Michael Fabricant has welcomed in principle the widening of the M6 motorway between Birmingham and Manchester, but has expressed concerns over the environmental impact "which must be minimised. I do appreciate, however, that by following the route of the existing M6, there will be less environmental damage than that created when the existing M6 Toll […]

The Shadow Minister for Technology, Michael Fabricant, has called on the Government to intervene urgently to curb abuses by some premium rate telephone operators. Mr Fabricant commented: "With 2,000 complaints being logged daily, and 19,000 cases of abuse currently under investigation, Ofcom must intervene urgently and the Government must use its powers under the Computer […]

"Kidney dialysis patients in Lichfield’s Victoria Hospital and elsewhere have been dealt a cruel blow by the Government tonight" said Michael Fabricant after an amendment which could have assisted organ transplants was defeated by a Labour three line whip. Michael Fabricant supported an amendment backed by many Conservative and Liberal-Democrat MPs which would have amended […]

Michael Fabricant today (Friday 24th June) visited Richard Crosse Church of England Primary School in Kings Bromley to answer questions from the 5th and 6th Year children as part of their citizenship classes. He later toured the School and saw their environmental area – and the baby frogs in the pond. The visit preceded their […]

Michael Fabricant today opened a £150,000 development which includes a new classroom and other facilities at Holly Grove Primary School in Chase Terrace, Burntwood. He also met the ‘Holly Tots’ – nursery school children who are based at the School meeting the needs of working parents. Holly Grove and The Willows School in Lichfield – […]

Michael Fabricant is "extremely worried" about new laws coming into effect which will transfer powers over planning from local councils to regional bureaucrats. "With, it sometimes seems, every available green site being built over in Lichfield and other cities and towns, this new law will take still more powers away from the local council and […]

Shadow Trade and Industry Minister Michael Fabricant has today accused the Government of presiding over a ‘scandalously expensive failure’ following new research showing that £1.5 billion of taxpayers’ money has been wasted on E-government websites that do not work. Research published by Transversal, the e-service software company, has revealed that Tony Blair’s E-Government websites are […]

Michael Fabricant, a frequent motorway user between Lichfield and Westminster, is fed up with motorists who hog the middle lane – and the Government agrees. "On a three lane motorway, or wider, the left lane is for normal driving and the middle lane is meant for overtaking only. The outside lane should only be used […]

With the news that in April 2004, 67.6% of the 840 million emails scanned by MessageLabs were spam emails, Michael Fabricant, Shadow E-Technology Minister has today urged the Government to act fast to prevent Britain becoming the world leader for computer spamming. Michael Fabricant commented: "Spam is deterring businesses and individuals from using the internet. […]

Michael Fabricant has denounced as "ludicrous" the Government’s "go in, stay in, tune in" advice to the public in the event of a dirty bomb attack on Britain. He said this advice was about as helpful as the old instruction to "duck and cover" in a nuclear missile attack. He was responding to a Commons […]