Michael Fabricant has written to Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Transport to question whether HS2 is necessary to relieve projected congestion on railway lines connecting Scotland and the North with the South of England. In an email to the Secretary of State, Michael says: "I attach an anti-HS2 document that I have received stating […]
The Motion before the House for the Michael Fabricant-Arthur Price of England Annual Schools Speaking Challenge on Friday 18th February 2011 was "That this House believes that the Olympic Games 2012 are a waste of money". Before a packed Guildhall in Lichfield, the team from Chase Terrace Technology College argued against the Motion and won […]
Michael Fabricant will be performing in Gilbert & Sullivan’s comedy operetta, HMS Pinafore, at Lichfield Cathedral on Saturday 5th March at 7.30pm in Lichfield Cathedral. Tickets are just £5 each. (For those who want to join in and sing-along in the chorus, tickets are £10 including hire of music sheets and a full rehearsal between […]
Michael Fabricant met members of the Committee of Whittington Heath Golf Club on Friday 11th February to discuss the impact of the high speed train line on the Club. Michael says: "If HS2 does go ahead, it will affect this Club badly unless some changes to the route are made. The Club was founded in […]
Michael Fabricant has joined Aidan Burley, the MP for Cannock Chase, in calls to give the forest ‘Heritage Status’. Michael says: "Although there is no question of forests being sold off by the Government – they will be leased with strict conditions regarding access and regeneration – Cannock Chase deserves the additional status of being […]
Michael Fabricant has written to the Attorney General, Dominic Grieve, and the Home Office Minister, James Brokenshire, following a meeting he had with senior officials and lawyers living in Lichfield – some of whom who work for the Forensic Science Service based in Birmingham and which is facing closure. Michael says: "The Government plans to […]
In common with most other MPs, Michael Fabricant today pledged his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day by signing a Book of Commitment in the House of Commons to honour those who perished in the Holocaust. "I wrote in the Book: ‘Niemals Wieder – Never Again’", says Michael. With 27th January marking the 66th anniversary of […]
At a meeting lasting over 2 hours with more than 20 anti-HS2 Campaigners in Whittington on Saturday 22nd January, Michael Fabricant said that despite the imperative for him to change the ‘Preferred Route’ to remove the viaduct across Boley Park in Lichfield, he is "not a supporter of HS2 and the Jury is still out." […]
Michael Fabricant says: "I am delighted and relieved to hear that final phases 2 and 3 of the development of the Headquarters of Defence Medical Services in Whittington has been given the green light. This now secures the long-term future of Barracks as the national headquarters for medicine serving our Army, Navy, Royal Air Force, […]
Philip Hammond, the Secretary of State for Transport who visited Lichfield in October, has announced a new preferred route for the HS2 train service which will by-pass Lichfield and Whittington. "They have abandoned the railway viaduct which would have flown over Britannia Park in Lichfield and blighted the lives of people living in hundreds of […]