Michael Fabricant is supporting The Art Fund’s fundraising campaign to save the Staffordshire Hoard and is calling on residents of Staffordshire to donate to ensure the hoard is kept in the midlands. Britain’s leading art charity, The Art Fund, has launched a public campaign to raise the £3.3million needed to save the largest hoard of […]

Michael Fabricant raised the urgent matter of the leaking dam which holds back the waters of the Chasewater Reservoir today with the Prime Minister in the House of Commons, but received a brief and ‘insensitive and flip’ response despite Gordon Brown being briefed fully in advance that the leak endangers life and could have a […]

A small part of the Staffordshire Hoard Michael Fabricant has amended a Parliamentary Motion which calls for the Staffordshire Hoard of recently found gold to be exhibited in Birmingham and Stoke on Trent to be exhibited in whole or in part in Lichfield. Michael says: "The Staffordshire Hoard was found near Lichfield and relates to […]

After a search on Google and other search engines, Michael Fabricant says: "Lichfield needs a webcam to promote itself to the world. "We did have one in Market Street provided by a private company some years back, but when it moved, the webcam did too. It is extraordinary that I can see street scenes and […]

Speaking in the House of Commons yesterday (5th January), Michael Fabricant condemned the march planned by Islam4UK in Wootton Bassett to protest against the Afghan War and British foreign policy. Addressing the Minister of Justice, Michael Wills MP, Michael Fabricant asked: Does the Minister agree with me that democracy needs to be exercised with responsibility? […]

Commenting on the planning application to construct a giant wind turbine under a mile from Lichfield on the eastern side of Watery Lane (planning application 09/01166/FULM), Michael Fabricant says:- "This has got to be some sort of joke. The total height visible will be 126 metres above the ground. The centre of the turbine will […]

Michael Fabricant joined Santa Claus, Members of Lichfield Round Table, and volunteers from St Joseph’s Primary School on Santa’s sleigh as it toured Beacon Street and the Gaia Lane area of Lichfield on the night of Thursday 17th December. Michael says: "Members of Lichfield Round Table are out most nights before Christmas together with charity […]

Michael Fabricant raised the matter of the short minimum sentences set by the judge for the murderers of Michael Eccles with the Secretary of State for Justice, Jack Straw in the House of Commons yesterday (10th November 2009). On sentencing, the judge had set a life sentence for both but with a minimum tariff of […]

Commenting on the Ministerial Statement issued by Lord Adonis (Secretary of State for Transport) issued today (10th December) and reproduced below, Michael Fabricant says:- "The so called ‘remedial plan’ will be the key. Cheap ticket promotions are all very well, but what commuters want is reliability of service. They want to know that if they […]