Westmorland, Furness and Eden
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Farron concerned by Minister's comments on DEFRA cuts

Liberal Democrat MP and chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming Tim Farron is today writing to Farming Minister Lord Rooker, in order to ask him to explain his uncorrected comments given to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee meeting on 3rd March. The minister admitted that there would have to be a "reordering of priorities and abandonment of some work streams," noted that the animal welfare arm of DEFRA would lose a third of its resources and, perhaps most damningly, that DEFRA had "no resources to do anything" with regards to the Veterinary Surgeons Act, which the department had claimed in the past was "in urgent need of updating."

20 Mar 2008
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"Action needed now to provide access to clean water in developing world" - Farron

Local MP Tim Farron spoke of his fear for communities in the developing world during a Westminster Hall debate in the House of Commons today. Mr Farron spoke of the Millennium Development Goals set by the United Nations, which include aiming to halve the proportion of people who do not have access to safe water by 2015, but are currently set to miss that target by as much as 600 million people.

20 Mar 2008
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Farron urges Tesco to give dairy farmers a fair price

Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron today wrote to Sir Terry Leahy, Chief Executive of Tesco PLC, asking him to follow the guidelines of Tesco's own consultants, Promar International, who informed them that farmers should be paid at least 30p/litre of milk, in order to meet rising costs and re-invest in their business.

20 Mar 2008
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"Population growth means we need more hospital services, not cuts!" - Farron

Following recent reports that the population of rural areas such as Cumbria is set to increase rapidly over the next two decades, local MP Tim Farron has again called for the plans to downgrade Westmorland General Hospital to be scrapped. Mr Farron is concerned that a rise in population would lead to an increase in demand for services at the hospital, and at a time like this the hospital should be upgraded rather than downgraded.

20 Mar 2008
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Farron to call hill farming summit in Westminster

Local MP Tim Farron has set about calling a summit on hill farming in the House of Commons in his role as Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming. Mr Farron has invited the Government's rural communities advocate Stuart Burgess from the Commission for Rural Communities to come and address the group.

20 Mar 2008
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Farron stands up for small abattoirs

Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron has today posted a parliamentary motion in support of small abattoirs, which face Food Standards Agency plans for the Meat Hygiene Service to move towards full cost recovery - a move that could potentially see many small abattoirs go under, as their inspection costs, already numbering thousands of pounds, could multiply eightfold. This would have ramifications for both the meat processing industry and the environment, through increasing food miles. In addition, the loss of small abattoirs would increase the potential for a nation-wide outbreak of disease,

20 Mar 2008
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