Farron calls for free bus travel for young people
Tim Farron MP is calling for a fresh look at the cost of public transport for young people, together with how buses are subsidised.
24 Oct 2007
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".
Local MP Tim Farron has today issued the Department of Health Minister Anne Keen with a request to send Westmorland General Hospital's Acute Services Review back to the drawing board. Speaking in a Westminster Hall debate, Mr Farron stated that the Review had been plagued by a "catalogue of maladministration, procedural flaws, management failures and broken promises".
When: Tuesday 22nd October, 1.30-2pm