Labour Members of Parliament have expressed alarm at the possibility – not denied by the Prime Minister – that County Councils face abolition. Michael Fabricant who took part in Prime Ministers Question Time yesterday heard the following exchange (extracted from Hansard):- Mr. David Clelland (Tyne Bridge): Will my right hon. Friend take this opportunity to […]
Michael Fabricant has caused a ripple over the usually calm waters of Parliamentary Early Day Motions by tabling an amendment to an innocuous Parliamentary Motion calling for a Charles Darwin Day. Michael Fabricant claims that as Charles Darwin got many of his ideas from the work undertaken in Lichfield by Erasmus Darwin, his grandfather, there […]
The Friary School scooped the cups for "The Winning Team" as well as "The Best Individual Speech" at the Michael Fabricant-Arthur Price of England Schools Speaking Competition at the Guildhall in Lichfield last night (Friday 1st February). The Motion being debated, and which was opposed by the Friary School team, was "That this House believes […]
On November 6th last year, after two previous cancellations, Labour and Conservative councillors from Lichfield District, Lichfield City and Burntwood Town councils together with charity workers from the Victoria Hospital in Lichfield and the Hammerwich Hospital in Burntwood journeyed to London to meet the Health Minister at a meeting arranged by Michael Fabricant to discuss […]
"The future of Army bases in the UK are under constant review", says Michael Fabricant "so every few years I like to check the status of our barracks at Whittington. There has been talk in the past of ‘rationalising’ as a ‘benefit from the end of the cold war’. In practice, that would mean selling […]
Michael Fabricant has met with John Giffard, the Chief Constable of Staffordshire, in the House of Commons to discuss the charges the police intend to levy for policing the Lichfield Greenhill Bower in the Queen’s Jubilee Year. Michael Fabricant says "We all pay income taxes and we all pay Council Tax, Lichfield residents pay more […]
Michael Fabricant and Bob Blizzard (the Labour MP for Waveney in Suffolk) have joined forces to promote a Bill which would help control dog fouling and littering and give councils real muscle to enforce the law. The Bill, presented in Parliament today (Tuesday 14th January), allows councils to keep the money raised from issuing litter […]
Participating in the historic debate last night (10th January) on the future of the House of Lords, Michael Fabricant told the Commons that he would like to see an all-elected Upper Chamber, but with the existing Life Peers and Hereditary Peers being allowed to participate in debate, but have no voting rights. "At the beginning […]
Michael Fabricant today (9th January) sponsored a Bill in the House of Commons to assist the self-employed in their dealings with the Inland Revenue. At present individuals must prove, and re-prove, their self-employment, but as the Inland Revenue relies on changing case law to define self employment this causes many difficulties for our self employed […]
At this morning’s meeting (Tuesday 8th January) of the Culture Media & Sport Select Committee in the House of Commons, Michael Fabricant suggested to the Royal Shakespeare Company that they use Lichfield’s new David Garrick Theatre while the facilities at Stratford upon Avon are being rebuilt. The Committee, of which Michael Fabricant is a member, […]