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Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Prisoner Release (10 Nov 2009)

Michael Fabricant: How many prisoners have been released early since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Prisoner Release (10 Nov 2009)

Michael Fabricant: A few months ago Michael Eccles, a young father in my constituency, was murdered. The people who did it were found and sentenced to prison but, under the terms of their sentence, they could be released in just a few years. Can the Secretary of State understand the anger and frustration of the family and friends who feel that justice is not being served by such short sentences?

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: UK Economic Growth (3 Nov 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: What is his most recent assessment of the level of growth in the UK economy compared with those of other OECD economies; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: UK Economic Growth (3 Nov 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: Given that the fiscal stimulus in the United Kingdom to which the Chancellor just referred was greater than the fiscal stimulus in any other country in terms of our borrowing as a percentage of GDP, and given that our currency has been devalued against the dollar, stimulating exports, was the Chancellor surprised to find that the United States had emerged from the recession before the United...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Nuclear Weapons (2 Nov 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: What recent progress has been made towards procurement of the next generation of the nuclear deterrent; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Nuclear Weapons (2 Nov 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: I am pleased to hear that it is making good progress, but the Secretary of State will know that both the Government and the Conservative party are committed to a nuclear deterrent and yet this one is beginning to wear out. When will we have an announcement on when there will be a replacement?

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: British Waterways (29 Oct 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: Is the Minister aware that studies have shown that the existence of canals can increase economic activity by some 300 per cent. in the areas they serve? What help can he give to the Litchfield and Hatherton canal restoration trust, which will provide the much-needed link between canals in the east and the centre parts of the west midlands?

Nato: Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (20 Oct 2009)

Michael Fabricant: Does my right hon. Friend not illustrate the difficult balance that Ministers must strike? They quite rightly want to drive through Government policy, but at the same time they must listen to civil servants' impartial advice and to special advisers, who quite rightly will have the ideology of their party in mind, but not perhaps the practicality of implementation. That is why it is important...

Nato: Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (20 Oct 2009)

Michael Fabricant: Does my hon. Friend not agree that if one is living abroad, one feels a sort of disengagement and feels isolated from realpolitik in the UK? Despite the fact that so many people have Sky boxes—they are illegal, I might add—in Spain and elsewhere, they cannot feel involved and do not feel the need to get involved in a general election.

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Cancer Awareness in Men (23 Jun 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: Testicular, prostate and skin cancers all have a good outcome, provided that they are diagnosed early. The hon. Lady is quite right that people must see their doctors quickly and that men do not look after themselves, but what steps can she take over a sustained period, not just a week, to ensure that there is a change of attitude and that men go to the doctor early for diagnosis?

Business of the House (4 Jun 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: Whatever the turbulence in this place, 20 years ago in Tiananmen Square, according to the Chinese Red Cross, 2.500 young people had their lives snuffed out. Even this morning, journalists trying to enter Tiananmen Square were manhandled by the Chinese police. May we have a debate about human rights in China and how we can encourage the Chinese, who wish to become a modern country and a part...

Energy and Climate Change: Copenhagen Conference (4 Jun 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: The Minister has stated that one of her personal priorities, which is shared on both sides of the House, is the increased use of electric cars. The first law of thermodynamics says that one cannot create energy, so what sort of cost-benefit or overall analysis has she done on the effects on climate change of having to produce the extra electricity generation capacity to power all those...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Regional Spatial Strategies (2 Jun 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: But why should anyone believe what the right hon. Lady says when she talks about building only on brownfield sites? She will know that many of the eco-towns proposed by her predecessor were going to be built on greenfield sites. Does she not accept that there needs to be a balance between the urgent need for extra housing and maintaining the rural environment?

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Topical Questions (2 Jun 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: The Campaign to Protect Rural England says that while it recognises "the need for more homes we do not believe the aspiration for 240,000 new homes a year is either achievable or desirable". I agree. If I may return to the question that I asked earlier, how are we going to balance 240,000 new homes, 8,000 of which will be in Lichfield district, against the need to maintain the quality of life...

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day]: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (18 May 2009)

Michael Fabricant: The hon. Member for Cannock Chase (Dr. Wright), whom it is my privilege to follow, spoke about the criteria that the Government believe in for a public inquiry. One of the criteria he mentioned was that of systemic failure. The problem that faces us in Staffordshire is one of systemic failure, but it is systemic failure that exists in other hospitals too. Before I go any further, I echo the...

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day]: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (18 May 2009)

Michael Fabricant: I am pleased that the hon. Gentleman thinks the Government might be open to persuasion, but what I heard from the Minister—I hope he will correct me if I misheard him—was that the Government were always willing to entertain representations. That is fine, but he also said that a public inquiry would be a distraction to the management. To me, that certainly does not suggest a chink...

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day]: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (18 May 2009)

Michael Fabricant: Is the hon. Gentleman aware that a nearby hospital in Westminster provides an example? The system there is that when people enter a room, there is effectively no system until they eventually get to see a nurse for triage—and it is fairly chaotic at times. When I asked why it was like that, I was told that if people were given a number as at a delicatessen counter in a supermarket, the...

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day]: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (18 May 2009)

Michael Fabricant: Will my hon. Friend give way on that point?

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day]: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (18 May 2009)

Michael Fabricant: Does my hon. Friend accept that people in Staffordshire who have been personally affected by the matter ask for an inquiry, which needs to be independent, not to apportion blame, but to ensure that something like this can never happen again—not just in Staffordshire hospitals but in other hospitals? Rightly or wrongly, they believe that if the inquiry is not independent, it will be a...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Michael Savage (18 May 2009) has video

Michael Fabricant: For what reasons she decided to prevent Michael Savage from entering the UK; and if she will make a statement.