Report from the Liberal Democrat group Two important items came to the Environment and Highways Scrutiny committee meeting a few days ago: waste management and bus passes for young unemployed people. See the Agenda.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has used a question session in the House of Commons to press the Deputy Prime Minister to introduce directly elected positions on National Park authorities to ensure democratic accountability in our National Parks.
The Leader of the Official Liberal Democrat Opposition at County Hall, Cllr Brendan Glynane, has called for the Conservative administration to allow full public debate of how taxpayers money is spent through LGSS. At two recent Northamptonshire County Council Cabinet meetings reports relating to money spent on back office services such as finance, legal, HR, IT and others, through LGSS have been debated in private.
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron spoke yesterday in the debate in the House of Commons during the second reading of the Grocery Codes Adjudicator Bill, welcoming the measures which will play an important role in ensuring a fair deal for British farmers.
Wiltshire people have broken the record for recycling, going through the 50% level for the first time over the three-month period from July to September this year.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has used a Parliamentary Question to the Department of Energy and Climate Change to call for a new hydro energy strategy and to put Cumbria at the heart of it.