The Telegraph May 24th, 2019 Today is do or die. If, despite growing hints from Number 10, Sir Graham Brady, Chairman of the Conservative 1922 Committee, fails to get an unequivocal departure date from Theresa May when he meets her, the reputation of the Executive of the 1922 will have shattered. And the Conservative […]
While congratulating West Midlands Trains on their new timetable which started on Sunday 19th May, Michael Fabricant has asked West Midlands Trains whether later services could be made available from Birmingham back to Lichfield on the Cross City line. Michael explains “A constituent contacted me via a local news website and asked ‘A lot of […]
In a debate in the House of Commons on ‘Medicinal Cannabis under Prescription’ on Monday 20th May, Michael Fabricant pleaded with ministers to allow patients to have access to medicinal cannabis and has contacted the Chief Constable of Staffordshire. Although the law was changed in 2018 to permit the prescription of cannabis, a shortage of […]
Michael Fabricant and Christopher Pincher visited the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) at the Samuel Johnson Hospital on Friday 17th May. Young people from across Lichfield and Tamworth can be referred to this mental health service, and it has an emphasis on supporting those on the autism spectrum but have no formal diagnosis. […]
The Telegraph May 17th, 2019 This costly juggernaut is over-budget, behind schedule and makes a mockery of Conservative principles In a recent Telegraph article, my colleague David Davis highlighted the spiralling costs of HS2. Several Tory leadership contenders have already said they would knife the project if they were Prime Minister. And a further blow to […]
Following an approach from Michael Fabricant, Malcolm Holmes, the Chief Executive of the West Midlands Rail Executive, has told Michael that the possibilities of an interim solution to delivering a passenger rail service between Lichfield and Burton “appear to be positive”. Michael Fabricant says: “The last time a passenger service ran between Lichfield and Burton […]
“During Easter when there was dry weather and wind, houses in Streethay were covered in dust from the housing development at Liberty Park. I am very concerned that this will happen once again during the next period of sunny, dry weather. The builders at have a responsibility – both legally and morally – to be […]
The Telegraph April 26th, 2019 Members of Parliament are tearing their hair out at the thought of the Withdrawal Agreement coming back to the House of Commons for a fourth time while the electorate in their utter frustration look set to vote for the Brexit Party in their millions in the European Elections. Leavers […]
“Debenhams’ administrators have announced 22 stores set for closure next year and I am relieved to see that Lichfield is not on the list” says Michael Fabricant. “They plan to close around 50 stores out of their total of 166 shops and we must fight to keep the Lichfield store open. I note with sadness […]
New funding will help protect ancient woodlands from housing development and HS2. In January 2019, Michael Fabricant introduced a Parliamentary Bill which highlighted the urgent need to include smaller ancient woodlands in England (woodlands over 400 years old with a unique bio-culture) in an inventory which helps protect them against their destruction through development. See […]