Toronto Star MICHAEL FABRICANT Sun., July 1, 2018 Although I am a British Member of Parliament, I will be celebrating Canada Day. Once a British dominion, Canada has matured into a vibrant, prosperous country. In the U.K., we are proud to call Canadians our friends. British MP Michael Fabricant, right, on a hike […]
In glorious sunshine, Michael Fabricant opened the Burntwood Wakes at noon on Saturday 30th June at the Burntwood Leisure Centre. “I thanked God for the weather, Burntwood Town Council and their Events Committee along with their chair, Cllr Heather Tranter, and Council Chairman Pam Stokes and Keith Stokes for all the organisation that went into […]
Michael Fabricant MP visited a street scene in Parliament last week set up by the charity Guide Dogs to learn more about the challenges that people with sight loss face when walking the streets. “Sometimes cars do have to park on the pavement and people have to leave out bins, but there does need to […]
Britain should pull out of the biased body, which has routinely failed to promote human rights Daily Telegraph MICHAEL FABRICANT In questions to the Foreign Secretary in the House of Commons Chamber yesterday (Tuesday 26th June 2018), I told Boris Johnson: “The President of the United States has called out the UN Human Rights Council for what […]
Following news that Friarsgate has been axed through lack of funding, Michael Fabricant says “This opens up a new opportunity for the City. “I have not been happy with the design of the latest Friarsgate plan and despite using better materials than the earlier scheme, the flat roofs and block shapes were inappropriate for an […]
HS2 have announced their vision for a ‘green corridor’ alongside the railway which will support local wildlife, “while integrating the railway into the landscape and local environment”. Michael Fabricant says: “They say it will encompass a network of new woodlands and wildlife habitats, including around 7 million new trees and shrubs on Phase One of […]
“Having told the managers of the Burton and Derby Hospitals that I could only support their merger if front line clinical services are to be enhanced by savings in back-office administrative functions, I was alarmed to learn that stroke services are to be moved to Derby from Burton” says Michael Fabricant. In a statement, the […]
Michael Fabricant has welcomed the latest milestone in the merger between the Burton and Derby Hospital Trusts. “This will save NHS resources in back office functions such as accounting and personnel which currently are duplicated by both Trusts, but – I have been assured – will enhance front line medical services. A&E services will remain […]
“I was persuaded to do one of those Ancestry DNA saliva tests which detects your origins” says Michael Fabricant . “Firstly, it turns out that going back hundreds of years, I am not from stock originating in the British Isles. I am mainly southern Scandinavian and north German and with a little eastern European and […]
Michael Fabricant, who is Patron of the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust, visited the restoration site on Saturday 9th June and attended the Trust’s AGM in Brownhills the previous evening. Michael says “I visited a number of locations where work is being undertaken to restore the canals and I was accompanied by Christine Bull, […]