Local MP Tim Farron spent much of the weekend speaking with residents of South Lakeland affected by the floods. He delayed his journey to Parliament until Tuesday morning to enable him to spend Monday touring South Lakeland, visiting sites of flooding in Ambleside, Grange and Kendal.
Tim Farron, MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale and Shadow Secretary of state for DEFRA has asked the Government not to pull the plug on local canals by giving more to support Britain's inland waterways.
MP Tim Farron has urged the Government to speed up its development of a bluetongue vaccine after Dutch authorities confirmed a new strain of the disease had been discovered on three farms in the south of the country.
MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron, today pulled the first pint of Hawkshead Bitter in the Stranger's Bar following a two year campaign to take it to Parliament.
A Government rule which restricts farmers should be scrapped, according Tim Farron the Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA. The Six day stand still rule prevent s farmers from moving any animals off their farm - except direct to slaughter - for a total of 6 days after any animal has been moved on to the farm .
Local MP Tim Farron met with Treasury minister Stephen Timms to discuss the future of the HM Revenue and Customs Office (HMRC) in Kendal, which is currently earmarked for closure under a government consultation.
