Michael Fabricant has joined forces with other MPs of all political parties and Breakthrough Breast Cancer, the UK’s leading breast cancer charity, to highlight the need for all women aged 50 and over in the west midlands to attend their breast-screening appointments when invited. Breast screening invites are sent to all women aged between 50 […]
Under questioning from Michael Fabricant yesterday (Monday 18th October) in the House of Commons, Home Secretary, David Blunkett, revealed that the law will be tightened to protect those being intimidated by animal rights extremists. He said: "All hon. Members will join me in condemning the bestial extremists who desecrated a grave in Staffordshire 10 days […]
On Thursday 21st October, the expenses of all Members of Parliament will be posted on the House of Commons website in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act. Michael Fabricant says: "All these expenses relate to my work as a constituency Member of Parliament. I receive none of this money personally and I do not […]
Michael Fabricant attended the inter-denominational Service of Rededication of the Burial Ground held at 4.30pm on Saturday 16th October at the Parish Church of St Peter, Yoxall. He says: "I was deeply moved by the ceremony at which there was standing room in the church only. A large proportion of villagers from Yoxall were there. […]
Michael Fabricant is encouraging Staffordshire’s High School students to enter a national Parliamentary Writing Competition. Entries have to be sent in by Friday 26th November. Last year, as part of the celebrations for its 200th anniversary, the Parliamentary Press Gallery inaugurated a writing competition for students, designed to complement citizenship lessons in schools and aimed […]
Michael Fabricant says that local planning authorities should not be deprived of their power to veto moves to close pay-phones. Michael Fabricant, MP for Lichfield and , the shadow minister for industry and telecommunications, has written to Stephen Carter, chief executive of Ofcom, BT’s regulator, to ensure that this veto is not removed. This follows […]
Michael Fabricant has welcomed the publication of an Ofsted report which would overturn Labour Government and Staffordshire Council policy to force children with special educational needs to be integrated in mainstream schools. "This has jeopardised the future of schools like Queen’s Croft in Lichfield and may force its merger with other special needs schools. A […]
Michael Fabricant has deplored the growing practice of dumping urban foxes in Wales. "With the growing problem of increasing numbers of foxes in our towns and cities, it seems that do-gooders are now transporting live urban foxes from the West Midlands and other conurbations and releasing them into rural Wales where it is thought they […]
Writing for Computer Weekly magazine this week, Shadow Minister for Industry and Technology, Michael Fabricant, set out in a few hundred words his vision for information communication technology in the coming years. He wrote:- Earlier this year, I attended a broadband conference where David Isenberg, one of the American founders of the internet, said of […]
At noon today, Saturday 2nd October, Michael Fabricant unveiled the new canal fingerpost at Huddlesford Junction near Lichfield. Amidst tooting of narrow boat horns in celebration, Michael said "This fingerpost points to Fradley and to Coventry. But the most important direction is to Ogley Junction: 6 miles, 7 furlongs and 30 locks away. At present […]