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# Hammerwich meeting sees MP discuss haulage issues and farm diversification
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/hammerwich-meeting-sees-mp-discuss-haulage-issues-and-farm-diversification/
- Published: 2023-06-25T06:03:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-06-24T06:33:54.000Z
- Description: Lichfield’s MP has discussed issues around international haulage and farm diversification at a meeting in Hammerwich.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Business, Hammerwich, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:01, News

Lichfield’s MP has discussed issues around international haulage and farm diversification at a meeting in Hammerwich.

Michael Fabricant visited Hammerwich House Farm where he met hauliers Mike Ponsonby.

The Conservative MP said:

> “I was so pleased to meet with Michael Ponsonby and his son, Jack, to learn about some of the issues facing the haulage business.   
>  
> “A particular problem, which I have already taken up with the Home Office, concerns different rules established by different police forces as to when heavy goods vehicles can use public roads.   
>  
> “They praised the common sense of Staffordshire Police, but I heard some examples of other police forces who are less than helpful.  
>  
> “I was also fascinated to learn of the diversification projects undertaken by Hammerwich House Farm where Clive Bailye and his wife Donna provide a home for Mike Ponsonby haulage as well as run [The Farming Forum](http://www.thefarmingforum.co.uk/?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk) – a sort of Mumsnet for farmers.   
>  
> “With food prices and food security very much in focus now, the ability to keep farming cost-effective through imaginative diversification is now even more important than ever.   
>  
> “The invasion of Ukraine has taught us that.”  
>  
> Michael Fabricant