In yesterday’s debate in the House of Commons on manufacturing (overshadowedby the resignation of Peter Mandelson from the Government), MichaelFabricant told the House of Commons that manufacturing is now in crisis."Since the Government has been in power, 350,000 jobs have been lost inmanufacturing and financial burdens placed on businesses through directivesand stealth taxes which have […]
In his pre-budget statement in the House of Commons on November 8th, Gordon Brown said he had asked the European Commission for permission to reduce the VAT on church repairs from 17½% to 5%. "I welcomed this", says Michael Fabricant, "as I am conscious that churches in our area can ill afford maintenance and repairs […]
Last year Secretary of State Alan Millburn announced a £65 million boost to attract and keep nurses, midwives, health visitors and related professionals in the NHS. But it has now been revealed that out of 99 health authorities, only 31 will benefit and that excludes North and South Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, […]
At 3.30pm this afternoon (Monday 22nd January), Michael Fabricant will introduce his Analysis of Costs and Benefits (Nafta Membership) Bill in the House of Commons. It will receive its First Reading without debate. "Now that we have a new US Administration and the US International Trade Commission (a Federal Agency) has published its favourable report […]
Michael Fabricant is joining with Caroline Spelman (the Member of Parliament for Meriden) to co-sponsor a Bill which will reverse the decline in the number of adoptions in this country. Michael Fabricant says "We must reverse a situation in which the number of children adopted is a quarter of what it was twenty years ago. […]
In a letter to Michael Fabricant, Health Minister Yvette Cooper has refused point blank to meet with the Lichfield Hospitals Comforts Fund Committee who had requested to meet her to discuss the services at the Victoria Hospital whose future has been under review for around 3 years. Ms Cooper says in her letter "A meeting […]
Michael Fabricant has condemned the Government following the report by accountants Deloitte & Touche published today on farm incomes which states that farm profits are at their lowest since the company began its survey 11 years ago. The annual income for a typical 500 acre family farm has fallen to just £8000 or £160 per […]