Michael Fabricant voted against the HS2 Bill last night (30th January) which will extend the line from Lichfield to Crewe explaining in detail all the flaws with the line’s design and getting some helpful commitments from the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling. Here is the video of the speech followed by the Hansard transcript. […]
Despite what Michael Fabricant refers to as “a cosy consensus between the main political parties”, MPs will discuss an amendment tabled by Michael Fabricant on Tuesday 30th January when the House will vote for the first time on the second phase of HS2: the route from Lichfield to Crewe. Michael says “It is remarkable that […]
Michael Fabricant met with the Jan Chaudhry-van der Velde, the managing director of West Midland Trains shortly before Christmas. “We discussed in detail the facilities at Lichfield City and Lichfield Trent Valley stations as well as services on the two rail franchises they have taken over from London-Midland. I raised a whole series of issues […]
National Unemployment has fallen yet again – to the lowest it has been since 1975. Michael Fabricant says: “Unemployment in the Lichfield Constituency based on the claimant rate is less than 1 percent: just 0.9%. “We have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country. It is the 594th highest of the 650 UK […]
I asked the Prime Minister a question earlier today (6th December). The substantive question – Question 5 – which she answered first was: What recent assessment she has made of the (a) economic performance and (b) level of provision of public services in the West Midlands; and if she will make a statement. You can […]
Michael Fabricant has tabled an amendment to the HS2 (West Midland – Crewe) Bill which, if passed, would halt the legislation in its tracks “though with support from both the Government and the Labour Party, I expect the Bill to pass” says Michael “So why did I bother to table the Motion? I wanted to […]
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 […]
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 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 […]