In a wide ranging speech on the European Union yesterday (18th June), Michael Fabricant told the Foreign Secretary that some analyses have said that taking everything into account, the cost of Britain’s membership of the EU is "equivalent to £500 for each man woman and child in this country or equivalent to almost doubling the […]

"Following careful consideration, the Deputy Prime Minister has decided that the current level of interest in holding a referendum on elected regional assemblies in the West Midlands region is low. ‘I have therefore not directed the Boundary Committee to carry out a local government review there at the moment – a necessary precursor to referendums.’" […]

Michael Fabricant awarded certificates to adult Scout volunteers at the Annual General Meeting of the Lichfield District Council held last night (Friday 13th June) in the Guildhall, Lichfield. Also attending the Meeting was the Lichfield District Commissioner, Jeremy Cotton, who will shortly be leaving the District to become the Staffordshire Scout County Commissioner. The evening […]

Michael Fabricant today expressed concern that the departure of Alan Milburn as Health Minister may slow down much needed reforms in the NHS – particularly in the West Midlands. Michael Fabricant says: "Whatever differences I and my Conservative colleagues had on the detail of running the NHS, I was pleased that Alan Milburn recognised that […]

Michael Fabricant met in Lichfield this afternoon (Friday 13th June) with Nick Brown (Managing Director) and Nigel Pennington (Director, West Midlands Services) of Central Trains Limited to discuss the level of service between the two Lichfield stations and Birmingham. Mr Fabricant has received a number of complaints from constituents concerning trains which stopped short of […]

Michael Fabricant has urged Hollywood studio bosses to consider Lichfield as "a typically English location for film makers". Last week, Labour MP the Rt Hon Gerald Kaufman, Chairman of the House Select Committee on Culture Media and Sport, lead a delegation of MPs to Los Angeles to meet film studio management as part of an […]

Michael Fabricant is co-sponsoring a Bill with Paul Flynn (the Labour MP for Newport West in Wales) which would make it illegal to send out spam – or unwanted junk – emails. The American company, Yahoo, has estimated that a half of all emails are now spam and the proportion is increasing. Some have suggested […]

In a letter to Michael Fabricant MP, Tom Fanning (Managing Director of the M6Toll) says there will be no discount for local users. He confirmed that at their last meeting "we discussed amongst many other matters: marathons before the M6toll opens, perception of the road, regeneration in the area and, of course, discounts to local […]

Michael Fabricant called on the Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, yesterday to explain why he had overturned his own Inspector’s decision to allow a retail park in Burntwood. Speaking in the House of Commons, Michael Fabricant asked (as reported in Hansard):- "Does the Deputy Prime Minister recall the application for a retail development in the […]

Michael Fabricant has welcomed the initiative which would scrap university tuition fees and focus universities into providing more appropriate courses. "Over the last couple of years, I have received many hundreds of letters from constituents and students facing the real hardship of university fees. Many have said that it has deterred them from going to […]