At a meeting with police officers last Monday in Lichfield, Michael Fabricant was told that extra police officers would be needed to patrol streets if drink laws in Lichfield and Burntwood were extended. And tonight, Britain’s top policeman says plans for 24-hour drinking should be re-examined because of a binge drinking "epidemic". Metropolitan police chief […]
At a packed Armitage Village Hall on Saturday morning (15th January), around 200 people from Armitage, Handsacre, Fisherwick, and parts of Lichfield heard Michael Fabricant introduce representatives from Network Rail, Staffordshire County Council Highways, Lichfield District Council Environmental Health, and County Councillor Frank Lewis and parish councillors who talked about the three year programme of […]
The High Court will hear Cllr Peter Clamp’s application for an injunction on Monday 17th January. Michael Fabricant says: "I hope on behalf of my constituents that Peter Clamp’s application to the High Court will be successful. This reign of terror which has afflicted many of my constituents has gone on long enough. Peaceful protests […]
The Downing Street spokesman again insisted this morning (14th January 2004) that the Government would not be forced to amend their proposals to allow 24-hour opening for pubs and clubs. Home Secretary Charles Clarke had held consultations this week with the Association of Chief Police Officers and it was recognised that the problem was fixed […]
With house prices in Lichfield soaring, Michael Fabricant is backing calls to address the increasing level of inheritance tax. According to the Land Registry, the cost of an average detached house in Lichfield District is now £293,560 and is considerably more in areas like Lichfield City. Yet the threshold for paying inheritance tax is only […]
Following the incident at the end of last year when a Staffordshire ambulance was held up for several minutes at a toll booth on the M6 (see news release of 2nd December), the Minister for Transport, David Jamieson, has told Michael Fabricant that emergency vehicles are exempt from toll charges and should not have been […]
The public meeting, open to all, scheduled for 10am on Saturday 15th January at Armitage Village Hall, Shropshire Brook Road in Armitage will be attended by Michael Fabricant who will Chair the Meeting and Cllr Frank Lewis who is the County Councillor for the area. The other speakers have now been agreed. Network Rail who […]
Michael Fabricant supports the introduction of identity cards provided some technical difficulties can be overcome so that the system works well in practice. "With the police and the Security Service both saying that ID cards will help protect the general public against terrorist attacks, I do not believe it would be right to oppose this […]
Michael Fabricant voted against the Mental Capacity Bill in the House of Commons last night. "The debate was a shambles" says Michael. "Assurances were given eventually by the Government that although the proposed law is seriously flawed, they would rectify it in the House of Lords. But I could not approve a law which is […]
In answer to a Parliamentary Written Question to Michael Fabricant, Schools Minister David Milliband has revealed to him that Staffordshire schools are again near the bottom of the league for funding per pupil for 2005-06. Out of 150 local education authorities, Staffordshire primary schools are 5th from the bottom while Staffordshire secondary schools do a […]