Michael Fabricant, a frequent motorway user between Lichfield and Westminster, is fed up with motorists who hog the middle lane – and the Government agrees. "On a three lane motorway, or wider, the left lane is for normal driving and the middle lane is meant for overtaking only. The outside lane should only be used […]
With the news that in April 2004, 67.6% of the 840 million emails scanned by MessageLabs were spam emails, Michael Fabricant, Shadow E-Technology Minister has today urged the Government to act fast to prevent Britain becoming the world leader for computer spamming. Michael Fabricant commented: "Spam is deterring businesses and individuals from using the internet. […]
Michael Fabricant has denounced as "ludicrous" the Government’s "go in, stay in, tune in" advice to the public in the event of a dirty bomb attack on Britain. He said this advice was about as helpful as the old instruction to "duck and cover" in a nuclear missile attack. He was responding to a Commons […]
When Michael Fabricant tabled a simple question to each Government department following a debate in the House of Commons on the closure of Royal Doulton: "How much crockery, cutlery, and glassware bought by your department over the last 5 years was of British manufacture?", the replies were "chaotic"! "Some departments said they hadn’t the faintest […]
Michael Fabricant had drawn Question 7 today (Wednesday 19th May) to the Prime Minister. He was sitting in his usual place – just a few feet – from Tony Blair ready to ask his question when purple powder bombs were thrown into the House of Commons Chamber from the visitors’ gallery. One hit Tony Blair […]
Michael Fabricant today (Friday 14th May) visited Queen’s Croft School in Lichfield to talk to Years 10 and 11 students about life as an MP, but also to find out what pupils and staff think about the recently announced merger with Rocklands School. Both pupils and staff are unhappy about this change. Michael Fabricant says: […]
"Let’s keep Lichfield and Burntwood healthy!" says Michael Fabricant. "Warm Front grants are helping to keep the people of Lichfield District both warm and healthy," says Michael. "The link between health and warmth has been well established and these grants are a great way of keeping you warm and also keeping healthy. It’s a shame […]
Following the announcement made at the end of April that 106 Dixons stores will close with a loss of over 1,000 staff, Michael Fabricant wrote to the Chief Executive of the Dixons Group plc enquiring what would be the future of the Lichfield branch. He has now received a reply in which Mr John Clare […]
Michael Fabricant today opposed a 10 Minute Rule Bill introduced by a Labour MP, Graham Allen, which would have created an elected Head of Government, a President Blair. Michael Fabricant says: "This Bill was a thought-provoking piece of legislation, but ultimately terrifying! It would have weakened Parliament still further, given still more power to Tony […]
Twenty Lichfield commuters had dinner in the House of Commons last night (Thursday 6th May) with Michael Fabricant and senior directors of the Strategic Rail Authority. Jim Steer (Managing Director, Strategic Planning of the SRA) gave a speech after dinner and then answered questions about the rail service between Lichfield and London. He was assisted […]