Michael Fabricant has today lodged a formal objection with the Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, at the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions against the widening of the West Coast Main Line (to allow 4 tracks instead of the present 2) between Lichfield and Armitage. “Railtrack’s own environmental statement admits that 60 properties […]
With the US Senate currently investigating the economic impact of inviting Britain to join the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Michael Fabricant will be putting the case for closer economic and political ties with the United States at in a debate he has secured for 1pm on Wednesday 29th March in Westminster Hall in […]
At Prime Minister’s Questions today, Michael Fabricant welcomed the money promised in the Budget yesterday for the Health Service and said “it will help repair the damage done over the last couple of years”. He then went on to ask: “Is the Prime Minister aware that just as the Chancellor of the Exchequer was announcing […]
Michael Fabricant, together with some Labour and Liberal MPs, is campaigning against the outdoor ritual slaughter at the Eid-el-Kabir festival in France at which thousands of sheep (many exported live from Britain) have their throats cut, fully conscious, without first being stunned. Michael Fabricant says: “This practice is against French law and European law, but […]
Michael Fabricant spoke up for Staffordshire dairy farmers in the Commons today when he quizzed Nic Brown, Minister for Agriculture. He told the Minister “Over the last 3 years farm gate milk prices have fallen by a third, more than 5000 dairy farmers across the country have given up, the cost of producing a pint […]
Michael Fabricant is receiving an increasing number of letters from doctors and other health professionals expressing alarm that the Maternity Unit at the Victoria Hospital is to be axed along with other services. Michael Fabricant says: “If these reports are true, they must be resisted at all costs. The Maternity Unit in Lichfield offers the […]
Michael Fabricant opened the Engineering Recruitment Show at the National Motorcycle Museum near Birmingham this morning. The Show will run for today and Saturday and exhibitors include British Aerospace, Marconi, The Royal Engineers, RAF, and JCB. The Show attracts engineers from all over the west and east midlands. In his opening speech, Michael Fabricant said: […]
Speaking at 5.30 am this morning (Wednesday) in the House of Commons as part of an all-night debate on the Government Resources and Accounts Bill, Michael Fabricant condemned Labour for a cover-up on their performance on health and policing. While adopting Treasury plans to bring in commercial accounting methodology for government departments, the Government refused […]
At the Mayor’s Charity Poetry Reading held in the Guildhall, Lichfield on Saturday 19th February, Michael Fabricant read out the Beaufort Scale from the 19th Century Sailor’s Manual. Reading from 0 (Dead Calm) up to a crescendo of Hurricane Force 12 and back down again to 0, descriptions included: “Dead Calm, zero Force, tree leaves […]
There was a ‘robust and lengthy’ meeting between representatives of Kings Bromley parents and headteacher and governors of Fair Oak School, Rugeley which lasted over 2 hours starting at 3pm yesterday (Friday 4th February). Michael Fabricant had called the meeting (held at the School) because parents of children attending the Richard Crosse Church of England […]