Jess Phillips’s work in Parliament - West Midlands Labour

Jess Phillips MP in Parliament

Domestic Abuse

Home Department

Jess Phillips made a speech in the House of Commons

In July 2021, the Government announced that a domestic homicide sentencing review will look at unfairness in the sentencing of intimate partner domestic homicides. According to Counting Dead...

New Clause 2 - Overseas funding

Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill

Jess Phillips made a speech in the House of Commons

I have been cancelled many times.

New Clause 2 - Overseas funding

Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill

Jess Phillips made a speech in the House of Commons

I want to challenge the idea that university students will all be walking like lemmings into the light unless we do something about it. At my university, the right hon. Jack Straw, who was then a...

New Clause 2 - Overseas funding

Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill

Jess Phillips made a speech in the House of Commons

Yes, that’s right. That Government Member said, “You can’t be forced to sign”, but that is to totally misunderstand the power imbalance. Someone might have worked hard and...

New Clause 2 - Overseas funding

Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill

Jess Phillips made a speech in the House of Commons

I absolutely agree, and the amendment clearly covers staff being able to talk about their experiences. The Minister cited a member of staff who felt compelled to leave their employment because of...

New Clause 2 - Overseas funding

Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill

Jess Phillips made a speech in the House of Commons

I will absolutely come on to naming some of those institutions. As I said, this was found by Elle magazine, which is collecting this data, unlike the Government at the moment. The article said...

New Clause 2 - Overseas funding

Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill

Jess Phillips made a speech in the House of Commons

I almost wish for the right hon. Gentleman’s sake that I had taken the other intervention. Has he seen the figures on police rape recording and reporting? In the first instance that I was...

New Clause 2 - Overseas funding

Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill

Jess Phillips made a speech in the House of Commons

It does not seem very feminist, but I will give way to the right hon. Gentleman.

New Clause 2 - Overseas funding

Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill

Jess Phillips made a speech in the House of Commons

It is an honour to follow the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith). I fear that Cambridge University will not come out well from my speech either. The...

New Clause 2 - Overseas funding

Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill

Jess Phillips made a speech in the House of Commons

The right hon. Gentleman is educating me. I have similar concerns in my constituency and across Birmingham. In recent weeks and months we have seen a huge resettlement of people from Hong Kong,...

Domestic Abuse: Sexual Assault Referral Centres

Department of Health and Social Care

Jess Phillips received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the new specific offence of strangulation and suffocation in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, whether victims of those...

Immigration Controls

Jess Phillips received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing those on the 10-year route to settlement to switch to the five-year route.

Domestic Abuse

Ministry of Justice

Jess Phillips received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training his Department provides for staff involved in dealing with strangulation and suffocation crimes.

Domestic Abuse

Ministry of Justice

Jess Phillips received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the new specific offence of strangulation and suffocation in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, what discussions he has had with (a) the...

Domestic Abuse

Ministry of Justice

Jess Phillips received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to raise public awareness of (a) the dangers of strangulation, (b) that a person can die after seconds of strangulation, (c)...

Domestic Abuse

Ministry of Justice

Jess Phillips received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when Section 70 of the Domestic Abuse Act relating to the specific offence of strangulation and suffocation will be enforced.

Independent Review of Children’s Social Care

Commons debates

I welcome the review. The Minister says that he wishes to speak to stakeholders. I offer myself up wholeheartedly to provide any help that I can give. I want to ensure that he includes...

Heart Diseases: Health Services

Department of Health and Social Care

Jess Phillips received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the regions of NHS England that have the best-performing cardiology service on the basis of...

Mortality Rates: Diagnosis

Department of Health and Social Care

Jess Phillips 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 it his policy to provide a regular publication of mortality data broken down by diagnosis of specific conditions.

Heart Diseases: Mortality Rates

Department of Health and Social Care

Jess Phillips received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish data at regular intervals on the mortality rates of patients who have been on the waiting list for...