Michael Fabricant has expressed his "anger" at the Strategic Rail Authority’s decision to abandon plans to give disabled access to Lichfield Trent Valley Railway Station and says "This is a direct consequence of the botched decision to renationalise Railtrack a couple of years back. "I had been assured by the SRA that the upgrade of […]
Michael Fabricant is hoping to form a club for the many commuters who travel each day or weekly by train or car from Lichfield and the surrounding area to London if enough show an interest in joining. It would meet in London 2 or 3 times a year at the House of Commons – maybe […]
Broadband could soon be available to around 90% of Michael Fabricant’s Lichfield Parliamentary constituency if new BT trigger levels are reached. Michael says: "This is great news. I know of many local firms providing goods and services worldwide through the use of broadband websites. And many private users are rapidly discovering the advantages of a […]
With the news that Walsall Manor Hospital is one of a small number of hospitals in the UK which have been selected for trials by the Medical Research Council on the use of cannabis for the relief of certain conditions such as multiple sclerosis, Michael Fabricant now says again "I personally believe that no drugs, […]
Michael Fabricant has expressed deep alarm that local councils, including both Staffordshire County Council and Lichfield District Council, have been hit with a new Whitehall directive which could increase council taxes or force existing services to be cut. And it is the nature of the directive which so infuriates Michael. The Treasury and Office of […]
Michael Fabricant visited teachers and children this afternoon at Willows Primary School in north Lichfield. He met children, headteacher Duncan Birds, and Mrs Dawn Izon who is Literacy Coordinator and Year 6 Teacher. His visit was to talk to the children of Year 6 about his life as an MP and take questions. After speaking […]
This weekend (12th and 13th July), Michael Fabricant will be spending time with the police. On Saturday night from 9pm he joins PC Dean Cooper to patrol the busy streets of central Lichfield. "With the change in Licensing Laws which permits all night drinking, I want to see the effects for myself that this might […]
Yesterday, Monday 30th June, saw Parliamentary Questions to the Department of Culture Media and Sport. It also saw Estelle Morris’ return to the front bench for the first time since she resigned as Secretary of State for Education. Michael Fabricant took the opportunity to welcome Estelle back and to publicise the Secretary of State’s visit […]
Michael Fabricant has been appointed Shadow Minister for Trade and Industry. Michael says "I am delighted and honoured to have been asked to serve on the front bench team in a role which reflects my former career before I became a Member of Parliament. It was manufacturing that put the ‘Great’ into Britain yet it […]
Over 170 cyclists took part in the Lichfield Three Spires Cycle Ride which was started by Michael Fabricant at 9am in bright sunshine in the Market Square, Lichfield on Sunday (29th June). The ride, organised by the Birmingham Branch of the British Heart Foundation attracted cyclists form near and far: one couple came up from […]