Commenting on Staffordshire County Council’s decision to restore the school bus service for children in Alrewas attending John Taylor High School in Barton under Needwood, Michael Fabricant (MP for Lichfield) says: "People power has won out again against the faceless bureaucrats in Stafford who made the foolish and dangerous decision to cancel the bus service […]
In a High Court hearing, Mr Justice Collins ruled on 12th September: "I note there must be concern that the defendant, Secretary of State Hazel Blears, may have disqualified herself from considering any planning application for an eco-town because of perceived bias in its favour." This now opens the way to a judicial review into […]
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Michael Fabricant was out for 3½ hours on Police Cycle Patrol in North Lichfield on Friday 4th September when he joined PC Dave Smith and PCSO Maggie Griffiths on a tour of duty. "It was a valuable experience" says Michael. "We cycled out from the police station at Frog Lane Lichfield visiting the Dimbles and […]
Michael Fabricant has received a written apology from the Rt Hon Caroline Flint MP, Minister for Housing and Planning concerning a misleading advertisement published in local newspapers, a Parliamentary Statement, and literature published in support of the proposed eco-town at Fradley in Staffordshire. Angry residents pointed out the error to Michael who took the matter […]
Michael Fabricant will be meeting angry residents in Abbots Bromley on Friday 5th September over a "forest of inappropriate lamp posts that have just been ‘planted’ in the beautiful village of Abbots Bromley" – as Michael Fabricant puts it. Michael adds: "These lights are wholly out of keeping with an ancient village green in the […]
Michael Fabricant has reacted with caution at Staffordshire County Council’s temporary U-turn over the provision of free school transport between Alrewas and John Taylor High School in Barton Under Needwood (which will become a part of the Lichfield Parliamentary Constituency after the next General Election). In a letter to Alrewas parents, Andrew Marsden (Head of […]
After more than three years of negotiations with the Department of Transport and Virgin Trains, a new timetable from mid-December onwards was agreed with Michael Fabricant at a meeting in the House of Commons with representatives from the Department of Transport. "This is not a perfect solution, but the new timetable represents a major improvement […]
In a couple of Parliamentary Written answers to Michael Fabricant, Housing Minister Caroline Flint has "washed her hands off of Curborough". Michael Fabricant says: "After the complete shambles of the Government’s hugely trumpeted eco-town initiative where developers have now been pulling out of eco-town proposals up and down the country, Caroline Flint has washed her […]
Michael Fabricant has welcomed the announcement today from the Ministry of Defence today of a £200 million investment in the Whittington Barracks. "This is the culmination of a long hard struggle to secure the future of Whittington Barrack which, at one stage, looked as if it would be sold off for building land. The future […]