Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Defra Tim Farron MP has welcomed the news that Defra is to establish a task force to manage the setting up of a biogas network to provide heat and electricity generated from anaerobic digestion; but has called on the Government to front load investment to ensure that plans can be put in place immediately.
Defra's continued neglect of the farming industry is undermining hardworking farmers across the UK according to Liberal Democrat Defra Spokesperson Tim Farron MP who has uncovered figures revealing a decline in the amount of Government funding charged with improving the UK's food security.
Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Defra Tim Farron MP has proposed using the Isle of Man as an incubator to deal with the dramatic decline in population of the British honeybee.
A campaign led by Councillor Ian Stewart and MP Tim Farron to bring back Arnside's rescue boat after it was removed last year by the coast guard, has achieved a major success after Transport Minister Jim Fitzpatrick agreed to hold an investigation into the boat's removal.
Tim Farron has called on the Chief Executives of the local Hospitals and Mental Health Trusts to provide child and adolescent mental health support in South Lakeland.
MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale Tim Farron has become a founder member of the All Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group - which will bring together Parliamentarians who want to add their voice to the efforts to preserve and protect the British pub. The group had its inaugural meeting today.
