Defeat on alcohol duty "real blow" to pub industry-Farron
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has slammed yesterdays defeat in the House of Commons on the vote to reduce duty on alcohol as "a real blow" to the pub industry.
9 Jul 2009
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Farron secures South Lakes farmers meeting with Energy Minister over anaerobic digestion
Local farmers will have the opportunity to ask Energy and Climate Change Minister Ed Miliband MP to help push forward plans to build South Lakeland's first on-farm anaerobic digester after local MP Tim Farron secured a meeting with the minister.
9 Jul 2009
Succession to the Crown
I am surprised in this modern day that someone should believe that love should follow religious or political dictat rather than the heart. Reverend Sylvia Bareham in her contribution to the June Church Newsletter has presented an intelligent and articulate argument against the Monarch being allowed to marry a Catholic, but there are other issues that she has skirted around which perhaps need also to be addressed.
9 Jul 2009
Windsor MP condemns doubts he lives in town
Windsor's MP Adam Afriyie has hit back at 'hostile political opponents' who have cast doubts over whether he really lives in the town.
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8 Jul 2009
Farron appeals to Receiver to help stricken dairy farmers
Following discussions with representatives from PriceWaterhouseCoopers, who have been appointed as receivers and managers of Dairy Farmers of Britain, Liberal Democrat Shadow Defra Secretary Tim Farron MP revealed that there may be some light at the end of the tunnel for members of milk co-operative.
8 Jul 2009
Farron Gives Backing to Plan to Save British Honey Bee
An extra £10million earmarked for research and investigation into the declining numbers of Britain's insect pollinators has been welcomed by the Liberal Democrat Shadow Defra Secretary. Tim Farron MP has called for some of this funding to be given to the Sussex University Plan for Honey Bee Health and Well Being.
8 Jul 2009