Political Quotes

Jess Phillips

The Public Record

Aug 12, 2026

These people are a danger and a risk to our society, and they have to be treated like terrorists, because that is what they are doing. They are harming and killing people on our streets. It’s exactly the same, and it needs to be treated…

theguardian.com
Aug 7, 2026

I won't go back and be a junior minister who – whilst having an awful lot of gumption and kudos in the field – I won't go back and just start knocking heads together again.

independent.co.uk
Aug 7, 2026

I don't think I'm suited to it, …is the actual answer... I won't go back in and do more of the same. So no is the answer.

independent.co.uk
Aug 7, 2026

I hated it. I hated being a government minister actually, I hated it.

independent.co.uk
Jul 22, 2026

There is a chance to radically change how victims are considered in the system and to improve victims of violence against women and girls’ end-to-end experience of the justice system.

theguardian.com
Jul 16, 2026

The publication of the bill for a second time gives parliament the opportunity to complete the task it started when the legislation ran out of time in the Lords earlier this year.

mirror.co.uk
Jul 16, 2026

I would not be supporting the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill if I believed it put vulnerable people at greater risk.

mirror.co.uk
Jul 15, 2026

We need to have a very serious conversation about the algorithmic curated content and, actually, we members of parliament need to take responsibility for our own behaviours and our own rhetoric as well.

theguardian.com
Jul 8, 2026

They need to halt all releases related to violence against women and girls until they can prove that proper risk assessments are being done in every case.

theguardian.com
Jun 20, 2026

I think he has earned the right to come and make his case to the Parliamentary Labour Party

independent.co.uk
Jun 8, 2026

Let’s change it, lets remove the paedophiles tools and access and for god's sake let's do it fast.

mirror.co.uk
Jun 8, 2026

We have the opportunity here in a matter of months to basically eliminate child sexual abuse [online] in the UK.

theguardian.com
Jun 8, 2026

The Government have announced today that they will give tech companies three months to stop children in the UK from being able to take, send and receive naked images.

mirror.co.uk
Jun 8, 2026

I’m pleased that the Government have said that they will legislate to ensure that tech companies act, I look forward on working with them to make the strongest possible legislation to ensure it happens.

mirror.co.uk
Jun 6, 2026

The technology exists to stop children being able to take naked images of themselves.

mirror.co.uk
Jun 6, 2026

91% of online child sex abuse is self-generated by children groomed, tricked and exploited in to abuse.

mirror.co.uk
Jun 6, 2026

Over a year ago I presented solutions, long worked on by brilliant civil servants that would end the ability for children in the UK to take naked images of themselves.

mirror.co.uk
Jun 5, 2026

I cannot keep waiting around for a crisis to push for faster progress.

bbc.com
Feb 20, 2025

I am sort of frankly a little bit sick over the years of just putting slightly nicer softer plasters over the cuts and bruises.

bbc.com
Feb 20, 2025

We've got to look at it through a different angle. We've got to start trying to prevent this happening.

bbc.com

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