Yardley MP Jess Phillips attended an event to show her support for the upcoming Universal Credit Bill.
 
Jess supports the Universal Credit Bill’s aim to make split payments the ‘default’ for Universal Credit claims due to concerns that Universal Credit is likely to exacerbate financial abuse – as the monthly payment, made in arrears, will be paid to one person in the household. 
 

Yardley MP Jess Phillips, alongisde Lynne Baird, organised a meeting with the Police and Crime Commissioner to discuss tackling knife crime in Birmingham.
 
Sadly last year Lynne Baird’s son, Dan Baird, was attacked outside Digbeth’s Forge Tavern pub and taken to hospital with multiple stab wounds. He unfortunately died from his injuries.
 
Dan’s murder was part of a number of knife attacks that claimed 11 lives in just seven weeks.
 

Yardley MP Jess Phillips asked two questions to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in regards to their efforts on international peacekeeping.
 
Jess Phillips MP said:
 
“What steps he is taking to support international peacekeeping efforts?”
 
Harriet Baldwin MP, the Minister for Africa said:
 

Yardley MP Jess Phillips was visited by St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School in Parliament.
 
During their visit, St Bernadette's had a tour of Parliament and had to design their own campaigns around an issue that they wanted to change.
 
They discussed these campaigns with Jess and the different ways they could carry out their campaign, before asking Jess questions about her role as an MP.
 
Jess Phillips MP said: