The MP for Lichfield has been appointed as the new chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for the Waterways.
Michael Fabricant was confirmed in the post at a meeting on 25th February.
The session also saw the group agree key topics to tackle over the coming months, including protecting the heritage of the waterways and restoration.
Paul Rodgers, Inland Waterways Association’s national chairman, said:
“We wholeheartedly welcomes Michael’s appointment. He fully understands the importance of the UK’s inland waterways and the ongoing need for adequate funding of the publicly owned waterways, and we look forward to working with him over the coming months and years.”
Paul Rodgers, Inland Waterways Association
The Conservative MP has previously been named the Inland Waterways Association’s Parliamentarian of the Year.
Mr Fabricant said:
“It is not just boaters who make use of our canals and inland waterways, it is also those who enjoy exercising along towpaths, those who enjoy the tranquillity of our waterways whether they be in the countryside or city, and it is the wildlife that our waterways so encourage.
“I am looking forward to chairing this influential All Party Group and highlighting both in Parliament and elsewhere the importance of waterways to the economy and environment of our nation.”
Michael Fabricant MP
Buoy, this is a fantastic appointment for our MP.
Knot sure it has got the national recognition it deserves.
I don’t think I’m going off the deep end when I say he’ll get our inland waterways ship-shape.
How a-boat it?
Canoe think of a more fitting honour?
I knew schooner or later he would return to high office.
Who am I kidding?
I don’t give a ship about anything he does.
It’s a pity Mr Fabricant doesn’t have any sway within his own Party to stop HS2. Awwwww. So he’s given a position which is way down the scale in regards to the power play within his own Government. Never mind Mr Fabricant better than nothing I guess. How about seeing to the pot holes around the City car lanes. That might earn you some brownie points.
If the council continue to allow so many homes to be built and congestion increases at the rate it is in Lichfield. Soon, the canal may be the only way to travel.
Hahahaha Steve I so agree. Hahahaha