Jess Phillips gets hysterical in the House of Commons

On 21 October 2025, the UK House of Commons debated 'Rape Gangs: National Statutory Inquiry'.

When asked how it could be "possibly right" that the Home Office was asking about "the right approach" for the rape gang inquiry from "the very local authorities being investigated."

"It has absolutely nothing to do with the idea that Oldham is telling me what to do ... there is no council in this country that will tell the inquiry where it can and cannot go. I have said that 1 million times from the Dispatch Box, yet the same thing gets peddled again and again."

Sources and resources:
- Rape Gangs: National Statutory Inquiry debate in the House of Commons on 21 October 2025 in Hansard https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-10-21/debates/4913F3FC-7DFD-4365-9AD6-4A30A4509D2F/RapeGangsNationalStatutoryInquiry
- Debate on Parliament TV https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/e6a62182-2f19-43dd-ac4f-3ce8e13a67fe