Local MP, Tim Farron today secured a frightening admission from the Government during a meeting of the Environmental Audit Committee. When probing officials on environmental policy, Tim Farron was told that £1.7 billion tonnes of un-recycled waste is generated in each year - this equates to 10% of all the resources produced in the UK.
Local MP Tim Farron met yesterday with representatives from the NHS Together lobby in Westminster. The lobby aims to persuade the Government to reconsider the planned reforms of the Health Service and to rally support for the NHS.
Local MP Tim Farron will meet later today with the Grange Youth Group and the Crusader Youth Group. The groups aim to provide young people in Cumbria a chance to meet together constructively and safely, as well as combating the problem of anti-social behaviour in the area.
Local MP Tim Farron has tabled a motion in the House of Commons which praises the Ambleside Climate Change Initiative as a beacon of good practice which other local areas should look to replicate. Tim visited Ambleside last Saturday to launch the initiative.
Local MP, Tim Farron has today tabled an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons protesting against the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' consultation which has looked into the possibility of introducing an animal disease levy.
Local MP, Tim Farron questioned Defence Minister Adam Ingram on the Government's refusal to back an international ban on cluster munitions. Cluster bombs, such as those used in the recent conflict in Lebanon can cause horrendous injury even long after a conflict has ended.
