Opinion by Michael Fabricant MP. LITTLE VICKY POLLARD IS A PART OF OUR SAD SOCIETY Have years of political correctness and irresponsibility fractured our society? The spate of stabbings in London and elsewhere have finally forced our nation to address the issue and ask questions and pose solutions which were formally thought to be politically […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Opinion by Michael Fabricant MP. NOTHING LIKE A BY-ELECTION TO FOCUS THE MIND I am on the by-election trail!! A few months ago, the Opposition Chief Whip jokingly suggested to me that ?Lichfield is near the north-east ? now that Tony Blair has resigned as an MP go and help up in the Sedgefield by […]
Michael Fabricant has written to Defence Minister Derek Twigg to thank him for Ministry of Defence funding which will ensure that the Armed Forces Memorial at Alrewas will be properly maintained in the years to come. There will be a one-off payment of £500,000 to pay off the £7.3M construction costs – £6,700,000 had already […]
It should be noted that although an ‘energy park’ is a Government requirement associated with eco-towns, the developers proposing the eco town at Curborough have now stated that they will not apply for permission to construct such an energy park – it will be for others to do so. (See earlier News Release today).