Claire Hanna
Social Democratic & Labour PartyMP for Belfast South and Mid Down · Since 2019
Recent Activity
Spoke in debate: Defence Readiness
Parliamentary appearance by Claire Hanna
Defence Readiness
Will the shadow Minister acknowledge that no party and no victims’ group in Northern Ireland supports the Conservative party’s approach to the past, and that even the Dillon judgment last week did not in any way rule it legal? Would he not agree that soldiers following the rule of law is a matter of recruitment, too? No soldier wants to be painted with the brush of not having followed the rule of law. Would he care to tell the House how many of the 300,000 soldiers who served under Operation Ban
Voted AYE on: Privilege
Claire Hanna voted AYE on 'Privilege' (223-335, defeated)
Voted AYE on: Privilege
Claire Hanna voted AYE on 'Privilege' (223-335, defeated)
Voted AYE on: Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion
Claire Hanna voted AYE on 'Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion' (279-176, passed)
Voted AYE on: Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion
Claire Hanna voted AYE on 'Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion' (279-176, passed)
Voted AYE on: Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B
Claire Hanna voted AYE on 'Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B' (272-149, passed)
Voted NO on: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X
Claire Hanna voted NO on 'Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X' (260-161, passed)
Voted AYE on: Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B
Claire Hanna voted AYE on 'Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B' (272-149, passed)
Voted AYE on: Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026
Claire Hanna voted AYE on 'Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026' (380-7, passed)
Voted NO on: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X
Claire Hanna voted NO on 'Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X' (260-161, passed)
Voted AYE on: Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026
Claire Hanna voted AYE on 'Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026' (380-7, passed)
Spoke in debate: Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and Reconciliation
Parliamentary appearance by Claire Hanna
Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and Reconciliation
One of the lingering legacies of violence in Northern Ireland is our outrageous and distressing levels of violence against women and girls, in the echo of menace and threat that still exists in Northern Ireland. The murders this month of Ellie Flanagan and Amy Doherty bring to 33 the number of women and girls who have been murdered by men they knew. We grieve with their families, and we commend the family of Natalie McNally, who with decency and dignity finally got justice for her murder. Is the
Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Past
I thank the hon. Member for all her efforts on behalf of victims of the troubles and others. This is a chance to put in place accountability mechanisms that we should have put in place decades ago, particularly for those who do not have a judicial pathway. Families in Derry know what happened in their city on Bloody Sunday, regardless of a verdict. IRA victims know what directing terrorism looks like—the explaining away, the casualness with life—regardless of a judicial process. Does the hon. Me
Spoke in debate: Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Past
Parliamentary appearance by Claire Hanna
Spoke in debate: Engagements
Parliamentary appearance by Claire Hanna
Engagements
We have seen this play out before: a US rush to military escalation with no plan for what comes next. We have seen schoolgirls bombed in Iran, whole families killed in Lebanon, chaos in a region already scarred by repression and genocide, and economic shocks that hurt the most vulnerable at home. In Irish, there is a phrase, “Ní mhealltar an sionnach faoi dhó”—have we learned no lessons? People are asking exactly that: how many times do these horrors play out before the lessons are learned? The
Northern Ireland Hospitality Sector: VAT
10. What recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of reducing VAT for the hospitality sector in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland Hospitality Sector: VAT
As well as the business pressures, a majority of households in Northern Ireland and many businesses use heating oil as their main heating source, so they are particularly exposed to shocks such as that which we are experiencing due to the wrong-headed conflict in the middle east, and they are not protected by the energy price cap. The Stormont Executive have failed to regulate in this area, or to make any meaningful progress towards a transition to sustainable and secure energy. What interventio