Time to Renew
The Liberal Democrat Home Affairs team - Nick Clegg MP, Lynne Featherstone MP and Mark Hunter MP - today applied to renew their passports to prevent their details from being added to the ID cards database.
24 May 2006
National News
"Sex discrimination a persistent problem" says West Mids Lib Dem MP
Responding to statistics released today by the Equal Opportunities Commission, Liberal Democrat Women and Equalities Spokesperson, Solihull MP Lorely Burt, has called on the Government to ensure that the Equality Bill establishes laws that promote sex equality.
24 May 2006
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
Setting up Community Land Trust would help solve affordable housing crisis
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.
24 May 2006
Motion calling for review of Health IT programme attracts cross-party support
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.
24 May 2006
MP questions case of 'robbing Peter to pay Paul'
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.
24 May 2006