Jess Phillips is the Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 265th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 21%. 24 contributions since 2024-11-25.
What they’ve raised
Jess Phillips engaged primarily through debate speeches across multiple topics, with particular emphasis on violence against women and girls, which featured prominently in her contributions throughout 2025 and 2026. Her remarks drew on personal experience working with victims and survivors, including references to her time at Rape Crisis centres and her work supporting those affected by childhood sexual abuse and domestic abuse. While the six tracked topics span learning disability, cancer, social care, mental health, public health and NHS waiting lists, the provided extracts show her substantive contributions concentrated on violence against women and girls strategy, child protection, and domestic abuse policy.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Mental health226th of 86715.0
- Learning disability & autism379th of 8989.0
- Public health & prevention181st of 6839.0
- Adult social care & reform92nd of 3616.0
- NHS waiting lists198th of 5306.0
- Cancer355th of 6133.0
What they’ve said
“I do not have any notes written down, because when I tried to write things down this morning, I just kept crying, but I shall try to get through this regardless. Many brilliant things will be said about Jo today, and my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater) has given us much insight.”
Legacy of Jo Cox · 2026-06-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I send all my sympathy to the hon. Gentleman’s constituent, who sounds like she has had a terrible ordeal. Off the top of my head, one measure that the Government have rolled out is the domestic abuse protection order, which gives police the power of arrest, if it is breached.”
Violence against Women and Girls · 2026-03-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I am the sister-in-law of a beautiful and now departed Iranian woman who died of breast cancer. She made her home in our country, because her country was not safe for her. The bravery of the women who stand up to be counted in Afghanistan and Iran should move every single one of us.”
International Women’s Day · 2026-03-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…families or those who want to employ a tutor or a carer on a self-employed basis, whether or not that involves direct payments, will have access to the enhanced check. I pay tribute to Richard and the campaign of his brilliant wife Louise: she is absolutely on the money.”
Disclosure and Barring Service · 2026-01-19 ·