Forward Diary: 10 to 16 November 2008
Tim will travel to Westminster on Monday for a meeting with the national cancer tsar, Prof Mike Richards, to press the case for a cancer treatment centre in Kendal.
7 Nov 2008
News
"Cut in interest rates won't be a panacea for farming industry" says Farron
The Bank of England's surprise decision to cut UK interest rates to 3%, the lowest level since 1955, was welcomed by Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA Tim Farron MP, but he has warned that this will not be a panacea for the farming industry.
6 Nov 2008
"Post Offices the hub of rural communities" says Farron
Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA Tim Farron MP today asked the Department to do more to protect rural communities by calling on the Government to expand the rural post office network.
6 Nov 2008
Comment from Tim Farron on Barack Obama election
"Like many others, I spent the early hours of the morning eagerly waiting the news that we had all been hoping for. The news, that America now has its first black President.
5 Nov 2008
"Displaced dental patients should be allowed to return to NHS" says Farron
Local MP, Tim Farron has welcomed confirmation from the Cumbria PCT that a new NHS dentistry will be established in the New Year; but has asked for assurances that patients forced to go private after the Captain French practice's decision to turn private would be guaranteed a place under the new NHS service.
5 Nov 2008
"DEFRA 'dangerously out of touch' over threat to bee population" says Farron
Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA was Tim Farron was on hand today to welcome members of the British Beekeepers' Association who gathered in Parliament to deliver their petition to 10 Downing Street demanding an increase in the amount of funding for research on bee health.
5 Nov 2008