Figures just released to Michael Fabricant by the County show that as from 2003, Gordon Brown’s recent budget will cost the County of Staffordshire an extra £2,870,000 which is equivalent to a 1.6% increase in Council Taxes just to maintain existing services. Districts and Parishes will also be affected. (Lichfield District Council has already estimated […]
Michael Fabricant attended upon Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster at 11am this morning (Tuesday 30th April) to witness loyal addresses presented by Lord Irvine, The Lord Chancellor, on behalf of the House of Lords and by The Right Honourable […]
Michael Fabricant has been appointed to the Engineering and Technology Board (‘ETB’) as a Director. The directorship is unpaid. The Board has been established with the support of the Department of Trade and Industry to promote engineering and technology in the United Kingdom and strengthen links between the engineering institutions, the academic world, and industry. […]
In his capacity as Chairman of the House of Commons Information Committee, Michael Fabricant will be leading a delegation of Westminster Parliamentarians and officials to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh for two days on Wednesday 24th April. "Although Westminster is the second oldest Parliament in the world, we have a lot to learn from the […]
In Questions to the Leader of the House, Robin Cook, today (Thursday, 18th April) in the Commons Chamber, Michael Fabricant reminded the House of Commons of the crisis in the car industry. With both the Ford assembly plant in Dagenham and Vauxhall Motors in Luton closed, and the damage already done to West Midlands exporters […]
Commenting on the Budget, Michael Fabricant says: "The Chancellor of the Exchequer is gambling that the Government will finally be able to reverse the downward trend in NHS services by increasing funding. I hope he succeeds. It’s a good budget for the NHS – if only it works. But even by 2007, the Government will […]
Following the receipt of a number of letters from pensioners in the Lichfield constituency, Michael Fabricant contacted ministers to investigate whether they will honour their election pledge to provide free bus passes for all pensioners. Now, in a letter to Michael Fabricant, the Minister (Sally Keeble MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Stephen Byers’ […]
The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother marks an end of an epoch. I was shocked and saddened by the news of her death even though she was of an age that many of us cannot expect to reach. But she represented the hopes and aspirations of the British people over the […]
In questions to the Department of Health yesterday, Michael Fabricant tackled the Health Minister on the future of Lichfield’s maternity unit and the total closure of the Hammerwich Hospital in Burntwood. The Minister failed to answer on the question of funding. "The failure to make a statement on the funding of midwifery lead maternity units, […]
The Culture Media and Sport Select Committee today published its report entitled ‘Arts Development’ which includes its recommendations on the future of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford. (A copy of the report may be found on the Committee’s website at www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmcumeds.htm). The report states, in summary: (a) There is a high degree of risk […]