Local MP Tim Farron today wrote to the Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, John Hutton, urging him to support farmers and consumers who had been unfairly treated by big business.
Tim Farron, Lib Dem MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming questioned the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Hilary Benn on the adequacy of the Hill Farm Allowance top up. Mr Farron, who yesterday called on Mr Benn to ensure that the HFA top up was delivered on time, asked if he thought the amount pledged was sufficient given many farmers' circumstances.
Tim Farron MP is calling for a fresh look at the cost of public transport for young people, together with how buses are subsidised.
Local MP, Tim Farron has received assurances from the Health Minister Ivan Lewis that the mental health ward at Westmorland General Hospital, Ward 4, could not be permanently closed or downgraded without full public consultation. In response to a parliamentary question tabled by Mr Farron, the Minister said that the Trust had a 'responsibility' to consult fully.
Tim Farron has written to Cumbria County Council in an effort to force them to press forward with measures that will prevent the Crooklands Bridge from being damaged in the future. The bridge, which has been seriously damaged three times in recent months, is part of a well-used route between A65 and the Kent Estuary is crucial to the local area.
Local MP, Tim Farron has today written to Ed Balls to ask him to scrap Government plans to impose a 5% "tax" on school cash balances - a "tax on prudence".
