South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has criticised the "unhelpful" timing of the decision by Defra Secretary, Caroline Spelman, to abolish the Commission for Rural Communities, with the announcement coming on the same day that the CRC formally reports back on its major inquiry into Britain's uplands.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed a review into search and rescue helicopter cover launched by the new coalition government. The government has suspended plans, announced in February, to privatise the service which would have reduced the amount of cover available in the Lake District at night.
Farming Minister, Jim Paice MP, today revealed he was sympathetic to removing the 6 day rule after South Lakes MP Tim Farron called for the regulation to be scrapped.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron yesterday reiterated his call for a public inquiry into the Cumbria shootings during a parliamentary debate.
The campaign to bring emergency services back to Westmorland General Hospital gathered pace today after local MP Tim Farron put forward his case for re-opening the coronary care unit to Health Ministers in Parliament.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is campaigning to raise awareness of bowel cancer with former TV presenter Lynn Faulds Wood who was diagnosed with bowl cancer a few years ago.