Many people aged over 80 in Staffordshire have received letters in the post from the national NHS inviting them to attend a mass Covid vaccination centre in Birmingham, Manchester, or further afield. “Others, 70 and over, will be receiving similar letters in the next few weeks” Michael Fabricant says. “As these mass vaccination centres are […]
“With the Oxford/Astra-Zeneca vaccine now available, there will be a marked ramp up of vaccinations this week in Staffordshire and the West Midlands” says Michael Fabricant. “However, we all have an important part to play in supporting the vaccine roll-out. ■ Please don’t contact the NHS to seek a vaccine, they will contact you when […]
ASOS today announced that it will invest £90m in a brand-new state-of-the-art fulfilment centre on the Fradley estate near Lichfield with a plan to employ 2,000 people at the site over the coming three years. Michael Fabricant says “ASOS is one of the world’s leading online fashion retailers, so this is wonderful news – particularly […]
“It’s desperate that we have had to enter a third lockdown – but this seems to be the nature of Covid: the moment you think it’s under control, up pops a mutation which makes Tier 4 unworkable. But with the expectation that the first four groups of the population most vulnerable to Covid will be […]
Michael Fabricant has been in contact for some weeks with the Treasury and Treasury Ministers with regard to the need to support pubs and other hospitality venues. “I have been contacted by a number of constituents, most recently by Councillor Richard Cox of Lichfield District Council, asking for financial support for our pubs and other […]
“I regret, like many others, that we have had to enter Tier 4, but like most other people, I understand why this has had to happen. Covid infections in southern Staffordshire were rising swiftly. It’s clear from the experience in other areas that Tier 3 no longer works effectively in controlling the new strain of […]
Today, Parliament will consider the European Union (Future Relationship) Bill which, if passed, will ratify the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement allowing for tariff and quota free trade with the EU. “I will vote for the Bill to become law” says Michael Fabricant. “And tomorrow, at 11pm (midnight Brussels time), the United Kingdom will leave the […]
The European Research Group’s Legal Advisory Committee Opinion on the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement Sir William Cash M.P., Martin Howe Q.C., Barnabas Reynolds, Rt Hon David Jones M.P., Christopher Howarth, Emily Law The essential question before us is the following: is the Agreement sovereignty compliant as a matter of law? We have […]
The Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union can be opened by clicking here. “Having studied the document, I believe that it delivers what the British people voted for in June 2016: it takes back control over our nation’s laws and destiny” says Michael Fabricant. “It gives back our nation’s independence and sovereignty on […]
What a year 2020 has been! None of us have lived through anything like it. Nor do we ever want to again. And it will spill over into 2021 until the vaccine enables us to return to a relatively normal life in the spring. As in America and countries in Europe, we were all taken […]