Following a meeting yesterday between Home Office Minister, Hazel Blears, and the Staffordshire Police Authority Chairman and Treasurer, the Chief Constable of Staffordshire, and some Staffordshire MPs, Michael Fabricant says: "We all expressed our deep concern to the minister that cuts which could be forced on Staffordshire Police next year would jeopardise all the improvements […]
Minister for the Army, Ivor Caplin, has thrown a question mark over the whole future of the Whittington Barracks. In answer to a question posed by Michael Fabricant about the future of the four main Army Training Regiment (ATR) Barracks, Ivor Caplin has revealed that the Government is currently investigating "the feasibility of closing one […]
"Super Casinos spell bad news for Lichfield or Burntwood" says Michael Fabricant" and I remain unconvinced it’s a good idea for larger conurbations like Birmingham either." Michael Fabricant who sat on the Culture Media & Sport select committee inquiry into casinos agrees that the laws on gambling need to be tidied up. "But the Gambling […]
Commenting on reports that the Royal Mail is preparing to close or sell up to half its high street post offices, the Shadow Minister for Industry and the Economy, Michael Fabricant, said: “The closure of 270 main post offices without any thought about replacement services is both irresponsible and damaging to the communities they serve. […]
Health Minister, Dr Stephen Ladyman, has told Michael Fabricant in a parliamentary written answer that Burntwood Lichfield and Tamworth Primary Care Trust faces "a challenging financial position" which, says Michael Fabricant: "is politically correct speech for saying they are up the creek without a paddle and are in big trouble with a shortfall of over […]
Commenting on today’s warning by the National Federation of Subpostmasters that Britain’s network of sub post offices is in ‘serious danger of extinction,’ the Shadow Minister for Industry and Technology, Michael Fabricant, said: “The Federation is right to press the alarm button. It is not just rural post offices under threat. The whole network faces […]
The Shadow Minister for Industry and Technology, Michael Fabricant, today calls on the Government to take urgent action to prevent further abuse of Government computer records. His demand follows the jailing of Barry Dickinson, the civil servant who used the DVLA database to help animal rights terrorists to line up targets in Staffordshire. In a […]
Michael Fabricant has joined forces with other MPs of all political parties and Breakthrough Breast Cancer, the UK’s leading breast cancer charity, to highlight the need for all women aged 50 and over in the west midlands to attend their breast-screening appointments when invited. Breast screening invites are sent to all women aged between 50 […]
Under questioning from Michael Fabricant yesterday (Monday 18th October) in the House of Commons, Home Secretary, David Blunkett, revealed that the law will be tightened to protect those being intimidated by animal rights extremists. He said: "All hon. Members will join me in condemning the bestial extremists who desecrated a grave in Staffordshire 10 days […]
On Thursday 21st October, the expenses of all Members of Parliament will be posted on the House of Commons website in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act. Michael Fabricant says: "All these expenses relate to my work as a constituency Member of Parliament. I receive none of this money personally and I do not […]