Hilary Benn
Former United Kingdom Secretary of State for Northern IrelandWikipedia
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Nov 7, 2026
Anita AnandHOST
I wanted to make a
Catherine CrossAUDIENCE
comment based on what Hilary Benn said.
Catherine CrossAUDIENCE
In his comment on the Russell Brand case, he said that he felt that young people needed to be educated about consent.
Catherine CrossAUDIENCE
My feeling about that is that young people are now very well educated about consent at school through the PSHE programme, key stages one and two, understanding about autonomy of one's body, about unwanted touch and then going on in later stages and key stage two to four, power dynamics and gender, legal definitions and voluntary modules later on.
Audrey CarvilleHOST
Your mother is in her late 80s.
Audrey CarvilleHOST
She pleaded with the Hilary Benn, who was the previous Northern Secretary, not to make her to go to London to campaign and for an inquiry.
Audrey CarvilleHOST
She wasn't listened to.
Audrey CarvilleHOST
How is she now?
Michael GoveGUEST
That legislation ran into trouble from the Irish government and also from most of the political players in Northern Ireland.
Michael GoveGUEST
This government, when Hilary Benn was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, basically fashioned legislation to suit, I can understand why, but it was a mistake, nationalist and Republican opinion in Northern Ireland and the Irish government.
Michael GoveGUEST
It would have, in crude terms, placed on terms of equality, terrorist Republican killers, terrorist loyalist killers, and those who'd served the crown loyally, obeying orders issued through the chain of command, ultimately backed by political decision makers.
Michael GoveGUEST
Brave men were being thrown under a bus.
Matt ChorleyHOST
Of course, we have separated the colours from the reds.
Matt ChorleyHOST
Wes Ball is former Director of the Parliamentary Labour Party and was a Special Advisor to Hilary Benn.
Matt ChorleyHOST
Hello, Wes.
Matt ChorleyHOST
Hello, Matt.
Mark FrancoisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
in the dock.
Sean CurranHOST
But the Labour former Northern Ireland Secretary, Hilary Benn, thought the amendment showed that the government had listened to the points made by MPs, veterans and others.
Hilary BennSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We need a system which can command confidence and provide help to all of those people who are still searching for answers after all of these years.
Hilary BennSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This is what this is about, about how their loved ones died and at whose hands.
David GrahamGUEST
Well, I think it's the only natural consequence of that situation where I think Chris Bryant is clearly, you know, shoots from the hip.
David GrahamGUEST
He's the total opposite to Hilary Benn before him.
David GrahamGUEST
I think he's clearly fed up already with how we do business over here and more to the point that we don't do business.
David GrahamGUEST
And I think that that is probably the only thing that is in the back of Gavin
David McCannGUEST
And again, he is new to Northern Ireland, so probably getting his head around the history of Garvaghy Road was probably something that took a little bit more time.
David McCannGUEST
I wonder if Hilary Benn maybe would have acted a little bit more deftly and a little bit sooner just 'cause he had a greater d- greater depth of knowledge about here as well.
David McCannGUEST
But I think, I think he was definitely slow, slow to act, and I think that's a fair criticism, but I think he made the right call eventually.
Gareth GordonGUEST
Oh, I was a bit surprised he did it on a Friday night because the, the weekend people have, people are off work, and they have more time, and bad things can happen.
Anne WattGUEST
It's t- you know, if you put, you put it in that kind of language, it is a poker game of the executive is asking for more money, and has been asking for more, more money for a long time, and the UK government is digging in.
Anne WattGUEST
I think if we re- rewind slightly to earlier in the year and when Hilary Benn was the Secretary of State, he said again and again and again, "There is no more money.
Anne WattGUEST
You've got a record settlement.
Anne WattGUEST
There'll be nothing else." And actually, the executive has had a lot of success here, because they've now got the offer of 1.5 billion over three years.