At the latest meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming, Tim Farron, Chair of the Group and Lib Dem MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale officials from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs confirmed that farmers will be widely consulted on the replacement scheme to the Hill Farm Allowance.
Local MP Tim Farron welcomed the recent completion of the Stock Beck Flood Alleviation Scheme. The scheme had been planned since 1999 when 51 homes were flooded but had been beset by funding problems. There had been serious doubts over the scheme until Tim called a round-the-table meeting at which DEFRA agreed to fund the full cost of the scheme. The flood alleviation scheme, which includes a special catchment reservoir, now protects the affected houses in Lowther Park, Silverdale Drive and Calder Drive from any flood events up to and including one in 100 year floods.
Commenting on today's debate in the House of Commons on HMRC restructuring, Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield said:
Commenting on the debate on their taxes for the wealthy in the House Of Commons, Liberal Democrat MP from Chesterfield, Paul Holmes, said:
Commenting on the Labour Government's rejection and for transparency in international arms deals, Liberal Democrat MP from Chesterfield, Paul Holmes, said:
A Liberal Democrat proposal for fair taxation of the wealthy was voted down by Labour MPs in the House of Commons yesterday, as the Tories sat on their hands. The motion was proposed in an opposition day debate led by Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable. Dr Cable called for the closure of loopholes in capital gains tax which allow the very wealthy to pay less tax than their cleaners. He warned that middle-income families were disproportionately burdened by stamp duty and inheritance tax thresholds.
