A powerful Parliamentary Committee published its major three volume report on Theatres earlier today (Wednesday 23rd March) and states that Council owned theatres – like the Lichfield Garrick – should receive additional funding from the Arts Council and central Government. It pays tribute to the vision of Lichfield District Council in creating the Lichfield Garrick […]
Michael Fabricant is backing a campaign launched by Network Rail today, Monday 14th March, aimed at cutting crime and vandalism on the railway. Michael says "The 9-16 age group is, by far, the biggest offenders. Young lives have been lost and children mutilated by playing ‘dare’ on railway lines. Parents and guardians need to ensure […]
Earlier today – amidst constitutional crises in the House of Commons and the House of Lords – 3 Staffordshire school children and their parents visited Cherie Blair at Number 10 Downing Street, took a tour of Downing Street (though the Cabinet Room was occupied for crisis meetings over the controversy of detention without a judge’s […]
"Changes being proposed to the operation of British Waterways could be a major fillip for projects like the restoration of the Lichfield and Hatherton canals" says Michael Fabricant. The Conservatives have just announced a plan to redirect the focus of British Waterways from property speculation to greater investment in inland waterways. Tim Yeo, Shadow Secretary […]
"The immediate halt announced by the Conservatives of both the closure of special needs schools and the automatic presumption of placing special needs children in main steam schools will be a great relief to parents in Staffordshire" says Michael Fabricant. "Staffordshire County Council and councils across the west midlands have had to announce the restructuring […]
The Lichfield Society of Artists’ Spring Exhibition was opened in the Gallery of Lichfield Library on Saturday 11th March by Cllr Mrs Gwyneth Boyle, the Mayor of Lichfield. The ‘Michael Fabricant Award for the Best Landscape painted in any medium’ was presented by Michael to Maria Mallender for her landscape – or ‘seascape’ – ‘Rainy […]
The final hearing of the House of Commons Culture Media & Sport Select Committee in its Theatres Inquiry were held in Parliament today with Cllr Colin Ablitt and Paul Everitt (Artistic Director of the Lichfield Garrick Theatre) in attendance. Witnesses cross-examined by Michael Fabricant and other members of the Committee included Minister for the Arts, […]
Michael Fabricant joined many of the cast and friends of The Lichfield Mysteries on Saturday night (26th February) in the Guildhall, Lichfield in an evening of revelry, beer, and fun which included Madrigal singing, a visit from Nell Gwyn, FiFi the flea, and a dancing bear. All of this was to raise funds for the […]
All 5 High schools in the Lichfield Parliamentary constituency competed on Friday night for the Michael Fabricant-Arthur Price of England Schools Parliamentary Speaking Competition and all 5 argued strongly against the Motion: ‘That this House believes that all British residents shall be issued with identity cards and that this will help in the fight against […]
Commenting on the report from the National Audit Office showing that the future of post offices remains ‘uncertain’, Shadow Industry and Technology Minister, Michael Fabricant, said: "The NAO rightly points out the difficulty that the Post Office faces. In particular rural post offices cannot continue to receive a subsidy without reform. This is a view […]