About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Jess Phillips) represents you, and all of the people who live in Birmingham Yardley, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

Also represented Birmingham, Yardley

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social
• @jessphillips
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Jess Phillips campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Education
• Home Office
• Ministry of Justice
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Free Schools
• Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus
• Academies
• Slavery
• Domestic Abuse

Currently held offices

• Member, Crime and Policing Bill Committee (since 20 Mar 2025)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (since 9 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Education Committee (30 Apr 2024 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill Committee (31 Jan 2024 to 7 Feb 2024)
• Member, Criminal Justice Bill Committee ( 6 Dec 2023 to 30 Jan 2024)
• Member, Victims and Prisoners Bill Committee (14 Jun 2023 to 11 Jul 2023)
• Member, Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill Committee ( 8 Feb 2023 to 22 Feb 2023)
• Member, Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill Committee ( 7 Dec 2022 to 14 Dec 2022)
• Member, National Security Bill Committee (29 Jun 2022 to 18 Oct 2022)
• Member, Local Government (Disqualification) Bill Committee (24 Nov 2021 to 1 Dec 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Domestic Violence and Safeguarding) (10 Apr 2020 to 15 Nov 2023)
• Shadow Minister (Home Office) (10 Apr 2020 to 15 Nov 2023)
• Member, Backbench Business Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Women and Equalities Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Commons Reference Group on Representation and Inclusion Committee (15 Nov 2016 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Backbench Business Committee (13 Jun 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Backbench Business Committee (20 Jul 2015 to 12 May 2016)
• Member, Women and Equalities Committee ( 6 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Crime and Policing Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
• Criminal Justice Bill Committee (14 out of 16)
• Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• National Security Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Victims and Prisoners Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• Local Government (Disqualification) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Domestic Abuse Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Stalking Protection Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Childcare Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Welfare Reform and Work Bill Committee (9 out of 11)

Recent appearances

• Public Bill Committee: Crime and Policing Bill: Clause 77 - Safeguarding vulnerable groups: regulated activity 24 Apr 2025

  The Disclosure and Barring Service issues criminal record checks in England and Wales to support employers to make decisions about the suitability of individuals for particular roles. The DBS also maintains two lists of individuals whom it has barred from working in regulated activity: the adults’ and children’s barred lists. Regulated activity is defined in legislation and covers...

• Public Bill Committee: Crime and Policing Bill: Clause 71 - Guidance about stalking 24 Apr 2025

  Following what I was just saying about making things actually change on the ground, these clauses are about doing some of that. It is important that professionals with safeguarding responsibilities, such as the police, teachers, healthcare professionals and social workers, have adequate and clear guidance to support them in their work to tackle stalking and to support victims. We must also...

• Public Bill Committee: Crime and Policing Bill: Clause 71 - Guidance about stalking 24 Apr 2025

  I wish there was a place where stalking cases were less prevalent—what there will be are areas where stalking cases are less prevalently reported. To return to those two brilliant multi-agency examples, doing a job really well often increases the crime rate in that area, which is sometimes quite difficult for police forces to deal with. I pay credit to those that bother to do it. The shadow...

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