Jess Brown-Fuller MP met with staff of the Special and Inclusive Education Department at the University of Chichester. 

Jess Brown-Fuller MP met with residents in Bosham to discuss their concerns, such as water quality in the area. 

Jess Brown-Fuller has met with Mark Randell from the Naturewatch Foundation to discuss two campaigns aimed at improving safeguarding, justice outcomes, and animal welfare.    They discussed the Act to Protect campaign, which seeks to close gaps in the justice system, prevent harm, and protect both people and animals. The campaign highlights the link between animal abuse and wider safeguarding risks, reflecting Liberal Democrat principles of prevention, accountability, and com

Jess Brown-Fuller MP recently visited the Almshouse Arcade in Chichester to meet local business owner Sarah Barnett and speak with independent retailers about the opportunities and challenges facing high street businesses in the current economic climate.  Established over 40 years ago, the Almshouse Arcade is home to twelve small retail units and is well known for its distinctive vintage character. Owned by the Barnett family since the 1980s, the Arcade has recently reopened

By Jess Brown-Fuller MP This week, I hosted a Parliamentary debate in Westminster Hall on Transport in the South East. Across Chichester, transport disruption is a constant inconvenience. It is an issue that comes up time and again on the doorstep. Residents are frustrated with a system that fails them, whether on the roads, the railways or local bus services. The A27 is one of the busiest trunk roads in the country, and the main arterial route along the south coast. For my c

This week, Jess Brown-Fuller MP marked Holocaust Memorial Day alongside communities across the UK, remembering the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered during the Holocaust, the other victims of acts of Nazi persecution, and all those who later suffered persecution in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.   Jess Brown-Fuller signs Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment.  On Tuesday, Jess joined the Chichester Marks Holocaust Memorial Day event at the C

Jess Brown-Fuller has challenged the government in Parliament this week over its failure to deliver meaningful reform of the business rates system, warning that continued delay is holding back local businesses across Chichester.  Raising the issue in the House, Jess highlighted the frustration felt by many businesses in the constituency which are busy and well-established, yet struggling under an outdated system which penalises investment and places an unfair burden on high s

Jess Brown-Fuller MP recently met with Chichester Community Development Trust to discuss their efforts to secure community access to the sports facilities at the Lavant View and Madgwick Park developments.    The visit focused on concerns around the developer’s decision to stop engaging with Chichester Community Development Trust and to rule out community management of the facilities, despite the Trust’s long-standing interest and proven track record in managing local assets

Jess Brown-Fuller MP has welcomed confirmation that Chichester Crown Court will reopen permanently, securing its future as a vital part of the justice system in West Sussex.   Chichester Crown Court, the only Crown Court in West Sussex, was closed in 2018 before being used intermittently in recent years as part of the government’s Nightingale Court programme. The latest announcement confirms that the court will now return to full-time, permanent use.   Jess has repeatedly rai

By Jess Brown-Fuller MP Communities across Chichester are fed up with empty promises while their rivers, harbours and coastlines continue to be polluted by sewage. This week, while we deal with flooded roads across the constituency, we will no doubt also see storm overflows discharging along the coast and into our precious chalk streams. That is the reality the government needed to confront when it published its Water White Paper last week.     While I welcome the fact that m

Jess Brown-Fuller MP visited Bishop Luffa School last Friday to meet members of the school’s debating society and take part in a lively discussion on politics, public speaking, and current affairs.    The visit is part of Jess’ ongoing work to inspire young people to engage with politics, debate, and public life.  During the visit, Jess joined students in a mini debate on school uniform, giving pupils the opportunity to test their arguments and experience a real-world debatin

Jess Brown-Fuller, MP for Chichester, has added her name to a major cross-party letter calling on the government to finally deliver compensation to women affected by changes to the state pension age.    The letter, led by Steve Darling MP and signed by more than 100 MPs from across the House, urges the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to set out clear plans to ensure that women born in the 1950s are treated fairly and properly compensated. MPs have asked for an update

NHS data shows hundreds of older patients in Chichester are waiting dangerously long hours in A&E, with many being left in corridors due to overwhelming demand.    Liberal Democrats are calling for a legal guarantee that no patient should wait more than 12 hours in A&E, supported by a £1.5bn plan to increase hospital capacity and social care support.    Having attended a parliamentary drop-in hosted by Age UK on the issue this week, Liberal Democrat MP for Chichester, Jess Br

The Liberal Democrat MP for Chichester, Jess Brown-Fuller, has warned that rural pubs and hospitality businesses are on “their last legs”, as spiralling costs and looming business rates hikes push vital community hubs towards closure.  Last week, Jess Brown-Fuller visited The Horse & Groom in East Ashling to meet publican John Ayton MBE and hear first-hand how rising costs are squeezing even well-used, much-loved village pubs. Despite strong community support, John explained

Jess Brown-Fuller MP has written to the Minister of State for Care, Stephen Kinnock, to raise her concerns about the impact of the digital GP booking system upon the elderly and digitally excluded, stressing the need to ensure no one is “left behind”. The government introduced the online booking system for GP appointments  on 1 October 2025, mandating that every GP practice in England keep their digital booking system open throughout the day. In most practices, this involves

By Jess Brown-Fuller Hundreds of concerned families have been in touch with me over recent weeks to call for a social media ban for under 16s, using Australia’s recent move to restrict social media as the example. It’s a debate and a conversation that I’m very alive to; with two children of my own, including one who is approaching the teenage years, the prevalence of screens in our household and the addictive nature of shorts on YouTube is a regular conversation with my husba

Earnley Parish Council hosted Jess Brown-Fuller MP on the afternoon of Friday 16 January for a Q&A session with local residents, held at Bracklesham Barn.     The event follows Jess’s invitation last year to every Parish Council across the constituency to hold an MP Q&A session or advice surgery.    Parish Council Chair Robert Carey presided over the afternoon meeting, which was attended by approximately 30 residents, including Councillors representing the Parish at District

Last Friday, 16 January 2026, Jess Brown-Fuller visited St Richard’s Hospital to discuss reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) removal in the South Wing and its impact on hospital services.   RAAC is a lightweight building material that was widely used between the 1950s and 1990s, particularly in public buildings such as hospitals and schools. Initially seen as an affordable alternative to concrete, RAAC is now known to have major structural safety issues.  As of Sept

Jess Brown-Fuller MP has today written to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions urging the government to provide compensation to women affected by maladministration in changes to the state pension age.      In her letter to Pat McFadden MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Jess called on the government to act in line with the findings of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), which concluded in March 2024 that the Department for Work and Pensio

Jess Brown-Fuller MP met with campaigners at the junction of Norwich Road, Sherborne Road and St Paul’s Road who have been campaigning for a road crossing to connect the Parklands and East Broyle estates, particularly for local children and elderly people who cross the road to access local schools, shops, and bus services.   Jess was joined by local District and City Councillors, and members of the local campaign group formed in July 2025 by Sue Walters, with the support of t