About - Fabian Hamilton MP

Fabian with local Labour members

Fabian Hamilton was elected as the Labour Member of Parliament for Leeds North East in 1997. Fabian is currently the Labour Party’s Shadow Minister for Peace and Disarmament, Latin America and the Caribbean. Since his election to Parliament, Fabian has championed multilateral disarmament and international peacebuilding.

Alongside regional responsibilities in Latin America and the Caribbean, Fabian is responsible for Labour Party policy on arms control, the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, conflict prevention and the UK’s soft power. He is married with three children and two grandchildren and is a keen cyclist and amateur photographer.

In 2016, Fabian authored a report into the UK’s housing crisis entitled ‘Building Homes for Britain’. You can view or download the report here – http://fabianhamilton.laboursites.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1005/2022/03/BuildingHomes_compressed.pdf

You can view Fabian’s recent activity in Parliament below.

Special Educational Needs

Department for Education

Fabian Hamilton received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve training and support for local authority staff involved in the Education, Health and Care Plan process.

Special Educational Needs

Department for Education

Fabian Hamilton received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the eligibility criteria for Education, Health and Care Plans; and what steps her Department is taking...

Special Educational Needs

Department for Education

Fabian Hamilton received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to simplify the Education, Health and Care Plan assessment process to reduce the time take to provide families with a...

Special Educational Needs

Department for Education

Fabian Hamilton received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to provide (a) further funding for Special Educational Needs provision and (b) increased resources for (i) specialist...

Ecuador: Politics and Government

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Fabian Hamilton received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Ecuadorian counterpart on impeachment proceedings of President Lasso.

Refugees: Caribbean

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Fabian Hamilton received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to support the (a) Dominican Republic and (b) Turks and Caicos islands with...

Red Cross: Nicaragua

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Fabian Hamilton received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking diplomatic steps to support the Red Cross following the closure of its offices in...

Argentina: Interest Rates

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Fabian Hamilton received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trends in the increase in interest rates in...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Department of Health and Social Care

Fabian Hamilton received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies the BBC Panorama investigation in May 2023 into...

Electronic Cigarettes: Prices

Department of Health and Social Care

Fabian Hamilton received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of an enforced increase in the price of disposable vapes.

Disability: Costs

Department for Work and Pensions

Fabian Hamilton received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Scope report entitled Disability Price Tag 2023: the extra cost of disability, what assessment he has made of the...

State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

Department for Work and Pensions

Fabian Hamilton received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to take steps to increase state pension rates for (a) men born before 6th April 1951 and (b) women born before 6 April 1953.

Students: Loans

Department for Education

Fabian Hamilton received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to increase maintenance loans for university students in line with inflation.

Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries and Latin America

Fabian Hamilton received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the Tier 5 Youth Mobility Scheme to (a) further European countries...

Ecuador: Elections

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Fabian Hamilton received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Ecuadoran counterpart on whether President Guillermo Lasso plans to dissolve...

Engagements

Fabian Hamilton made a speech in the House of Commons

My constituent Ian Greenwood tragically lost his 12-year-old daughter in a road traffic collision that should never have happened. Ian is now campaigning for Leeds Vision Zero, which aims to end...

Latin America: Indigenous Peoples

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Fabian Hamilton received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support indigenous communities in Latin America.

Cuba: Elections

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Fabian Hamilton received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the outcome of the 2023 Cuban Parliamentary...

Honduras: Emergency Powers

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Fabian Hamilton received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Honduran counterpart on the extension of the state of emergency until October...

Nicaragua: Human Rights

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Fabian Hamilton received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implication's for his policies of Amnesty International's report entitled...

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