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Immigration cap would hit farmers
Proposals to cap the country's population would be severely damaging to the farming industry according to Shadow Secretary for State for DEFRA, Tim Farron MP.
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Farron Presses Minister for Post Office decision
MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron questioned Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell over his reluctance to announce a decision about the future of the Post Office Card Account.
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Government must recognise Pirbright failures and compensate farmers
Commenting on reports that the two laboratories at the centre of last year's foot-and-mouth outbreak and the Government are to be sued for damages by 14 farmers, Liberal Democrat Rural Affairs…
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MP supports bid for new cancer centre in south Cumbria
Local MP Tim Farron has joined with health professionals to campaign for a new cancer unit in south Cumbria. Currently patients requiring treatment for cancer have to travel to Carlisle or Preston,…
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Farron calls for extension of Hill Farm Allowance
Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA, Tim Farron MP has expressed his concern that the new Uplands Entry Level Scheme will leave many hill farmers without vital funding and has called on the…
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Move to include Scotland in Protection Zone a "welcome relief"
In a move long called for by Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA Tim Farron, Scotland is to be finally included in the Blue Tongue Protection Zone.
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Local Man Receives Award in Parliament
MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron today attended the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) awards in Parliament to congratulate Bob Whittall, a constituent from Backbarrow, who…
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Banking crisis gives government the excuse it needs to save post offices
With the government preparing to take a further stake in the banking system in response to the growing financial crisis, Shadow DEFRA Secretary Tim Farron MP is calling on the government to use the…
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Plans to electronically tag sheep costly and unnecessary
Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA, Tim Farron MP spoke in parliament yesterday during a debate on electronic sheep identification to urge Minister Jane Kennedy to reconsider proposals to…
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MP renews call for Grayrigg disaster public enquiry
Responding to the news that two people have been cleared from police bail over the 2007 Grayrigg rail crash, local MP Tim Farron last night repeated his call for a public enquiry into the incident.
