Following visiting the Environment Agency Midlands HQ in October last year – see http://www.michael.fabricant.mp.co.uk/news-001174.ihtml – and hearing about the Hanch Tunnel, Michael Fabricant asked to see the Tunnel which travels almost 4 miles beneath Lichfield at a depth of between 10 and a 130 feet underground. It was built 1853 and 1867. “This was a […]
Work/Life Balance? Not for MPs Perhaps it?s my age, but I have taken to giving advice to newbie MPs: Take one weekend off in 3 or 4. Like teachers and university lecturers, MPs get longish holidays. But Unlike most other people MPs generally work solidly at weekends too. Each MP has a different way of […]
Commons People: Why don’t we allow breastfeeding here? We’re used to screaming It was only five years ago that the first nursery in Westminster was built The Conservative MP Michael Fabricant last year went incognito for ‘The Independent’ to chronicle the highs and lows of his life as a candidate fighting the general election. Now, […]
Commenting on the further delay to a decision on the third airport runway in the south-east, Michael Fabricant intervened in a statement being made by the Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, in the House of Commons yesterday (14th December). Hansard reports: Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con): My right hon. Friend justifies the additional delay by saying, quite […]
Michael Fabricant said in the House of Commons today, 14th December, to the Secretary of State of Communities and Local Government that he has lost confidence in the Staffordshire Fire Authority and that they should combine with the Staffordshire Police under proposals made by Matthew Ellis, Staffordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner. Hansard reports: Michael Fabricant […]
Michael Fabricant, who attended the Burntwood Christmas Festival held on Saturday 5th December at Sankey’s Corner, has hailed the event “a great success!”. Part of the road by Sankey’s Corner was pedestrianised and opened to amusement rides, a train, and various stalls. The photo shows Michael enjoying a hot mulled wine on the Multiple Sclerosis […]
Speaking in the House of Commons Chamber to the Secretary of State for Transport, Michael Fabricant said: Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con): Once again, my constituents are faced with anguish as they have already faced with phase 1. Phase 2a starts in my constituency as well. I ask my right hon. Friend two specific questions. Will […]
Michael Fabricant handed out 3 cheques to local charities at Alrewas Cricket Club together with Dr Robert Horton, Chairman of Alrewas United Charities. These were £1547 to the Alrewas Defibrillator Fund, £200 to Stepping Stones, and £200 to the Alrewas Tennis Club to help buy a lawnmower on Friday 13th November. Michael says: “The Charity […]
Greg Clark MP, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, was the guest of honour and speaker at the Annual Lichfield Conservative Association Dinner held on Thursday 12th November at the Swinfen Hall Hotel and answered questions after. Subtitled “Lichfield is Fab”, the event celebrated the election of Conservative councillors across the area […]
Following his laying a wreath on behalf of Parliament at the National Memorial Arboretum at 11am on 11th November, Michael visited the Mercian 1206 Air Training Corps at their HQ in the evening. Michael is their Honorary President. Michael spoke to the cadets, answered questions and later participated in a short Service of Remembrance conducted […]