Michael Fabricant met in Lichfield this afternoon (Friday 13th June) with Nick Brown (Managing Director) and Nigel Pennington (Director, West Midlands Services) of Central Trains Limited to discuss the level of service between the two Lichfield stations and Birmingham. Mr Fabricant has received a number of complaints from constituents concerning trains which stopped short of […]
Michael Fabricant has urged Hollywood studio bosses to consider Lichfield as "a typically English location for film makers". Last week, Labour MP the Rt Hon Gerald Kaufman, Chairman of the House Select Committee on Culture Media and Sport, lead a delegation of MPs to Los Angeles to meet film studio management as part of an […]
Michael Fabricant is co-sponsoring a Bill with Paul Flynn (the Labour MP for Newport West in Wales) which would make it illegal to send out spam – or unwanted junk – emails. The American company, Yahoo, has estimated that a half of all emails are now spam and the proportion is increasing. Some have suggested […]
In a letter to Michael Fabricant MP, Tom Fanning (Managing Director of the M6Toll) says there will be no discount for local users. He confirmed that at their last meeting "we discussed amongst many other matters: marathons before the M6toll opens, perception of the road, regeneration in the area and, of course, discounts to local […]
Michael Fabricant called on the Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, yesterday to explain why he had overturned his own Inspector’s decision to allow a retail park in Burntwood. Speaking in the House of Commons, Michael Fabricant asked (as reported in Hansard):- "Does the Deputy Prime Minister recall the application for a retail development in the […]
Michael Fabricant has welcomed the initiative which would scrap university tuition fees and focus universities into providing more appropriate courses. "Over the last couple of years, I have received many hundreds of letters from constituents and students facing the real hardship of university fees. Many have said that it has deterred them from going to […]
Michael Fabricant has told Charles Clarke, Secretary of State for Education and Skills, that his assertion that widespread teacher redundancies and classroom closures are due to local education authorities not passing over all the money provided by the Government is "just plain wrong". In the House of Commons Chamber yesterday afternoon (Thursday 8th May), Michael […]
Following Michael Fabricant’s broadband successes in Burntwood and elsewhere, he contacted Sir Christopher Bland, Chairman of BT – yet again – and a trigger level for interested customers has now been set for Alrewas and Fradley. If just 250 people register an interest in signing up for broadband in that area, the telephone exchange at […]
Angry commuters between Lichfield and Birmingham have again contacted Michael Fabricant over the withdrawal of discounts on Central Trains. In particular, it seems Central Trains will no longer compensate passengers when trains are late. "Following on from Central Trains’ unwillingness to provide a service to Lichfield on strike days, this is yet another unacceptable kick […]
Responding to the news that the M6 Toll Road will be charging £3 (three pounds) for cars after the first few months of operation, Michael Fabricant says: "I am disappointed that no discount is being made available for locals wishing to use the M6 Toll Road. "When I last met with Tom Fanning, the Managing […]