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- Wales: Electricity Transmission and Distribution (13 Mar 2024)on 13th March 2024 at 12:00 am
Michael Fabricant: On the subject of transmission and distribution policy, is my right hon. Friend aware that the Senedd has decided to ban GB News? What is his policy on that?
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Topical Questions (12 Mar 2024)on 12th March 2024 at 12:00 am
Michael Fabricant: The International Atomic Energy Agency has recently made an assessment that enough uranium has been enriched in Iran to produce three atomic warheads. If that is true, what is the Government’s consideration regarding snapping back sanctions on Iran?
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Ukraine (12 Mar 2024)on 12th March 2024 at 12:00 am
Michael Fabricant: I thank my hon. Friend for his answer. He will be aware that the head of the luftwaffe, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz, made an appalling lapse of security. The former director general of German intelligence, August Hanning, said on the subject that NATO security and British troops had had their existence in Ukraine “compromised.” Does the Minister agree?
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Ukraine (12 Mar 2024)on 12th March 2024 at 12:00 am
Michael Fabricant: What recent discussions he has had with his German counterpart on the war in Ukraine.
- Situation in the Red Sea (26 Feb 2024)on 26th February 2024 at 3:53 pm
Michael Fabricant: I was very interested to hear the Secretary of State say that it is just the United Kingdom and the United States doing the interdiction to ensure that there is no rearmament of the Houthis, but what assessment has he made of the sources of that rearmament? What percentage does he think comes from Iran, through Syria, or through other agents?
- Home Department: Illegal Migration: Co-operation with France (26 Feb 2024)on 26th February 2024 at 12:00 am
Michael Fabricant: My spies tell me that my hon. and learned Friend was in France just nine days ago. Were there any lessons to be learned from the French authorities about more co-operation that can go on to stop the boats even further?
- Home Department: Illegal Migration: Co-operation with France (26 Feb 2024)on 26th February 2024 at 12:00 am
Michael Fabricant: What recent progress he has made with his French counterparts on tackling illegal migration.
- Church Commissioners: Asylum Seekers (22 Feb 2024)on 22nd February 2024 at 12:00 am
Michael Fabricant: My hon. Friend will have heard the comments made by my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) at Prime Minister’s questions. The problem is, this brings the Church of England into disrepute. It implies that some vicars are naive, foolish and innocent. It is important for the credibility of the Church of England that training is more robust and that...
- Church Commissioners: Asylum Seekers (22 Feb 2024)on 22nd February 2024 at 12:00 am
Michael Fabricant: Whether the Church provides training for clergy on supporting asylum seekers wishing to convert to Christianity.
- Culture, Media and Sport: Topical Questions (22 Feb 2024)on 22nd February 2024 at 12:00 am
Michael Fabricant: Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that individual sports clubs have a role to play in providing youth services? In that respect, can I thank the Government for funding Lichfield sports club and Chasetown football club, which have both received grants for the work they do—grants that reach up to £2.5 million?
- Women and Equalities: Domestic Abuse ( 7 Feb 2024)on 7th February 2024 at 12:00 am
Michael Fabricant: One of the most insidious forms of domestic abuse is conversion therapy. It is cruel and it does not work. Could my hon. Friend give me some indication of when legislation will come forward to ban it?
- Pharmacy First (31 Jan 2024)on 31st January 2024 at 12:40 pm
Michael Fabricant: Although my right hon. Friend and I share a common scepticism of the sclerotic state of the European Union, there are lessons to be learned from Europe. I am glad to see that, like France, we are now respecting community pharmacies. However, I have one specific question. In her statement, she said that one thing on which the pharmacy can act is female urinary tract infections. Why not male?
- Wales: Rail Infrastructure (31 Jan 2024)on 31st January 2024 at 12:00 am
Michael Fabricant: Will my hon. Friend join me in congratulating Network Rail and its subcontractors on completing the repair works on the longest wooden rail bridge in Europe across the Mawddach estuary in Gwynedd?
- Education: Topical Questions (29 Jan 2024)on 29th January 2024 at 12:00 am
Michael Fabricant: My right hon. Friend has already mentioned the article in , but is she aware that it is comparing apples and oranges? British students go straight into a degree course in the first year, but these overseas students referred to are foundation year students who are not on the degree course. They are doing the equivalent of A-level exams.
- Business and Trade: Houthi Attacks: Supply Chains (25 Jan 2024)on 25th January 2024 at 12:00 am
Michael Fabricant: I will think of one, Mr Speaker. As my hon. Friend has said, we are the eighth largest manufacturer in the world—and where is the centre of manufacturing? It is, of course, the west midlands. What advice is my hon. Friend giving to people such as Andy Street about what can be done to support businesses in the west midlands to overcome what I hope is a temporary difficulty?
- Business and Trade: Houthi Attacks: Supply Chains (25 Jan 2024)on 25th January 2024 at 12:00 am
Michael Fabricant: What steps her Department is taking to help protect supply chains in the context of the Houthi attacks in the Persian Gulf.
- High Speed 2 Compensation (18 Jan 2024)on 18th January 2024 at 4:37 pm
Michael Fabricant: The hon. Gentleman is being very generous in giving way. Would he generously accept that, if it had not been for Lord Adonis changing the original plan, HS2 would have gone nowhere near areas such as the Chilterns? It would have gone up a completely different route and been a connected railway, and would probably have been quite worthwhile.
- High Speed 2 Compensation (18 Jan 2024)on 18th January 2024 at 4:33 pm
Michael Fabricant: It is extraordinary, and it just demonstrates what an organisation this is—not only dysfunctional, but unfair. In an intervention, I talked about my constituent Siân Froggatt, who is not being allowed to reclaim land that was compulsorily taken from her, even though the land is now not needed because the railway is not going ahead on phase 2a. I might add that she is still waiting to be...
- High Speed 2 Compensation (18 Jan 2024)on 18th January 2024 at 4:33 pm
Michael Fabricant: I thank my near neighbour and hon. Friend the Member for Stafford (Theo Clarke) for introducing this debate. We have heard a catalogue of problems from various colleagues here on both sides of the House. The sad thing is that they are not unique. They are repeated up and down the country. When I was a Whip, I instituted a system—I am looking at my hon. Friend the Member for Rushcliffe...
- High Speed 2 Compensation (18 Jan 2024)on 18th January 2024 at 4:07 pm
Michael Fabricant: Did the hon. Gentleman know that before Lord Adonis got his grubby hands on it, a design for HS2 was made by Arup? HS2 would have connected with HS1, and would have gone into major transport hubs such as Birmingham New Street and Manchester Piccadilly. It would have been possible to travel directly from Manchester Piccadilly to France without any changes at all, and do you know what? It would...