Speeches by Brown-Fuller.

“I thank the hon. Member for Mid Norfolk (George Freeman) for securing today’s wide-ranging debate. It is hard not to get stuck on flooding, developer responsibilities and planning, but I will try to focus on just two key points in the short time that I have. My criticisms of the planning system are well recorded in Han…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Hobhouse, for the first time, I think. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (John Milne) on securing this vital debate. My constituency of Chichester has been grappling with serious housing challenges, which have been continually worsened by a deepl…”

“I thank the Minister for her speech. As she says, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is a world-class regulator that should be innovative, transparent and truly independent, while maintaining high standards and always putting public health first. In recent years, however, confidence in MHRA standar…”

“With limited time, I will share the voices of some of the 200 constituents who have been in touch with me about the proposed changes to personal independence payments. For example, one worried father, Robert, contacted me on behalf of his son, Richard, who lives with functional neurological disorder. Robert told me how…”

“NHS Sussex ICB is one of only five in England not to commission a minor eye conditions service—known as MECS—in community optometry settings. That means that patients in Chichester with urgent or minor eye issues have to either join the 8 am queue for a GP appointment or go to their hospital rather than being seen quic…”

“You are really well supported in bringing this debate forward, but a bit short of Opposition names—you only have two Opposition Members. Have you brought any other names with you of Members who are willing to support this application?”

“Could you send those to the Clerks? Ideally, to get a debate in the Chamber, we would like to see at least seven Opposition names on any application, so you would need five more.”

“I congratulate the hon. Member for Clapham and Brixton Hill (Bell Ribeiro-Addy) on securing today’s important and timely debate, following Black Maternal Health Awareness Week earlier this month. Her opening remarks were comprehensive and thoughtful. I am always pleased to hear from the hon. Member for Sherwood Forest …”

“Further education colleges such as Chichester college in my constituency are vital to the delivery of construction apprenticeships and skills training. Many colleges, however, have raised a concern with me that a loophole in the last Government’s Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022, which brought colleges back into t…”

“Chichester harbour in my constituency is the largest recreational boating harbour in Europe, but the damage being done to its ecosystem is stark. A recent study by the Clean Harbours Partnership found 105 pharmaceuticals, pesticides and recreational drugs in the water, with the amounts going up 100 times directly after…”

“Happily.”

“Jim, I am sure you are aware that Paul Kohler, the MP for Wimbledon, was given a Backbench Business debate on hospices and palliative care. His application at the time was very similar to yours, and we have had that debate within this Parliament. My understanding—the Chair will correct me if I am wrong—is that we can h…”

“Less of a question, more of a statement: I had a group from a local school in my constituency come out to do a presentation in Parliament about hydrogen-powered aviation. I am pleased to tell you I understood not a single word of it, but it was certainly something they were fascinated by. They had done an extracurricul…”

“The changes today are simple: the compensation tariffs for pain, suffering and loss of amenity in whiplash claims are being uplifted by approximately 15% to reflect inflation since the original 2021 figures were set, with a buffer to account for future inflation. These updates are welcome, but also present us with an o…”

“Will the hon. Member support the private Member’s Bill introduced by my hon. Friend the Member for Cheltenham (Max Wilkinson), aptly named the sunshine Bill, which would make solar panels mandatory on the roof of all new homes?”

“John, my constituent in Chichester, is 12. He sent an email to Beacon House, a therapy provider in Chichester, which said: “I’m really sad and worried that I won’t be able to see Becky any more.”— Becky is his therapist. The email continued: “Can someone please tell me how to not feel so sad?” John will be delighted th…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) for securing today’s important debate and for her tireless work over six years as chair of the all-party group on eating disorders. She has been a consistent and compassionate advocate for better awa…”

“2. What steps her Department is taking with police forces to tackle violence against women and girls.”

“The Chichester-based charity My Sisters’ House gave vital wraparound trauma-informed support to 28 women in 2015. Last year, it supported more than 1,700 women. The charity has raised the ongoing issue of cross-allegations, whereby abusers are falsely accusing their victims as a means of keeping the control and the emo…”

“Given that one in five trains operated by Southern Rail arriving at Chichester station is late, and that there is no fast service connecting Chichester to London, what steps are being taken directly to improve train punctuality and reliability for my constituents, especially considering that an annual ticket is nearly …”