Michael Fabricant asked the Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, Leader of the House of Commons, today for an urgent debate on crisis management by the Government. He told her during Business Questions in the House of Commons "In the summer the Prime Minister intervened during the fuel crisis and called a summit at Number 10. […]
Late last night, Michael Fabricant spoke about the lack of police numbers in Staffordshire and the threat facing the future of the Victoria Hospital in Lichfield in the debate on the Queen’s Speech in Parliament. He said that the speech, written for the Queen by 10 Downing Street, was all spin and no delivery designed […]
Michael Fabricant has backed the findings of Lichfield’s Expert Maternity Working Group which is calling for the preservation of maternity services in Lichfield. But Mr Fabricant argues "The local Health Authority has all the information it needs now from its so-called ‘informal’ consultation to make a decision to save the Victoria Hospital’s Maternity Unit. The […]
Michael Fabricant is concerned that as more and more rail passengers take to the roads, road traffic accidents and fatalities may far exceed any that might arise on trains. According to the DETR, you are 12 times more likely to die in a road traffic accident than on the trains for every mile travelled. Mr […]
In the latest move to shake up the NHS by the Government, the South East Staffordshire Community Health Council now faces its abolition. Michael Fabricant has pledged to fight against the odds to keep it in place. CHCs are independent of the NHS and were set up to represent the interests of patients and their […]
According to the Economist magazine published today, Sir Alastair Morton (Chairman of the Strategic Rail Authority) has privately told the Government that rail passengers would be safer if speed restrictions were removed and trains were allowed to run at their usual speed. Safety experts have estimated that the growth in road traffic, arising from frustrated […]
Michael Fabricant today unveiled a new Conservative policy designed to protect rural businesses in Staffordshire. He announced that the next Conservative Government would cut £1,000 off the business rate bills of vital rural shops, pubs and post offices across England. "Rural shops, post offices and village pubs are the lifeblood of villages and market towns, […]
Michael Fabricant believes that the disruption and chaos on the rail may well cause even more deaths on the road as a consequence of increased road traffic. "I can’t get any sense out of Railtrack as to what and when services are available from Lichfield to London and to the North", says Michael Fabricant. "I […]
Gwyneth Dunwoody MP has accepted Michael Fabricant’s invitation to be the ‘Speaker’ at the annual Michael Fabricant-Arthur Price of England Schools Speaking Competition to be held in the Guildhall, Lichfield on Friday 16th February at 7.30pm next year. Mrs Dunwoody is Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons and is Chairman of the powerful Parliamentary […]
"Rats are having a field day in the West Midlands, because of Labour’s inadequate litter controls! " according to Michael Fabricant. A new National Pest Technicians Association survey has shown that Britain’s rat population has increased by 31 per cent in the last year – with the West Midlands’ rat population soaring from 15% in […]