Michael Fabricant joined in with English Tourism Week (17th-25th March) with gusto touring some of the wonderful tourist sites in Lichfield and meeting tourism minister, Michael Ellis, to tell him all about the Cathedral City. “Lichfield is still a hidden gem which partly gives it its charm, but I am keen that it become just […]
“Both the monarchy in general and King Edward VI in particular won out on Friday night” (16th March 2018) says Michael Fabricant. “This year’s Michael Fabricant – Arthur Price of England Schools’ Speaking Competition which is run on Parliamentary lines in conjunction with the Rotary Club of St Chad and the City of Lichfield was […]
This is the highly controversial motion that will be proposed and opposed at the Michael Fabricant – Arthur Price of England Schools Speaking Competition that will be held in the Guildhall, Bore Street, Lichfield at 6.30pm for 7pm on Friday 16th March. Everyone welcome and refreshments will be served. “The debate was meant to happen […]
Michael Fabricant says “Figures just released from the Pensions Regulator show 1,410 businesses in the Lichfield constituency, which includes Burntwood, have enrolled in the scheme since it started in 2012, and 17,000 workers are benefitting. Employers must now enrol staff aged 22 and over who earn more than £10,000 into a pension. “Local businesses are […]
Corbyn’s Latest Brexit Position Betrays The Very Spirit Of Internationalism That He And Labour Claim To Hold So Dear In his landmark Brexit speech on Monday, Jeremy Corbyn announced that Labour would seek to keep Britain in a Customs Union with the EU after Brexit and, in doing so, be “internationalist”. Yet Corbyn’s latest […]
Prohibition Has Failed – We Need A Radical New Drug Policy This issue however goes far beyond medicinal marijuana. Our whole approach to drugs is flawed Our approach to drugs is broken. Not only does it not work, it directly causes suffering that could otherwise be avoided. Yesterday in the Commons, an Urgent Question […]
Michael Fabricant raised the case of his Burntwood constituent Vicky Clarke who is suffering from advanced multiple sclerosis and needs cannabis to help relieve her acute and stabbing pain. No other treatment works. Michael says “This is a tragic case. Vicky is currently receiving pain management at St Giles Hospice in Whittington near Lichfield. They […]
Michael Fabricant voted against the HS2 Bill last night (30th January) which will extend the line from Lichfield to Crewe explaining in detail all the flaws with the line’s design and getting some helpful commitments from the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling. Here is the video of the speech followed by the Hansard transcript. […]
Despite what Michael Fabricant refers to as “a cosy consensus between the main political parties”, MPs will discuss an amendment tabled by Michael Fabricant on Tuesday 30th January when the House will vote for the first time on the second phase of HS2: the route from Lichfield to Crewe. Michael says “It is remarkable that […]
Michael Fabricant met with the Jan Chaudhry-van der Velde, the managing director of West Midland Trains shortly before Christmas. “We discussed in detail the facilities at Lichfield City and Lichfield Trent Valley stations as well as services on the two rail franchises they have taken over from London-Midland. I raised a whole series of issues […]