The Parliamentary Bill for HS2 Phase 2a authorising the high speed rail link between Lichfield and Crewe was published yesterday. Michael Fabricant and Cheryl Gillan (the Conservative MP for Amersham) joined Ed Miliband MP mid-afternoon in demanding an oral statement from the Transport Secretary. This duly took place at 10pm last night (17th July). This […]
In a Statement to the House of Commons yesterday (17th July), the Education Secretary, Justine Greening, said that no schools will lose out as a result of the new funding formula. Michael Fabricant says “Staffordshire has lost out over the last 30 years or more receiving less money per pupil than most other counties. This […]
Michael Fabricant met with Network Rail and London Midland today (Friday 14 July) to see first-hand how the railway in his constituency is run and maintained. Michael was taken on track where he saw Network Rail’s orange army repair a track fault just outside Lichfield Trent Valley station before visiting the nearby signal box where […]
Michael Fabricant tackled Schools Minister in the House of Commons Chamber today (4th July) on the new ‘Fairer Funding Formula’. Michael asked: “My right hon. Friend will recall, probably with gloom, my question to him two or three weeks before the general election, but, as Arnie Schwarzenegger would say, “I’m back”, and I want to […]
“I am deeply proud and honoured to have been re-elected the Member of Parliament for the Lichfield Constituency. I have often said that there seems to be a two-way love affair between Lichfield and me and it is perhaps because of that which means we often buck the national trend. “The result in the Lichfield […]
At a packed meeting of the Lichfield Conservative Association on Friday night (28th April) at the George Hotel in Lichfield, Michael Fabricant was re-adopted as the official Conservative Party Candidate for the Lichfield Parliamentary Constituency at the General Election on June 8th. “It’s wonderful and a great honour to be standing again for the Lichfield […]
Michael Fabricant toured Pipe Hall Farm, woods owned and managed by the Woodland Trust yesterday with officials from the Trust. “I’ve been a member of the Woodland Trust for a number of years and am Deputy Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group” says Michael. “So it was a real pleasure to visit the 150 […]
The Operations Director of Highways England has confirmed that weight limits could be added along the route of the A515 which passes through Yoxall and Kings Bromley. “Heavy trucks are making the lives of residents in Yoxall and Kings Bromley a misery as drivers use the narrow A515 with its hairpin bends as a rat […]
On Saturday 8th April, Michael Fabricant met with Peter Button and Lisa Saltmarsh and others who are members of the Burntwood & Hammerwich Action Groups who are seeking a better design for local planning in the area. “I very much welcomed the meeting with the Groups which was very constructive. I was very impressed with […]
Michael Fabricant opened a new bottling line at Roxane at their plant in Fradley near Lichfield today (24th March). “Opened just four years ago and bottling local spring water, this joint venture between Britain and France is now the biggest in Europe and is yet another demonstration of post Brexit confidence in the future of […]