In Questions to the Leader of the House, Robin Cook, today (Thursday, 18th April) in the Commons Chamber, Michael Fabricant reminded the House of Commons of the crisis in the car industry. With both the Ford assembly plant in Dagenham and Vauxhall Motors in Luton closed, and the damage already done to West Midlands exporters […]
Commenting on the Budget, Michael Fabricant says: "The Chancellor of the Exchequer is gambling that the Government will finally be able to reverse the downward trend in NHS services by increasing funding. I hope he succeeds. It’s a good budget for the NHS – if only it works. But even by 2007, the Government will […]
Following the receipt of a number of letters from pensioners in the Lichfield constituency, Michael Fabricant contacted ministers to investigate whether they will honour their election pledge to provide free bus passes for all pensioners. Now, in a letter to Michael Fabricant, the Minister (Sally Keeble MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Stephen Byers’ […]
The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother marks an end of an epoch. I was shocked and saddened by the news of her death even though she was of an age that many of us cannot expect to reach. But she represented the hopes and aspirations of the British people over the […]
In questions to the Department of Health yesterday, Michael Fabricant tackled the Health Minister on the future of Lichfield’s maternity unit and the total closure of the Hammerwich Hospital in Burntwood. The Minister failed to answer on the question of funding. "The failure to make a statement on the funding of midwifery lead maternity units, […]
Peter Hain, the Minister for Europe in the Foreign Office, has told Michael Fabricant in a startling series of Parliamentary Written Answers that the Government has never calculated – nor has any future plans to calculate – the amount by which Britain benefits, or suffers, from its membership of the European Union. Michael asked this […]
The Culture Media and Sport Select Committee today published its report entitled ‘Arts Development’ which includes its recommendations on the future of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford. (A copy of the report may be found on the Committee’s website at www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmcumeds.htm). The report states, in summary: (a) There is a high degree of risk […]
Michael Fabricant today called for a national recycling scheme that would revolutionise recycling in Britain. Michael has signed a Parliamentary motion to put pressure on the Government to take decisive action on recycling. Currently the UK lags way behind other countries on its recycling record, recycling a pathetic 11% of household waste, in comparison to […]
Michael Fabricant questioned the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, yesterday on the Channel Tunnel blockade and the threat to West Midland jobs. Tony Blair was in the House of Commons making a statement following the Barcelona European Union Summit. Michael told the Prime Minister that thousands of jobs are under threat in the West Midlands as […]
In the 3 votes tonight (Monday 18th March), Michael Fabricant voted (1) Against the maintenance of a self regulating fox hunting regime (i.e. against the status quo) and won. [Noes=401, Ayes=154] (2) For a licensing scheme for fox hunts and lost [Noes=371, Ayes=169] and (3) Against an all out ban on fox hunting and lost. […]