“I welcome the new funding for cathedral repairs announced in the 2014 Budget.” says Michael Fabricant. “The grant scheme will provide £20 million towards grants for repairs to cathedrals. The grant, with match funding, will assist the repair and preservation of cathedrals across the country. “Lichfield Cathedral is over 800 years old – and the […]
Michael Fabricant has tabled urgent Parliamentary Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport following the statement made yesterday (17th March) by Sir David Higgins, the new Chairman of HS2 Limited, when he said that HS2 might run up to Crewe for the first phase of HS2 rather than the second phase. “This might make […]
Michael Fabricant is backing Barton-under-Needwood Parish Council’s “bold and innovative” proposals to enhance the village. He visited the village hall on Saturday 15th March where an exhibition was on display showing the Council’s ideas. “Barton under Needwood suffers from heavy trucks trundling through the village. Often they mount the pavement and more than once have […]
Michael Fabricant met a constituent in Westminster on 11 March to discuss the impact of type 1 diabetes on people’s lives at a major Houses of Parliament event. 14 year old Lucy Averis who attends John Taylor High School in Barton under Needwood, was chosen to attend Type 1 Parliament by JDRF – the global […]
Michael Fabricant is backing a new “macro” route in and out of Birmingham which is environmentally superior to the existing route. This has been submitted to the Department for Transport as part of its Environment Consultation and will be Petitioned before Parliament. These plans are in addition to the mitigation plans he has backed to […]
In an unusual move, Michael Fabricant has today published UKIP’s 2010 Manifesto which has been deleted from UKIP’s website. “I have done so because of UKIP’s continual claim that HS2 is an instruction from Brussels. Yet in the 2010 UKIP Manifesto, UKIP promised four (4) high speed rail routes! “In particular, they say in the […]
Michael Fabricant voted yesterday, 10th February, to introduce a ban on smoking in cars when children are passengers. "It was a tough decision to make as I know it will be difficult to enforce and is an intrusion into people’s personal liberties" Michael says. "But we have similar rules regarding the use of mobile phones […]
“Following legal intervention, the Department for Transport has extended the closing date for responses on the environmental impact of HS2 on our area to 27th February. The closing date was originally 24th January. I argued at the time that this did not give enough time for people to respond” says Michael Fabricant. “It is important […]
Attending a half-day seminar on HS2 on Saturday 11th January organised by the Whittington & Fisherwick Parish Council and the Whittington and Lichfield District Stop HS2 Action Group, Michael Fabricant has echoed the message of the organisers: “It is essential that residents express their concern about the environmental effect of HS2 on our area and […]
In the year of the Scottish Referendum, Michael Fabricant argues the need for an English Parliament – not based in Westminster – and possibly in Lichfield. Published today (9th January) in the political internet paper, the Huffington Post, Michael argues:- I was never one of those people convinced by the arguments for an English Parliament, […]