MP congratulates book town success with Parliamentary motion
Local MP Tim Farron has congratulated Sedbergh becoming England's first book town by proposing a motion in Parliament.
24 May 2006
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Setting up Community Land Trust would help solve affordable housing crisis
Discussions about setting up a Community Land Trust for South Lakeland will be on the table this Friday. Local MP Tim Farron and Housing Cabinet Member Cllr Brenda Gray will meet Graham Lattice from the Community Land Trusts national office.
24 May 2006
Motion calling for review of Health IT programme attracts cross-party support
A parliamentary motion, calling for an independent review of the Government's Connecting for Health IT programme has attracted cross party support. Local MP Tim Farron proposed the motion following his parliamentary question at Health Questions last week.
24 May 2006
MP questions case of 'robbing Peter to pay Paul'
Local MP Tim Farron has questioned the Department of Health on the financial impact on the local Ambulance Trust of the Hospitals Trust's proposal to move emergency admissions from Kendal to Lancaster and Barrow.
24 May 2006
"Hill Farming Allowance should be extended to give hill farmers stability" - Farron
Local MP Tim Farron used a Parliamentary Debate on the Hill Farming Allowance yesterday to ask the Government to extend the current scheme for a further two years.
17 May 2006
Farron highlights threat to Coronary Care Unit in House of Commons
Local MP Tim Farron today used Health Questions in the House of Commons to highlight the threat to the Westmorland General's Coronary Care Unit. He pointed out the unit could close due to the local hospital trust's deficit, which pales into insignificance when compared to the over spend on the new NHS IT system 'Connecting for Health'.
16 May 2006