On 5th September 2008
MICHAEL SPEAKS ABOUT COFFEE MATE TO BBC tv NEWS
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On 4th September 2008
OUT ON POLICE CYCLE PATROL
Michael Fabricant was out for 3½ hours on Police Cycle Patrol in North Lichfield on Friday 4th September when he joined PC Dave Smith and PCSO Maggie Griffiths on a tour of duty. "It was a valuable experience" says Michael. "We cycled out from the police station at Frog Lane Lichfield visiting the Dimbles and […]
On 2nd September 2008
MP TO MEET ANGRY RESIDENTS IN ABBOTS BROMLEY OVER LAMP POST FIASCO
Michael Fabricant will be meeting angry residents in Abbots Bromley on Friday 5th September over a "forest of inappropriate lamp posts that have just been ‘planted’ in the beautiful village of Abbots Bromley" – as Michael Fabricant puts it. Michael adds: "These lights are wholly out of keeping with an ancient village green in the […]
On 2nd September 2008
APOLOGY FROM MINISTER FOR HOUSING
Michael Fabricant has received a written apology from the Rt Hon Caroline Flint MP, Minister for Housing and Planning concerning a misleading advertisement published in local newspapers, a Parliamentary Statement, and literature published in support of the proposed eco-town at Fradley in Staffordshire. Angry residents pointed out the error to Michael who took the matter […]
On 8th August 2008
SCHOOL TRANSPORT – ALREWAS TO JOHN TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL, BARTON
Michael Fabricant has reacted with caution at Staffordshire County Council’s temporary U-turn over the provision of free school transport between Alrewas and John Taylor High School in Barton Under Needwood (which will become a part of the Lichfield Parliamentary Constituency after the next General Election). In a letter to Alrewas parents, Andrew Marsden (Head of […]
On 25th July 2008
NEW TRAIN TIMETABLE EMERGES FOR LICHFIELD
After more than three years of negotiations with the Department of Transport and Virgin Trains, a new timetable from mid-December onwards was agreed with Michael Fabricant at a meeting in the House of Commons with representatives from the Department of Transport. "This is not a perfect solution, but the new timetable represents a major improvement […]
On 17th July 2008
PARLIAMENTARY ANSWERS REVEAL ECO TOWN SHAMBLES
In a couple of Parliamentary Written answers to Michael Fabricant, Housing Minister Caroline Flint has "washed her hands off of Curborough". Michael Fabricant says: "After the complete shambles of the Government’s hugely trumpeted eco-town initiative where developers have now been pulling out of eco-town proposals up and down the country, Caroline Flint has washed her […]
On 16th July 2008
FABRICANT WELCOMES INVESTMENT AT WHITTINGTON BARRACKS
Michael Fabricant has welcomed the announcement today from the Ministry of Defence today of a £200 million investment in the Whittington Barracks. "This is the culmination of a long hard struggle to secure the future of Whittington Barrack which, at one stage, looked as if it would be sold off for building land. The future […]
On 15th July 2008
The Birmingham Post
Opinion by Michael Fabricant MP. LITTLE VICKY POLLARD IS A PART OF OUR SAD SOCIETY Have years of political correctness and irresponsibility fractured our society? The spate of stabbings in London and elsewhere have finally forced our nation to address the issue and ask questions and pose solutions which were formally thought to be politically […]
On 2nd July 2008
CURBOROUGH ECO TOWN DEAD?
In answer to a question from James Paice MP in the House of Commons yesterday (Tuesday 1st July), Caroline Flint (Minister for Housing) answered: “Like any other proposed development, eco-towns will be subject to planning applications. Each application will need to be decided on its merits, and we would generally expect the local planning authority […]