Following his laying a wreath on behalf of Parliament at the National Memorial Arboretum at 11am on 11th November, Michael visited the Mercian 1206 Air Training Corps at their HQ in the evening. Michael is their Honorary President. Michael spoke to the cadets, answered questions and later participated in a short Service of Remembrance conducted […]
Using a little used “closed question” procedure, Michael got two bites of the cherry earlier today when he spoke at Prime Minister’s Questions. Hansard reports:- Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con): If he will have discussions with the Secretaries of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and for Communities and Local Government to determine the progress of […]
Michael Fabricant initiated a brief debate in the Chamber of the House of Commons yesterday on “the unfairness of a long standing post-code lottery on the amount of money Staffordshire schools receive per pupil” – as Michael puts it. He asked two questions of the Secretary of State for Education, Nicky Morgan, who answered him […]
Michael Fabricant visited the area HQ of the Environment Agency at Fradley Park near Lichfield on Friday 23rd October to learn more about what the Agency does for people locally and nationally. Michael Fabricant says: “The Environment Agency really do far more than I first imagined. As well as working to protect us from flooding […]
In the Commons earlier today, 19th October, Michael Fabricant mentioned the 1206 Air Training Corps which is based in Lichfield. In a question to the Defence Minister who has responsibility for Cadets, Hansard reports:- Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con): I was recently appointed president of the 1206 Mercian air cadet squadron. Will my hon. Friend let […]
Whittington and Fisherwick Environment Group (WFEG) and its partner organisations welcomed Michael Fabricant on a whirlwind tour of some of their parish environmental initiatives last Friday (16TH October). Michael visited the primary school’s wood pellet boiler, the Jubilee Park and orchard, then St Giles Hospice to see their solar panels, Michael says “WFEG has worked […]
The third ever Lichfield Rocks Festival, which was headlined by chart toppers Sam And The Womp, has raised £2,264 for The Olive Circle Foundation. And all funds will be donated to Jack Oldacres, who was born with Netherton’s syndrome: a rare congenital skin disease. This year’s Lichfield Rocks took place over two days at The […]
Michael Fabricant visited Alice in Wonderland and the Mad Hatters Tea Party, and wore an appropriate jacket (see attached photo) at Lichfield Library on Friday 9th October. The Library was celebrating the recent Lichfield Literature Festival in style by turning the Art Gallery into a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. After successfully gaining funding from Arts […]
Michael Fabricant has tabled Parliamentary Written Questions to ministers at the Department of Health, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and to the Wales Office to encourage legislation in England to force restaurants to put their hygiene rating on display for customers. “I was shocked to learn from a constituent that one of the […]
As part of ‘Save a Life September’, St John’s Ambulance gave demonstrations in the Market Square in Lichfield on Sunday 20th September and Michael Fabricant got down to have a go. “I had never been trained on CPR with a baby”, says Michael. “The technique is slightly different from that of an adult and I […]