Local MP Tim Farron has today written to Lord Rooker, the Minister for Sustainable Farming inviting him to come and see for himself the damage that this summer's foot and mouth outbreak has done to the farming industry in the area. Although the disease never went beyond the Surrey/Berkshire area, the national movement restrictions put in place had a knock on effect nationwide.
Local MP Tim Farron is submitting a parliamentary question to John Hutton, the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on the impact of the decision that Royal Mail have taken to halt Sunday collections.
Tim Farron is today writing to the Department of Health Minister Ann Keen seeking clarification on comments she made at last week's Westminster Hall debate secured by Mr Farron. The Minister claimed, among several other debatable points, that upgrades 'have taken place' to ambulances in the region, which Mr Farron knows to be untrue.
Tim Farron, Lib Dem MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming has today received confirmation that DEFRA has no plans to establish a public inquiry into the circumstances around the foot and mouth outbreak this summer.
Local MP Tim Farron has today welcomed the news that the Government is to drop plans to raid almost £2 billion earmarked for schools. Mr Farron last week criticised the Government for announcing the plans and wrote to the Secretary of State for Schools Ed Balls, calling for the plans to be dropped.
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.