"Staffordshire schools have lost out again compared with other local education authorities with the funding they will receive from the Government for 2007-08" says Michael Fabricant. "Figures I have just obtained from the Department of Education reveal that out of 149 local education authorities in England, Staffordshire’s funding ranks 132nd – just 17th from the […]

Michael Fabricant has signed a Book of Commitment in the House of Commons, making a pledge to ensure that the victims of the Holocaust, and of all genocide, are never forgotten, and that the causes and consequences of the Holocaust are understood by future generations. Michael says: "Holocaust Memorial Day provides a focus for each […]

In a brief debate on Church issues in the House of Commons on Monday (29th January), Michael Fabricant said that Lichfield Cathedral’s experience in staging musical and other events should be shared with clergy in other parts of the country. The extract from Hansard is shown below:- Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con): What advice is given […]

Reacting to the shock announcement that the Healthcare Commission are to conduct an Inquiry into the Staffordshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Michael Fabricant says: "This is an odd turn of events. Did the Chairman and Acting Chief Executive of the Staffordshire Ambulance Service know of the launch of this inquiry before they announced the return […]

Michael Fabricant has guardedly welcomed the announcement made today by the Staffordshire Ambulance Service that some of the drugs and equipment withdrawn from service from Community First Responders will be restored. But Michael Fabricant says: "This is a helpful step in the right direction, but life saving equipment like ResQPOD which increases blood oxygen in […]

In his formal response to the West Midlands Regional Assembly Report on the ‘Regional Spatial Strategy’ which determines the house building programme for Staffordshire and the rest of the west midlands, Michael Fabricant has said a resounding ‘No’ to the construction of 16,000 new homes in Lichfield District. In his response to the Regional Assembly, […]

Commenting on the Defence Secretary’s Statement to the House of Commons today on the Defence Training Review, Michael Fabricant says: "While I am bitterly disappointed that training will be withdrawn from Cosford, I am reassured that Des Browne has stated that there are no immediate plans to close the site and that a military presence […]

At the end of last year, Michael Fabricant wrote to the property developer of the Birmingham Road site in Lichfield expressing concern about the final appearance of the shopping centre. "I told them that the choice of materials would be crucial and that a brick facing, for example, would be far more in keeping with […]

When Michael Fabricant visited Rugeley Power Station on a blustery Friday 15th December, Station Manager David Leich showed Michael the new 600 foot chimney being constructed which will release ‘clean gases’ after they have been through the new flue gas desulphurisation plant currently being constructed. The completion date for the project is summer 2008 and […]

Michael Fabricant says "The Government’s plans announced today to close 2,500 Post Offices across the country, on top of the 4,000 already shut since 1999, are alarming. In the Lichfield Parliamentary Constituency there were 22 post offices back in 1999 which were reduced down to 19 by 2005. Pro rata, a further 2,500 closures could […]