BRITAIN TO BE SIZED UP FOR NAFTA ENTRY by Charlotte Denny Wednesday March 15, 2000 A team of Washington officials is due to arrive in the UK today to size up the British economy for possible membership of the North American Free Trade Area. Joining the multi-billion-dollar free trade zone which encompasses Canada, the US […]
Michael Fabricant is receiving an increasing number of letters from doctors and other health professionals expressing alarm that the Maternity Unit at the Victoria Hospital is to be axed along with other services. Michael Fabricant says: “If these reports are true, they must be resisted at all costs. The Maternity Unit in Lichfield offers the […]
Michael Fabricant opened the Engineering Recruitment Show at the National Motorcycle Museum near Birmingham this morning. The Show will run for today and Saturday and exhibitors include British Aerospace, Marconi, The Royal Engineers, RAF, and JCB. The Show attracts engineers from all over the west and east midlands. In his opening speech, Michael Fabricant said: […]
Speaking at 5.30 am this morning (Wednesday) in the House of Commons as part of an all-night debate on the Government Resources and Accounts Bill, Michael Fabricant condemned Labour for a cover-up on their performance on health and policing. While adopting Treasury plans to bring in commercial accounting methodology for government departments, the Government refused […]
At the Mayor’s Charity Poetry Reading held in the Guildhall, Lichfield on Saturday 19th February, Michael Fabricant read out the Beaufort Scale from the 19th Century Sailor’s Manual. Reading from 0 (Dead Calm) up to a crescendo of Hurricane Force 12 and back down again to 0, descriptions included: “Dead Calm, zero Force, tree leaves […]
Yesterday my Private Member’s Bill "Analysis of Cost and Benefits [NAFTA Membership] Bill" was introduced in the Commons. This was not intended to be a Valentine’s Day message to the United States, but an invitation to Parliament and the British public to think seriously about U.S. – U.K. economic relations. In 1999, British institutions invested […]
Economic Agenda by Bill Jamieson True EU cost MICHAEL FABRICANT’S Bill for a Parliamentary Commission to probe the costs and benefits of joining the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) gets its first reading tomorrow. Well done, that man. Fabricant’s argument is that there should be an open-minded examination of the pros and cons before […]
There was a ‘robust and lengthy’ meeting between representatives of Kings Bromley parents and headteacher and governors of Fair Oak School, Rugeley which lasted over 2 hours starting at 3pm yesterday (Friday 4th February). Michael Fabricant had called the meeting (held at the School) because parents of children attending the Richard Crosse Church of England […]
Analysis of Costs and Benefits [NAFTA Membership] Bill Bill to establish a Parliamentary Commission to investigate and report to Parliament on the potential costs and benefits of membership by the United Kingdom of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The tabling of the above Bill by Michael Fabricant (appearing on the Order Paper for the […]