I had a very useful meeting with the Chair and other volunteers of Lichfield Foodbank on Saturday. We agreed a number of practical steps that can be taken to reduce foodbank usage which while low – around only 0.5% in the City of Lichfield – ought to be lower, if non existent. In particular, at […]
Further to the news release issued yesterday, see HERE, there are additional vaccine centres NOT listed on the Government’s National Booking Service. Michael Fabricant is trying to change this and says:- “The Government’s list of Covid vaccination centres is not complete. They insist on each centre having the capacity of 1,000 jabs per week. There […]
HS2 phase 2b has been given a red ‘unachievable’ rating by the Infrastructure Projects Authority (IPA) and Michael Fabricant is calling for a rethink. “West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street, has already expressed his concern regarding the decision by HS2 not to commence a train service heading north from the Birmingham HS2 station at Curzon Street […]
From Thursday of last week until 11:10 today there has been a fault on Michael Fabricant’s website. “It has meant that people who have tried to contact me via the webform have not been able to get through to me. I do apologise. It was due to a central server fault” Michael explains. “The system […]
Michael Fabricant says: “A few weeks’ back I got my first COVID jab in Lichfield’s 13th century vaccination centre. The Cathedral! “As the Queen has said: Get vaccinated – if not for your own protection, for the protection of others. “Only by doing this can we eradicate COVID and the risk of it producing variants. […]
The Government has signalled its intention to include tree-lined streets in its upcoming suite of planning reforms following the presentation of a private Bill by Chris Clarkson (MP for Heywood & Middleton) and co-sponsored by Michael Fabricant. “The new rules will require builders of homes to provide tree lined streets” says Michael Fabricant. “Working with […]
“The outbreak of Covid-19 in Stone at the the Crown and Anchor pub highlights the importance of Track and Trace” says Michael Fabricant. “I know the pub well as Stone used to be in the old Mid Staffordshire constituency which also included the City of Lichfield. “Despite several hundred people visiting the the Crown and […]
Sports Minister, Nigel Huddleston, has written to Michael Fabricant today (29th July) concerning funding availability for facilities such as Friary Grange in Lichfield following a Parliamentary Question Michael asked of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport earlier in the month. In his answer, Nigel Huddleston said: “Sports and physical activity facilities play a […]
On Tuesday 21st July, Michael Fabricant co-chaired with Andrew Rosindell MP a meeting of senior Commonwealth High Commissioners (i.e. Commonwealth Ambassadors) and Parliamentarians from the House of Commons and House of Lords. Michael says “I very much enjoyed helping to chair a highly constructive Parliamentary Meeting with the High Commissioners of Australia (His Excellency the […]
Michael Fabricant says we should all learn from the Covid-19 pandemic – and continue with some of the practices when the coronavirus crisis is over. “I have spoken in the past about continuing to work from home where possible when the pandemic is over with the consequence of less pollution and fewer blocked roads” says […]