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Thursday 18th December
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Commons -
Ministerial statement - Main Chamber
Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy
Department: Home Office MP: Jess PhillipsScheduled Event -
Tuesday 2nd December
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Commons -
Ministerial statement - Main Chamber
Publication of the Angiolini Inquiry, Part 2 First Report
Department: Home Office MP: Jess PhillipsSpeech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Dec 2025 Angiolini Inquiry
"Obviously, it was a manifesto commitment of this Government to ensure that there were specialist RASSO—rape and serious sexual offences—teams in every police force, for the exact reason that my hon. Friend has outlined. It is not in the gift of Ministers standing here to ensure that something exists in …..." Jess Phillips - View Speech
"We owe it to Sarah and to Sarah’s family, and to every family in our own constituencies that we have met, to ensure that this work actually gets done. I hear my hon. Friend’s anger at what progress has been made. Obviously this Labour Government will legislate and are putting …..." Jess Phillips - View Speech
"Do I think I will get enough money? Any Minister who stands before the House and says yes to that question is lying. Look, I would, of course, always want more money, but actually there are fundamental problems in our system and in the culture of organisations that more money …..." Jess Phillips - View Speech
"Okay, I will say “very soon”—that is the answer to that. When all hon. Members get to read Lady Elish’s full report, as I have—I obviously get it sooner—they will see that she particularly criticises Ministers or the police service standing up after part one of the report and saying, …..." Jess Phillips - View Speech
"It certainly does. There will not be a woman sitting in the Chamber today who has not experienced this—we have all felt unsafe. Lady Elish speaks for every single woman in the country when she says that. Actually, in my years of experience both personally and from working in this …..." Jess Phillips - View Speech
"The findings of the report will absolutely inform the strategy. I do speak to Lady Elish—but I am not waiting for Lady Elish’s various reports to do things or not. I cannot wait for reports if something absolutely needs to be done. With regard to policing in Rochdale, I will …..." Jess Phillips - View Speech
"With regard to my hon. Friend’s comments on trust in policing, what I would say is that nobody dislikes a bad copper like a good copper. When I go all over the country, the ones I meet are the those who are doing innovative and brilliant things in their local …..." Jess Phillips - View Speech
"I do not want to give too many trails on the strategy, but yes. For a long time, I have spent my career trying to put nicer, better plasters on cuts that do not get any smaller. That work is vital, but I want to stop the cuts from happening—I …..." Jess Phillips - View Speech