At last night’s (Tuesday 15th October) crucial debate in the House of Commons on local government finance, Michael Fabricant asked Nick Raynsford MP, the Minister for local government, "Will the Minister give an assurance that counties such as Staffordshire will be no worse off than they are at present – and believe me, they are […]
With the news this morning (Wednesday 9th October) that the Government has decided to abandon plans for 140mph train service to operate on the West Coast Mainline and that the launch of the 125mph trains service is to be delayed by at least 2 more years, Michael Fabricant will be contacting Railtrack to ascertain what […]
Peter Ainsworth MP is not unpatriotic in opposing a war with Iraq. (Spectator 14.9.2 ‘I dare to dissent’). Nor is he an apologist for the vile Saddam Hussein and his regime. He is right to say that war cannot be justified because of ‘unfinished business’ left over from the Gulf War. Peter is brave to […]
Following a meeting with Paul Everitt, Artistic Director of The Garrick Theatre currently being constructed in Lichfield, Michael Fabricant will be approaching the new management at the Royal Shakespeare Company to suggest that The Garrick be their temporary home during the proposed reconstruction of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford upon Avon. "The Garrick will […]
The following statement on a possible armed conflict with Iraq was issued by Michael Fabricant today (12th September 2002):- There is little point in learning history if we do not learn lessons from history. In the 1930s Britain and France did nothing while Germany re-armed, brutalised its citizens, and marched into neighbouring countries. Well intentioned […]
In a show of solidarity with the people of the United States 12 months on from the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington DC, Michael Fabricant is organising a visit to Litchfield, Connecticut in New England and also to Boston, Massachusetts. The visit will take place in the autumn of 2003 and he […]
At 1.46pm today (marking the very moment when the first hijacked aircraft hit one of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City at 8.46am Eastern Standard Time) two Giant Redwood trees from the United States will be planted at The National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas near Lichfield. These trees will […]
Following Michael Fabricant’s approach to the M6 Toll Group with the idea to stage a charity marathon before the road opens, Paul Neal, Project Director of the CAMBBA Construction Group has now written saying "while these are all great ideas, they all raise a number of wider issues including public safety, security and logistics. We, […]
Michael Fabricant will introduce legislation in the House of Commons in the new Parliamentary Session to provide the same privacy in law for emails as currently exists for conventional mail and telephone calls. The change in the law is being introduced in the light of the increased number of employers who routinely monitor their employees’ […]
Michael Fabricant is backing an idea proposed by Lichfield man, Robert Yardley of Cornfield Drive, to stage a major marathon run along the M6 Toll Motorway (formerly known as the BNRR) just before it is opened to traffic. The marathon would be open to contestants throughout the UK and abroad and it is hoped that […]