BETTER TRAINING AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEMALE COACHES
Michael Fabricant says he is “keen to see better training and opportunities for female coaches in football”. On Tuesday 14th November, Michael met Armitage resident Elsie Baxter who has been successfully chosen as one of the 50 coaches Betfair is funding to complete their UEFA B licence, with the long-term goal of increasing the number […]
SANDFIELDS WATER PUMPING STATION “VICTORIAN POWER ENGINEERING AT ITS BEST”
Michael Fabricant – a Chartered Engineer – visited the Sandfields Pumping Station in Lichfield on Friday 3rd November to see for himself the work being undertaken to restore the massive steam powered beam engine that used to push millions of gallons of water each day uphill to save the people of the Black Country from […]
MICHAEL TO APPEAR ON ‘FIRST DATES’ THIS COMING THURSDAY
Michael Fabricant will be appearing on Celebrity First Dates at 9pm Thursday 2nd November on Channel 4. “I am not taking any fee for this programme” says Michael. “Instead £20,000 will be donated by Channel 4 to the Stand up to Cancer charity run by Cancer Research UK. “It was a sometimes terrifying whirlwind date […]
SHOULD BRIDGE SIGNAGE BE BETTER ASKS MICHAEL FABRICANT
“A rail bridge in Lichfield is getting into the record books for all the wrong reasons” says Michael Fabricant. It is the most bashed in the West Midlands and sixth most lorry-bashed in Britain, Network Rail has revealed; and Michael Fabricant asks “Is more or better signage the answer?”. St John Street bridge has been […]
BOUNDARY COMMISSION INSISTS STREETHAY AND WHITTINGTON LEAVE LICHFIELD AND JOIN TAMWORTH PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY
The Parliamentary Boundary Commission have decided in an announcement today (17th October) to keep with their original proposal for the Lichfield Parliamentary Constituency: that Streethay and Whittington be moved to the Tamworth Parliamentary Constituency and that Haywood and Hixon be moved into Lichfield from the Stafford constituency. Michael Fabricant says “I am very disappointed with […]
EXPERIENCING BLINDNESS – BUT JUST FOR AN HOUR
Staffordshire Lions Clubs and Lichfield Talking News for the Blind explained at the George Hotel in Lichfield on Sunday 15th October the work they are doing to help prevent blindness and how to assist those who are already blind. And to illustrate the difficulties encountered by blind and partially blind people, they invited those attending […]
FABRICANT BACKS LEGISLATION TO ALLOW CANNABIS TO BE TAKEN FOR MEDICAL REASONS
Michael Fabricant is co-sponsor of a Bill that was introduced in the House of Commons today (Tuesday 10th October) by Labour MP Paul Flynn which would legalise the use of cannabis for medical purposes. “A friend of mine suffers from multiple sclerosis and yet he is prevented from using cannabis even though it would relieve […]
CONSTITUENTS ASKED TO RESEND EMAILS
Constituents writing to Michael Fabricant via the webform at http://www.michael.fabricant.mp.co.uk/contact.ihtml between 9th and 18th September are asked to resend their messages again, as their original messages will not have got through and cannot be recovered. Michael says “Following the cyber-attacks on Parliament a few months back, the House of Commons has introduced additional filters on […]
MICHAEL SIGNS PLEDGE TO BACK BRITISH FARMING IN WEST MIDLANDS
Michael Fabricant recognises the vital role that West Midlands farmers are contributing to the economy, the countryside, and food production and pledged to Back British Farming at an event in the House of Commons this week, 13th September. “Farming in the West Midlands contributes £828 million to the local economy and provides 42,903 jobs – […]