Following his meetings with Whittington and Fisherwick Parish Councillors and local residents, Michael Fabricant raised a formal objection to the plan by Railtrack to widen the West Coast Main Line in the Whittington area. This will involve the destruction of homes and considerable disruption in the Whittington-Fisherwick area. Keith Hill (Minister at the Department of […]
Now that the phoney war is over and the General Election has been announced for Thursday June 7th, Michael Fabricant says: “The different Party Headquarters in London will be fighting the election campaign on national and international issues such as the Government's failure to maintain public services compared with their increases in taxation which have […]
At their successful meeting with David Suchet in Lichfield on Wednesday 11th April, Michael Fabricant promised to find the original Act of Parliament setting up the stretch of canal now known as the Lichfield and Hatherton Canals. After contacting the House of Commons Library, the original 11 page Act was found stored in St John’s […]
Michael Fabricant is supporting angry local commuters who are objecting to the cancellation of the early morning 5.59am train service to London Euston from Lichfield Trent Valley. The early morning service which gets Lichfield and Burntwood businessmen into London at 7.41am (when the trains are running on time) is removed from the timetable as from […]
Following news that the decision on the future of hospital services in Lichfield and Burntwood is to be deferred until after June 7th (the expected date of the general election), it has now been confirmed by the Chairman of the South Staffordshire Health Authority that at £654 per person per year, our area is the […]
The fate of the Victoria Hospital in Lichfield and Hammerwich Hospital has been delayed once again – this time until after June 7th, the expected date of the General Election. (Originally, firm proposals were expected to be published in September 2000 and a firm decision made in November of last year!). However, at a meeting […]
On receiving a ‘holding’ answer from a MAFF Minister today on dioxins and other toxins released by foot and mouth cremation pyres in reply to a Parliamentary Written Question tabled by Michael Fabricant before Easter, Michael Fabricant says "I was right to intervene over the siting of pyres in my constituency". Michael Fabricant had been […]
"Before turning the Government propaganda machine with all its venom onto farmers, Tony Blair should put his own house in order", says Michael Fabricant. In a Parliamentary Written Answer to Michael Fabricant, Joyce Quinn (Junior Minister for Agriculture) has just admitted that the 24 hour a day foot and mouth hotline for farmers is not […]
Michael Fabricant has today called for an immediate stop to the delivery of Census Forms in rural areas hit by foot and mouth disease. Constituents of his in Gentleshaw (a village within a mile or so of the cremation pyre just ignited at Longdon near Lichfield) have reported people "wandering over farms and fields delivering […]
Following intervention this morning by Michael Fabricant, an "Operational Stop" has been implemented to the igniting of the foot and mouth pyre being constructed at Hood Lane, Longdon, in Staffordshire. Angry and concerned residents had contacted Mr Fabricant due to the proximity of the fire to the village and other built-up areas. The "Stop" has […]