Westmorland, Furness and Eden
Liberal Democrats

News

Hill farmers could be short changed yet again

Local MP Tim Farron has today been made aware of yet more evidence of maladministration at DEFRA concerning under-payment of the Hill Farm Allowance top-up, announced last month by Secretary of State Hilary Benn. Mr Benn announced that around £12m had been set aside to assist farmers who had lost out as a result of the foot and mouth outbreak this year. For HFA recipients, this top-up had been earmarked as 32% of their HFA payment. However Tim Farron has learned that one farmer who has been underpaid in his HFA payment would receive 32% of their incorrect payment, rather than 32% of the higher sum.

5 Nov 2007
View

Farron backs Food and Drink Federation packaging effort

Local MP Tim Farron has today given his backing to the announcement from the Food and Drink Federation to make a 13.5% cut in product packaging by 2010. Mr Farron will table a parliamentary motion in support of the announcement, but also warns that further cuts are needed if the challenge of climate change is to be fully confronted.

31 Oct 2007
View

Farron invites Farming Minister to see damage done by FMD

Local MP Tim Farron has today written to Lord Rooker, the Minister for Sustainable Farming inviting him to come and see for himself the damage that this summer's foot and mouth outbreak has done to the farming industry in the area. Although the disease never went beyond the Surrey/Berkshire area, the national movement restrictions put in place had a knock on effect nationwide.

31 Oct 2007
View

This website uses cookies

Please select the types of cookies you want to allow.

These are necessary for the website to function properly.
These help us to understand how our visitors use our website.
These allow us to display content from other websites that track you for advertising purposes.