Local MP Tim Farron has today tabled a parliamentary question to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, John Hutton to ask whether the farming industry will see any of the £126 million fine handed to Sainsbury's and Tesco, as well as other big dairy producers last week.
Local MP Tim Farron has backed the police force in their dispute with the Government over a pay rise which was not back-dated, effectively resulting in a pay-cut for police officers. The Home Office and the police force have negotiated a 2.5% pay rise for September 2008, but are refusing to back-date it to September 2007, when the negotiations began.
Liberal Democrat MP and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming Tim Farron has welcomed the fine handed out to Asda and Sainsbury's in light of their guilty plea to price-fixing charges, but has said the fine was nowhere near sufficient.
"Lancaster heart unit upgrade came from voluntary funds - say the word and we'll match this" MP tells health bosses
Liberal Democrat MP and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming Tim Farron yesterday took Farming Minister Lord Rooker on a tour of some of the most rugged hill farm country in UK, a journey taking them from the Kentmere valley to Longsleddale, over the rough track that connects the two valleys. NFU officials, who arranged the trip and provided the transport, included Derek Lomax, NFU Group Secretary who also joined Tim and Lord Rooker on their tour.
Local MP Tim Farron has queried the wisdom of the move by North Lancashire Primary Care Trust to press on with procuring Clinical Assessment, Treatment and Support centres, despite the statement from the Secretary of State for Health declaring that they are not value for money.
