At 09.30 this morning (Tuesday 11th December), Michael Fabricant opened a Parliamentary debate on the future funding of canals in the UK and the activities of the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust. Michael is a Patron of the Trust. The debate was answered by Jonathan Shaw MP, the Waterways Minister at the Department of […]
Michael Fabricant has written to the Department for Transport and the Secretary of State for Defence backing calls to re-open the Lichfield to Burton line for passenger traffic and to rebuild the railway halt at Alrewas. "Since the Dedication of the Armed Forces Memorial by the Queen in October, visitors to the National Memorial Arboretum […]
Michael Fabricant has reacted with alarm at the news that a 5,000 home "eco town" is being planned for Curborough and Fradley near Lichfield. "There has been no consultation about this" says Michael, "and I have tabled Parliamentary Questions to Hazel Blears, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, regarding this. I am […]
Following Staffordshire County Council’s decision today to close the majority of care homes, Michael Fabricant has referred the Council to The Local Government Ombudsman on a charge of maladministration. Michael Fabricant says: "Whether it be the closure of care homes, the fiasco of job revaluation with a third of council staff being told to take […]
"When in 1997 Labour MPs and candidates said a Labour Government would equalise school funding between different county local education authorities, it had huge resonance amongst Staffordshire and other parents" says Michael Fabricant. "But 10 years later, the promise remains broken and Staffordshire languishes 18th from the bottom in the amount schools will receive from […]
Commenting on the ceremony held this morning (Sunday 11th November) at the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum near Lichfield in Staffordshire, Michael Fabricant says: "This was one of the most moving Remembrance ceremonies I have ever attended. At 11am, the sun suddenly shone and cast a vivid shaft of light through slits […]
Michael Fabricant has reacted with shock at the news of the County Council’s plans to close most of the care homes in his constituency. "The County Council spent tens of thousands of pounds employing independent consultants and then ignored their conclusions. I shall now ask the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee and Government ministers […]
Dressed as a 1954 Scout, Michael Fabricant visited the ‘100 Years of Scouting in Lichfield’ exhibition at St Mary’s Heritage Centre in the Market Square in Lichfield today (Saturday 3rd November), gave out long service awards to Scout leaders, and received the ‘Lichfield & District Anniversary Booklet’ which has been given free to all current […]
Michael Fabricant has written to Sir Anthony Holland, Chairman of The Standards Board for England, in support of Cllr Mike Fryers who was recently found guilty of common assault. "While I do not condone what Mike did, he has been punished enough" says Michael Fabricant "and the Board should take into account that he has […]
In advance of the publication by the House of Commons on Thursday of the costs of running each MP’s office for the past year, Michael Fabricant is publishing the ranking of his expenditure: how it compares with the other 645 Members of Parliament. Out of 645 Members of Parliament, the cost of running his office […]