Following the Defence Secretary’s White Paper issued today which states that defence spending must be directed at high-tech solutions and that the overall size of the armed forces may need to be reduced, Michael Fabricant says "I fear that, yet again, the Staffordshire Regiment may face the chop". Britain’s top military officer, Chief of the […]
Michael Fabricant has welcomed the opening of the M6 Toll Road, but says this should not be an excuse for general charging on all motorways. "I congratulate MEL and the contractors who constructed the M6 Toll Road so very quickly" says Michael Fabricant. "I am convinced this will lead to extra tourism and business for […]
Further to the news of 6th December, Michael Fabricant has just learned that Abbots Bromley reached the ‘magic’ trigger level of 150 on December 1st for interest in broadband. Accordingly, the telephone exchange will be enabled early in 2004. (see graph). Michael Fabricant says: "A month ago I was told by BT that Abbots Bromley […]
Michael Fabricant met midlands manufacturers on Wednesday 3rd December when the Black Country Chamber of Commerce – which has an associate chamber covering Lichfield – visited the House of Commons. "The British Chamber of Commerce has estimated that extra taxes and regulations have cost British manufacturers more than £16 billion over the last 5 years. […]
Advantage West Midlands and BT came to Lichfield on Friday 5th December and Saturday 6th December to demonstrate the ‘Power of Broadband’: especially its advantages for smaller businesses and those who work from home. A display was set up at the Lichfield District Tourist Information Office in Donegal House, Bore Street in Lichfield. Michael Fabricant […]
"Like sucking blood out of a stone" says Michael Fabricant, the Government (through Schools Minister David Miliband) has just released the formula spending share per pupil for each of the local education authorities in England for 2004-2005. Out of 151 local education authorities, Staffordshire is 6th from the very bottom of worst funded. In 2004-05 […]
With news that Schools Minister, David Milliband, contacted Michael Fabricant yesterday to tell him that the Department has still not released the funding figures for local education authorities, Michael is backing a fellow Staffordshire MP, David Kidney (Labour, Stafford), calling for a meeting of the 40 worst funded LEAs with Prime Minister Tony Blair. "We […]
Michael Fabricant has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in its 250th year. Its President is the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip. Michael is the second MP in Staffordshire to become an FRSA: Sir Patrick Cormack became a fellow some years back. "It is a great honour to be invited to […]
Michael Fabricant presented the awards with Cllr Barry White, Mayor of the City of Lichfield, at the Lichfield Chamber of Trade & Commerce Awards Evening at The Guildhall, Lichfield on Saturday 22nd November. Prior to the presentation of the awards, Michael spoke to the local businessmen and told them "It is local businesses and locally […]
Michael Fabricant today expressed his disappointment with the local government funding allocations announced by Minister, Nick Raynsford in the House of Commons today. While the Government boasted that there would be an increase in funding, they failed to mention that Government demands on local government have put up council running costs dramatically. "The increase of […]