In an unprecedented move, Michael Fabricant has written to both Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales urging them to regard the Armed Forces Memorial at Alrewas near Lichfield as the future national centre for Remembrance on November 11th – Armistice Day. In his letter to the Queen, he wrote: […]
At Prime Minister’s Questions today (Wednesday), Michael Fabricant asked Prime Minister Gordon Brown whether it is right that police officers in Scotland received their full pay award while police officers in England did not. Michael Fabricant says now "The Prime Minister gave a long waffling answer, but he did not answer my question about the […]
At 09.30 this morning (Tuesday 11th December), Michael Fabricant opened a Parliamentary debate on the future funding of canals in the UK and the activities of the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust. Michael is a Patron of the Trust. The debate was answered by Jonathan Shaw MP, the Waterways Minister at the Department of […]
"Alongside women of the Land Army who kept Britain fed during the Second World War, I am glad that the ‘Bevin Boys’ who worked deep in our coal mines will now also get the recognition they deserve and be awarded a badge. They deserve a medal!" says Michael Fabricant. "Many thousands worked in the pits […]
Michael Fabricant has written to the Department for Transport and the Secretary of State for Defence backing calls to re-open the Lichfield to Burton line for passenger traffic and to rebuild the railway halt at Alrewas. "Since the Dedication of the Armed Forces Memorial by the Queen in October, visitors to the National Memorial Arboretum […]
Michael Fabricant has reacted with alarm at the news that a 5,000 home "eco town" is being planned for Curborough and Fradley near Lichfield. "There has been no consultation about this" says Michael, "and I have tabled Parliamentary Questions to Hazel Blears, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, regarding this. I am […]
Following Staffordshire County Council’s decision today to close the majority of care homes, Michael Fabricant has referred the Council to The Local Government Ombudsman on a charge of maladministration. Michael Fabricant says: "Whether it be the closure of care homes, the fiasco of job revaluation with a third of council staff being told to take […]
"When in 1997 Labour MPs and candidates said a Labour Government would equalise school funding between different county local education authorities, it had huge resonance amongst Staffordshire and other parents" says Michael Fabricant. "But 10 years later, the promise remains broken and Staffordshire languishes 18th from the bottom in the amount schools will receive from […]
Commenting on the ceremony held this morning (Sunday 11th November) at the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum near Lichfield in Staffordshire, Michael Fabricant says: "This was one of the most moving Remembrance ceremonies I have ever attended. At 11am, the sun suddenly shone and cast a vivid shaft of light through slits […]
Michael Fabricant has reacted with shock at the news of the County Council’s plans to close most of the care homes in his constituency. "The County Council spent tens of thousands of pounds employing independent consultants and then ignored their conclusions. I shall now ask the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee and Government ministers […]