Michael Fabricant has taken up, once again, the issue of providing lighting at the junction of the A38 and the Streethay turn-off. In a letter to him in response to a request from a constituent, Mr Ominder Bharj of the Highways Agency has written to Michael: Thank you for your letter regarding the installation of […]
Following Michael Fabricant’s letter to Alison Munro, managing director of HS2, requesting that the Property & Compensation Roadshow held last Friday (18th January) be restaged due to the snow, she has replied as follows:- We are aware that the heavy snow on the 18th made it more difficult than expected for some people to attend […]
Property Bonds Michael Fabricant has written to the Secretary of State for Transport in advance of his detailed response to the Department for Transport’s compensation consultation, calling on the Government to adopt ‘property bonds’. Michael explains: “Property bonds give assurance to home and other property owners along the route of HS2 that they will receive […]
Some years ago, a young child was strangled in Lichfield District by becoming caught in a window blind. At the time, Michael Fabricant took the matter up with ministers in the Labour Government. But prompted by a constituent, he has taken this matter up again. “I am pleased to see that the Coalition are taking […]
Michael Fabricant slammed the performance of London Midland trains in the House of Commons on Thursday 17th January during questions to Transport Ministers. The following is extracted from Hansard:- Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con): What assessment he has made of the level of service provided by London Midland trains in the last six months; and if […]
Michael Fabricant joined a giant bumble bee and campaigners from the environment charity Friends of the Earth on Tuesday (15 January) to draw attention to the alarming decline in UK bee numbers. Last year Friends of the Earth launched its Bee Cause campaign, which has been backed by more than 80,000 people and calls for […]
Michael Fabricant is piling on the pressure to get disabled access at Lichfield Trent Valley railway station and has just received a written Parliamentary Answer from the Junior Minister, Norman Baker. Michael Fabricant asked: “When will Lichfield Trent Valley rail station will be upgraded to enable disabled access to those platforms at the station which […]
In a letter to Michael Fabricant, Simon Burns – Minister of State for Rail – has announced that there will be a major upgrade to Lichfield Trent Valley Station. He says “We are aware that there is strong public support for improvements at this station in light of its current condition and the significant growth […]
Lichfield Festival is delighted to announce that Michael Fabricant MP has been appointed a Patron of the Festival. He joins the celebrated conductor Valery Gergiev in this prestige role. The Festival say: “Michael Fabricant is the long standing Member of Parliament for Lichfield, a post he has held since his election in 1992, following a […]
In advance of the Government’s announcement of the route to Manchester and Leeds which will be made in the latter half of this month, Michael Fabricant has warned the Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, that he will be unable to support it in Parliament. The Transport Secretary will announce how HS2 will continue from south of […]