In education questions today, I raised the Ofted Report of June 10th 2021 identifying sexual abuse in schools and stating that teachers are often unaware of abuse faced by LGBT+ students. I asked the minister to make a statement and then asked what better training can be provided for teachers to identify such abuse.
Michael Fabricant has joined cross-party calls for more defibrillators to be installed at football clubs around the country following the cardiac arrest of Christian Eriksen. “I have joined Mary Foy, the Labour MP for Durham, calling on the Football Association to provide additional funding and speed up the installation of this life saving equipment” says […]
“One of the casualties of Covid has been restrictions on choral singing” says Michael Fabricant. “Lichfield being a cathedral city, a number of residents have contacted me recently asking when choral singing in churches and elsewhere will be permitted again; so I raised the matter in Parliament today (17th June) with Andrew Selous MP who […]
“I am very disappointed that Freedom Day or ‘Step 4’ won’t now happen on Monday June 21st and has been postponed to July 19th. “Many had been looking forward to Freedom Day and I know businesses and individuals will be unhappy about this decision. We desperately need to get the economy moving again. But the […]
The Boundary Commission today (8th June) has published its initial proposed changes to Parliamentary Boundaries in England. The Boundary Commission for England say: “We are consulting on our initial proposals for an eight-week period, from 8 June 2021 to 2 August 2021. We encourage everyone to use this opportunity to help us shape the new […]
In English Tourism Week, Michael Fabricant met with Cllr Iain Eadie (Deputy Leader, Lichfield District Council) and members of the Visit Lichfield team earlier this week to promote the District. “With foreign holidays still looking dicey this summer – I haven’t booked anything yet – staycations might well be the order of the day” says […]
From Thursday of last week until 11:10 today there has been a fault on Michael Fabricant’s website. “It has meant that people who have tried to contact me via the webform have not been able to get through to me. I do apologise. It was due to a central server fault” Michael explains. “The system […]
Andrew Stephenson, the Minister at the Department for Transport responsible for HS2, saw for himself the damage caused by the new line when he visited Kings Bromley and Fradley on Friday 21st May. “I was keen that Andrew saw for himself the damage to local woodland and the environment caused by HS2” says Michael Fabricant. […]
The Boundary Commission for England has just announced today that they expect their plans for new Parliamentary boundaries will be announced on June 8th. Michael Fabricant explains “At present, constituencies vary in size between 55,000 and 100,000 meaning that some areas are over represented while others are under represented by MPs. That is unfair. So […]
Michael Fabricant is calling on the Government to take tougher action against pet theft. “This is becoming a real problem and an abominable crime in Staffordshire and the broader West Midlands” says Michael “with pet owners distraught and the pets themselves being treated unkindly by the kidnappers. It needs to be stamped out.” Michael explains […]