Michael Fabricant got to have a go on Fiona Gillespie’s electric bike on Friday (8th February) when he thanked her for raising over £1,400 for South Staffordshire’s Cruse Bereavement care. “Cruse offers free one-to one support to bereaved people, including children who are often most affected, but find it difficult to express their grief” says […]
Michael Fabricant has been informed by the Ministry of Defence that “The Mercian Regiment recognises the importance of its relationship with its respective counties and as the Army reorganises, the Regimental Council of the Mercian Regiment has considered in detail how best to preserve and cherish these geographical linkages. Therefore, The Mercian Regiment has proposed […]
You can download here a (3 page) letter written to me from the Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin, which sets out the next steps re Phase 2 of HS2 in Staffordshire (and elsewhere). Letter From the Secretary of State for Transport
Hammerwich Ward will remain in the Lichfield Parliamentary Constituency after the Government failed to pass the legislation today (29th January) when the Liberal-Democrats decided to vote with Labour. Michael Fabricant says: “The proposal was for Hammerwich to move to the Tamworth Parliamentary Constituency to top-up Tamworth’s numbers. But the vote today means it will now […]
Michael Fabricant has today (29th January 2013) given the Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin, his response and covering letter to the Department for Transport’s consultation on Property & Compensation arising from HS2. The covering letter to the Secretary of State can be downloaded here. The response to the consultation can be downloaded here. […]
In the Statement on HS2 in the House of Commons by Patrick McLoughlin, Secretary of State for Transport, on Monday 28th January, Michael Fabricant asked: “Although I accept the need for an additional line to relieve capacity on the rail network, this route plunges through rural Britain, and rural Staffordshire, and should use existing transport […]
Commenting on the announcement today on the route HS2 will take to Manchester, Michael Fabricant says:- "I am totally opposed to HS2 going anywhere near Staffordshire. I will not be supporting the legislation in Parliament after it has passed through the Bill Committee unless the route is moved and the route, originally supported by the […]
Michael Fabricant has taken up, once again, the issue of providing lighting at the junction of the A38 and the Streethay turn-off. In a letter to him in response to a request from a constituent, Mr Ominder Bharj of the Highways Agency has written to Michael: Thank you for your letter regarding the installation of […]
Following Michael Fabricant’s letter to Alison Munro, managing director of HS2, requesting that the Property & Compensation Roadshow held last Friday (18th January) be restaged due to the snow, she has replied as follows:- We are aware that the heavy snow on the 18th made it more difficult than expected for some people to attend […]
Property Bonds Michael Fabricant has written to the Secretary of State for Transport in advance of his detailed response to the Department for Transport’s compensation consultation, calling on the Government to adopt ‘property bonds’. Michael explains: “Property bonds give assurance to home and other property owners along the route of HS2 that they will receive […]