Michael Fabricant initiated a debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday 27th January with Geoff Hoon MP, the Secretary of State for Transport, over the reliability of the new West Coast Mainline Service during January and took the opportunity to invite the Secretary of State to the next dinner of the Lichfield Commuters Club […]
Commenting on the attack on Michael John Eccles in Lichfield on Sunday evening, Michael Fabricant says: "The murder of Michael John Eccles is a tragedy of the worst proportions. People are stunned. How could this have happened in our Lichfield? I never met Michael, but he was a Facebook friend of mine and we had […]
Michael Fabricant visited the Buddhavihara Temple last Friday (21st November) and met the Abbot, the Venerable Dr Phramaha Laow Panyasiri, and monks from Thailand. Michael says: "Having visited churches throughout the Lichfield constituency and our historic cathedral many times, it made an interesting change to visit a Buddhist Temple here in Kings Bromley. Buddhism is […]
This afternoon (Thursday 13th November) the Government announced that the contract to run the Post Office Card Account (POCA) would be awarded to Post Office Ltd. This is a reversal of policy as the Government were planning to award this to another company, threatening another wave of Post Office closures. "All this speculation has been […]
Michael Fabricant (MP for Lichfield, a keen narrow-boater, and Patron of the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust) suggested in Parliament today that heavy goods could be moved off the roads and put onto canals. Michael Fabricant says: "I suggested to the Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Joan Ruddock, that non urgent freight could […]
Michael Fabricant is backing a new music competition sponsored by the Lichfield Mysteries. "The Lichfield Mysteries are becoming an integral part of the Lichfield calendar" says Michael. "They bring tourists to our City and much added colour to our historic streets and Cathedral Close. "I hope that local students 18 or under who are budding […]
Michael Fabricant has written to the Government Office for the West Midlands strongly opposing the Government’s proposals to build between 417,100 and 445,600 new homes in the region over the 366,000 new homes previously agreed. "I will also re-assert my strong objection already lodged with Lichfield District Council for the construction of 5,000 new homes […]
"Plans being considered by Staffordshire County Council for a new 217 acre gravel extraction site immediately north of Kings Bromley in Staffordshire would cause even more misery to locals as still more heavy trucks move aggregate along the A515" says Michael Fabricant. The proposed site would be based around Bancroft farm and be operated by […]
Michael Fabricant visited Lichfield Ambulance Service today (Friday 7th November) to catch up on how plans are progressing following the merger of the Staffordshire and West Midlands Ambulance Services. "I have been very anxious to ensure that standards are not allowed to fall in Staffordshire", says Michael. "But I have been reassured by what I […]
Over 200 guests came to hear George Osborne speak at the Lichfield Conservatives Annual Dinner held at Drayton Manor last night (Friday 30th October). George told guests that Conservatives would defer VAT payments for hard pressed business, control business rates, and reduce National Insurance for smaller firms to help tide them over the present financial […]