Westmorland, Furness and Eden
Liberal Democrats

News

Farron warns Government about blue tongue vaccine shortage

Local MP Tim Farron has today warned the Government that they may have seriously under estimated the amount of blue tongue vaccine. Mr Farron has obtained information through a parliamentary question to the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs that an order has been placed for 22 million doses of the BTV8 vaccine which must be administered twice to cattle in order to be effective. This is unlikely to be sufficient to vaccinate the vast number of farm animals in Britain against the disease, which is likely to become more prevalent as summer approaches.

13 Mar 2008
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Liberal Democrats fight for Vioxx victims

This week a group of Liberal Democrat MPs, including Health Spokesman Norman Lamb, Tim Farron and Jenny Willott, met with lawyers for victims of Vioxx to discuss the situation of British sufferers of Vioxx, who have been denied access to justice by the US courts. Both Tim and Jenny have constituents who have suffered heart attacks and are trying to take legal action.

6 Mar 2008
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Farron calls for adequate special grant

Tim Farron is to meet with Transport Minister Rosie Winterton to discuss the use of North West concessionary (NoW) cards in the Lake District. This meeting was requested by the MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale when it came to light that this scheme cost more for the South Lakeland District Council because of the high tourist rate of the Lake District.

5 Mar 2008
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"Causes of Shap derailment needs to be examined" - Farron

Local MP Tim Farron is calling on Network Rail to carefully examine the cause of the freight train derailments last weekend. The incident, which happened at Shap and caused part of the West Coast Mainline to be closed for the entire day, looks to have been caused by high winds, but Mr Farron remains concerned.

5 Mar 2008
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