In a Statement in the House of Commons today (Monday 15th October) on the future of the West Coast Main Line rail contract, Michael Fabricant again raised the issue of disabled access at Lichfield Trent Valley Railway station. Hansard reports Michael Fabricant asking the Secretary of State:- “Can my right honourable Friend, who is sorely […]

Following media reports today that Patrick McLoughlin, the new Secretary of State for Transport, might reconsider the route of HS2 if the Department’s Aviation Inquiry recommends a third runway at Heathrow (see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9576183/HS2-rail-line-could-be-re-routed-to-Heathrow.html), Michael Fabricant has written to the Secretary of State asking him to pause progress on HS2 and to instruct HS2 to consider […]

In questions to the House of Commons Commission today (Thursday 13th September) in the Chamber regarding major asbestos and other works that need to be carried out in the Palace of Westminster, Michael Fabricant suggested that Parliament moves temporarily from London to Birmingham, “Britain’s Second City”. “I would have suggested Lichfield” explains Michael Fabricant “but […]

Michael Fabricant met Richard Parry, Managing Director of FirstGroup’s InterCity West Coast bid, today (Tuesday 11th September) to seek reassurances that standards of service will not fall if the rail franchise is transferred from Virgin Trains to First. The decision to award the franchise to FirstGroup is currently subject to legal action from Virgin. “I […]

Michael Fabricant has resigned from the Government and says: “Around six months ago, I told the Government Chief Whip that I didn’t wish to remain in the Whips’ Office and the Government for too much longer as I needed greater freedom to speak publicly on local matters. More recently, I told the Prime Minister it […]

PHOTO shows (left to right): Sylvia and Steve Fallows, and Michael Fabricant. Following a complaint Michael Fabricant had received from husband and wife team, Sylvia and Steve Fallows, about the cost of petrol and how it is affecting their business, Michael visited Decormount.com at their rural offices near Burton – though they are in the […]

In a letter to Michael Fabricant, Major General Andrew Sharpe OBE (Colonel of the Mercian Regiment) has given strong assurances that the “golden thread” linking the Staffords with “the history, the family ties, the sense of belonging and the ‘tribal markings’….. the intimate links with our roots, the county ties, the local-boys-fighting-together ethos and, crucially, […]

Michael Fabricant has written to the Colonel of the Mercian Regiment, Brigadier Andrew Sharpe OBE, asking what safeguards he will put in place to preserve the jobs and identity of the 3rd Battalion, Mercian Regiment. In his letter, Michael has written:- Following the announcement last week by the Secretary of State for Defence on Army […]

Michael Fabricant lodged a formal complaint with Alison Munro, Chief Executive of HS2 Limited, following misleading remarks made by HS2 officials at the Armitage Community Forum on Thursday 28th July. And in a separate development, Michael has made it clear in discussions with Cabinet colleagues that he believes the whole route from London to Birmingham […]

Following the announcement today (5th July 2012) by the Secretary of State for Defence on the ‘Army 2020’, Michael Fabricant is ‘saddened’ that the 3rd Battalion of the Mercian Regiment, The Staffords, will be disbanded as a regular unit in this latest review of the Armed Forces though he has received assurances that ‘most if […]