Michael Fabricant has written to the Department for Transport and tabled Parliamentary Questions concerning the recent performance of London-Midland trains. “I have recently received a number of complaints from constituents concerning the poor performance of London-Midland including last minute train cancellations and severe delays. This has affected both the Lichfield to Birmingham line and the […]

Commenting on the conclusions on the Leveson Inquiry, Michael Fabricant (a former member of the Culture Media & Sport Committee for many years) has issued the following Statement:- I have been appalled by the actions of some newspapers and a few journalists over the years. It is not just a recent phenomenon. The press were […]

Michael Fabricant has today published a discussion document: ‘The Pact?’ It can be downloaded here.

PHOTO shows (l to r) Mike Wetson, Michael Fabricant, and Peter Hitchman. Michael Fabricant met Peter Hitchman and Mike Wetson on Friday 23rd November from community group, Open Door of Hope in Lichfield. The group was established to fill the needs of mental health service users in the Lichfield and surrounding areas. The group first […]

Michael Fabricant is encouraging everyone affected by HS2 to attend events organised by HS2, including Kings Bromley and Hints in January, and respond to the Government’s consultation on the Compensation that will be made available to those affected by HS2. “I will work closely with local HS2 action groups in responding to the consultation”, says […]

Commenting on the closure of Whittington First Responders, Michael Fabricant says: “This is a local decision which I very much regret. A number of very different issues were raised by Frank Bartlett (Leader of Whittington First Responders) where, perhaps, the West Midlands Ambulance Service could have been far more helpful. I saw Frank a couple […]

Michael Fabricant attended the Get Britain (Lichfield) Working Event held in the Guildhall, Lichfield on Friday 19th October. He says: “The event was by all accounts a great success. Several hundred people visited which, given the low unemployment rate in Lichfield and Burntwood – 2.8% – which is far lower than the rest of the […]

The Revised Proposals for Lichfield issued by the Boundary Commission for England has no surprises for Lichfield. Having received representations from various bodies and individuals, the Commission has kept to its original proposals: namely, that Hammerwich should be transferred to the Tamworth constituency and that, to compensate, Haywood & Hixon should be transferred from the […]

In a Statement in the House of Commons today (Monday 15th October) on the future of the West Coast Main Line rail contract, Michael Fabricant again raised the issue of disabled access at Lichfield Trent Valley Railway station. Hansard reports Michael Fabricant asking the Secretary of State:- “Can my right honourable Friend, who is sorely […]

Following media reports today that Patrick McLoughlin, the new Secretary of State for Transport, might reconsider the route of HS2 if the Department’s Aviation Inquiry recommends a third runway at Heathrow (see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9576183/HS2-rail-line-could-be-re-routed-to-Heathrow.html), Michael Fabricant has written to the Secretary of State asking him to pause progress on HS2 and to instruct HS2 to consider […]