Jess Phillips
The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Jess Phillips is a prominent Member of Parliament known for her advocacy on women's rights and social justice. This interview reveals her energetic and persuasive approach to leadership, as she engages with complex issues and seeks to inspire change within her community and beyond.
“Suicide currently outstrips homicide as the main reason for the deaths of women in cases of domestic abuse and coercive control, so what the right hon. Gentleman outlines is currently happening. Arguing for the status quo is not something I feel comfortable with.”
“I am not going to, because Madam Deputy Speaker has been clear. The idea that if we do not pass the Bill today, we are going to walk out of here and women in our country will be any safer is an absolute myth. Doing nothing is not the same as acting.”
“It is very good to hear the Minister commit to checking whether guidance is enough. Many of us who have tried to rehouse victims of domestic abuse, even after great laws have been written into legislation in this place, will know that getting them the priority need status under the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 still takes a huge amount of advo…”
“As somebody who, I would wager, has rehoused more victims of domestic abuse than almost anybody in this House, I just want to say on behalf of victims of domestic abuse that building more council housing and ensuring that more council housing is in the system is literally the thing that almost every victim in the country would ask us to d…”
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson — The Jess Phillips One
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