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 […]
In answer to a question from James Paice MP in the House of Commons yesterday (Tuesday 1st July), Caroline Flint (Minister for Housing) answered: “Like any other proposed development, eco-towns will be subject to planning applications. Each application will need to be decided on its merits, and we would generally expect the local planning authority […]
The Post Office will announce the closure of two Post Offices in the Lichfield Parliamentary Constituency: St John Street (Chapel Lane) and Whittington Barracks. "This makes a mockery of the consultation period" says Michael Fabricant. "Hundreds of protest letters and my own representations made it clear to the Post Office that the closure of the […]
Michael Fabricant is backing a plan to encourage chess playing in West Midlands schools. Michael says: “A new scheme proposed by the English Chess Federation is offering 250,000 free chess sets to schools, meaning that 25,000 schools in the country can receive up to 10 chess sets each. I think this a great idea. Chess […]
Around 30 eco town protesters from Curborough, Fradley and Lichfield joined protesters from other proposed eco town locations at a rally at Parliament on Monday 30th June. The protesters first assembled at 11.30am at Abingdon Green opposite the House of Lords and then, at 1pm, attended a Meeting of all eco-town protesters in a Committee […]
A Government Panel set up by the Department of Communities and Local Government has given the thumbs down to the Curborough eco-town proposals. Michael Fabricant says: "The Government Panel has slammed the Curborough consortium application for being a re-hash of previous planning applications. It correctly identifies transport and other infrastructure problems with the planning application […]
Michael Fabricant has expressed his delight that Lichfield District Council has lodged a formal complaint against the Department of Communities and Local Government for a misleading advertisement promoting the proposed eco-town at Curborough. Meanwhile, Michael has received a formal answer to his Parliamentary Question asking how much the taxpayer has had to pay out to […]