates

May I congratulate my right hon. Friend on both the substance and the moral clarity of his statement today? Last weekend, Mike Huckabee, the United States ambassador to Israel, condemned Israeli...

Northern Ireland Office: Members

Northern Ireland Office

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

Northern Ireland Office Ministers meet regularly with Members of Parliament to discuss a wide range of issues relating to departmental responsibilities and matters of interest to constituents.

Northern Ireland Office: Emergencies

Northern Ireland Office

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

As crises do not respect borders or boundaries, resilience is a shared responsibility between individuals, communities, businesses, local, devolved and national government across the UK. We...

Northern Ireland Office: Agency Workers

Northern Ireland Office

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

There were no agency staff employed by the Northern Ireland Office in the last five years.