Britain should pull out of the biased body, which has routinely failed to promote human rights Daily Telegraph MICHAEL FABRICANT In questions to the Foreign Secretary in the House of Commons Chamber yesterday (Tuesday 26th June 2018), I told Boris Johnson: “The President of the United States has called out the UN Human Rights Council for what […]
Following news that Friarsgate has been axed through lack of funding, Michael Fabricant says “This opens up a new opportunity for the City. “I have not been happy with the design of the latest Friarsgate plan and despite using better materials than the earlier scheme, the flat roofs and block shapes were inappropriate for an […]
HS2 have announced their vision for a ‘green corridor’ alongside the railway which will support local wildlife, “while integrating the railway into the landscape and local environment”. Michael Fabricant says: “They say it will encompass a network of new woodlands and wildlife habitats, including around 7 million new trees and shrubs on Phase One of […]
“Having told the managers of the Burton and Derby Hospitals that I could only support their merger if front line clinical services are to be enhanced by savings in back-office administrative functions, I was alarmed to learn that stroke services are to be moved to Derby from Burton” says Michael Fabricant. In a statement, the […]
Michael Fabricant has welcomed the latest milestone in the merger between the Burton and Derby Hospital Trusts. “This will save NHS resources in back office functions such as accounting and personnel which currently are duplicated by both Trusts, but – I have been assured – will enhance front line medical services. A&E services will remain […]
“I was persuaded to do one of those Ancestry DNA saliva tests which detects your origins” says Michael Fabricant . “Firstly, it turns out that going back hundreds of years, I am not from stock originating in the British Isles. I am mainly southern Scandinavian and north German and with a little eastern European and […]
Michael Fabricant, who is Patron of the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust, visited the restoration site on Saturday 9th June and attended the Trust’s AGM in Brownhills the previous evening. Michael says “I visited a number of locations where work is being undertaken to restore the canals and I was accompanied by Christine Bull, […]
Michael Fabricant says “With all the heartache, blighting of properties, and disruption to our daily lives to come, it’s time to be getting back something from HS2 – and there’s a way to do it! “The HS2 Community Environmental Fund is little known as yet but aims to pay back the community in part for […]
Michael Fabricant attended the We Love Lichfield Summer Give-Away at The George Hotel in Lichfield this morning (Friday 8th June 2018) where £25,000 worth of grants were given away to numerous local self help groups. “From being founded just a few years ago, We Love Lichfield now awards around £25,000 worth of grants twice a […]
Michael Fabricant joined forces with Labour MP, Bambos Charalambous (MP for Enfield Southgate) today (23rd May 2018) to provide for additional help for the growing national hospice movement. Michael says “The St Giles Hospice – whose headquarters is in Whittington near Lichfield – supports over 7,000 people each year from its four sites in Whittington, […]