Following his formal written objection to the West Coast Main Line Order which would widen the track from 2 lines to 4 right through the centre of Armitage and Handsacre, Michael Fabricant has now sent the Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, a petition of 304 names objecting to the works being undertaken. The petition was […]
The team from Nether Stowe High School in Lichfield scooped the MICHAEL FABRICANT MP – ARTHUR PRICE OF ENGLAND Inter-Schools Parliamentary Speaking Competition held in the Guildhall in Lichfield on Friday night. The School won the Team award and the Best Speaker award. The team members from Nether Stowe were Claire Sharrod, Gareth Walton and […]
Michael Fabricant has joined with backbench Labour and Liberal MPs to call on the Government to create a special holiday, for this year only, to mark Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother’s 100th birthday. This holiday would be on the Monday following the anniversary of her birth. “The Queen Mother has served our nation […]
At the Annual General Meeting of the Lichfield Constituency Conservative Association held in the Guildroom, Lichfield last night ( Friday 31st March), Michael Fabricant was unanimously re-adopted to fight the General Election as the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for the Lichfield Constituency. “It is an honour and a privilege to be asked to stand again”, says […]
In a debate at 1pm today (Wednesday) in the House of Commons which he initiated, Michael Fabricant said that according to a recent economic analysis, the European Union is now costing each British family a minimum of £1000 a year taking into account all the advantages of the single European market and inward investment. He […]
Michael Fabricant has today lodged a formal objection with the Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, at the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions against the widening of the West Coast Main Line (to allow 4 tracks instead of the present 2) between Lichfield and Armitage. “Railtrack’s own environmental statement admits that 60 properties […]
With the US Senate currently investigating the economic impact of inviting Britain to join the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Michael Fabricant will be putting the case for closer economic and political ties with the United States at in a debate he has secured for 1pm on Wednesday 29th March in Westminster Hall in […]
At Prime Minister’s Questions today, Michael Fabricant welcomed the money promised in the Budget yesterday for the Health Service and said “it will help repair the damage done over the last couple of years”. He then went on to ask: “Is the Prime Minister aware that just as the Chancellor of the Exchequer was announcing […]
Michael Fabricant, together with some Labour and Liberal MPs, is campaigning against the outdoor ritual slaughter at the Eid-el-Kabir festival in France at which thousands of sheep (many exported live from Britain) have their throats cut, fully conscious, without first being stunned. Michael Fabricant says: “This practice is against French law and European law, but […]
Michael Fabricant spoke up for Staffordshire dairy farmers in the Commons today when he quizzed Nic Brown, Minister for Agriculture. He told the Minister “Over the last 3 years farm gate milk prices have fallen by a third, more than 5000 dairy farmers across the country have given up, the cost of producing a pint […]