MP congratulates book town success with Parliamentary motion
Local MP Tim Farron has congratulated Sedbergh becoming England's first book town by proposing a motion in Parliament.
24 May 2006
Local MP Tim Farron has congratulated Sedbergh becoming England's first book town by proposing a motion in Parliament.
Discussions about setting up a Community Land Trust for South Lakeland will be on the table this Friday. Local MP Tim Farron and Housing Cabinet Member Cllr Brenda Gray will meet Graham Lattice from the Community Land Trusts national office.
A parliamentary motion, calling for an independent review of the Government's Connecting for Health IT programme has attracted cross party support. Local MP Tim Farron proposed the motion following his parliamentary question at Health Questions last week.
Local MP Tim Farron has questioned the Department of Health on the financial impact on the local Ambulance Trust of the Hospitals Trust's proposal to move emergency admissions from Kendal to Lancaster and Barrow.
Rochdale MP and former Scientist, Paul Rowen, has attacked the Government's attempts to return to nuclear power. Paul has signed an Early Day Motion (EDM) saying to the Government that 'the case for new nuclear build in the UK has not been made.'
Dundee Liberal Democrat local party secretary Michael Charlton has today (Wednesday 24th May) highlighted Dundee LibDem concerns over the great increase in Post Office closures across the UK.