After the successful campaign to keep the Ambleside NHS dental practice open last year, local MP Tim Farron is today calling on Cumbria Primary Care Trust to prevent the dentist practice in Stramongate from going private. The level of NHS dentistry available nationally has dropped sharply under the current Labour Government, and Mr Farron wants to see this trend reversed.
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron, the Liberal Democrat spokesman for the Countryside spoke today in a parliamentary debate to question the wisdom of the Government's decision to introduce restrictions on farmers in 'nitrate vulnerable zones'.
Local MP Tim Farron has today been promoted to the Liberal Democrats' Shadow Cabinet by the new party leader Nick Clegg. Tim will now speak for the party on rural affairs issues.
Local MP Tim Farron has today expressed concern at the decision of Northern Rock Foundation to cut millions of pounds for cultural and creative sectors next year. Mr Farron has tabled a parliamentary question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport asking for their assessment of the cuts, and hopes to establish what exactly is being done to limit the impact of the reduction in funding.
Local MP Tim Farron spoke in parliament today in a debate on housing infrastructure in the UK and presented the case for his ?home on the farm? plan, which would ease the problems of insufficient affordable housing. Mr Farron?s idea would see underused and disused farm buildings converted into affordable homes for local people and would give local authorities the power to take the initiative in addressing the problem.
Tim Farron has today put DEFRA Secretary Hilary Benn on the spot over government plans that could lead to a big stink every spring.