Let non-celibate gay men donate blood, Tory MP to demand Michael Fabricant, MP for Lichfield, say rules introduced in wake of Aids epidemic no longer make sense By Matthew Holehouse A blanket ban on sexually active gay men giving blood should be lifted, a Conservative MP will say today. Michael Fabricant, a former Government whip […]
The EU ?outers? must win hearts and minds in 2017 A Europe without Britain looks possible now, but the out campaign will need strong leadership, not Little Englanders at the helm by Michael Fabricant MP A starting pistol has been fired by the outgoing president of the European commission, Jos? Manuel Barroso. His strongly expressed […]
Michael Fabricant has been appointed Squadron President of the 1206 (Mercian) Squadron Air Training Corps in Lichfield. “I am genuinely delighted and honoured to have been made Squadron President” says Michael. “The Squadron provides real focus for the Cadets and can have a justifiable pride in what they do. “The Squadron is flourishing and with […]
Unemployment has fallen again in the Lichfield Parliamentary Constituency which includes Burntwood and the surrounding villages. Latest figures released today (17th September) show unemployment at just 1.1%. Michael Fabricant says: “Unemployment continues to fall in Lichfield, Burntwood and the surrounding area. It now stands at just 1.1% of the economically active population aged 16 to […]
Members of the House of Commons HS2 Bill Committee visited Lichfield yesterday (16th September) to see for themselves the impact the line will have on the area. Chairman Robert Syms MP, Sir Peter Bottomley MP, Ian Mearns MP and Michael Thornton MP met petitioners and other locals to see for themselves at various locations to […]
Equalising the right to donate blood is the next frontier for UK gay rights If you are gay and have safe sex you can?t give blood, if you are straight and promiscuous you can. The logic ? and the science ? don?t add up by Michael Fabricant MP The equal marriage legislation passed in this […]
Curzon Street Michael Fabricant is proposing that an additional halt/station be introduced on the Lichfield Trent Valley to Redditch Cross-City line. “On a recent visit to Birmingham City University and Millennium Point, I saw the plans for the proposed HS2 station in Curzon Street if the legislation ever reaches the statute book. “With the whole […]
Michael Fabricant asked the Prime Minister today about the Local Enterprise Partnership and the local economy during Prime Minister’s Questions (9th July). Here is the extract from Hansard:- Economic Development (Birmingham and Lichfield) Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con): If he will meet the chair of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull local enterprise partnership to discuss economic […]
Michael Fabricant has this evening (23rd June) published an article on the Spectator website regarding the tweet last Friday (20 June) concerning Yasmin Alibhai Brown. “A number of people have been urging me over the last two days to break my self-imposed silence. So I have” says Michael. The article can be found here: http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2014/06/yasmin-alibhai-brown-and-the-punch-that-never-was/ […]
At today’s Prime Minister’s Questions (18th June) – the first since it was announced that Stephen Sutton had been awarded an MBE, Michael Fabricant praised the award of the honour. The exchange is recorded in Hansard:- Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con): On behalf of my Burntwood constituents, may I thank the Prime Minister for his swift […]