Tim Farron

16 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times trains have been delayed or cancelled on the West Coast Main Line due to livestock being on the line in 2021-2022, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.

6 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the annual farming budget is for (a) 2025–26 and (b) 2026–27; and how the spending is broken down for each year.

24 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the methodology used to allocate the £70 million radiotherapy funding announced in the National Cancer Plan.

24 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the allocation of the £70 million for radiotherapy machines took account of existing regional variation in radiotherapy access.

24 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £70 million radiotherapy machine funding announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 has been allocated to each NHS region.

24 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a breakdown by NHS region of where the radiotherapy machines (LINACS) funded by the £70 million announced in the Autumn Budget 2024.

24 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has identified areas of England where satellite radiotherapy units would have the greatest impact on reducing travel times for cancer patients.

24 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has identified areas of England where satellite radiotherapy units would have the greatest impact on reducing travel times for cancer patients.

24 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many proposals for new satellite radiotherapy units have been submitted to NHS England in each of the last five years.

24 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that cancer patients in England have equitable access to advanced radiotherapy techniques where clinically appropriate.

24 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what accountability mechanisms will apply in instances where local strategic plans for cancer do not adequately address radiotherapy access, capacity or variation.

24 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether local strategic plans for cancer will be required to assess radiotherapy treatment access and capacity.

24 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department has issued guidance to Integrated Care Boards on the inclusion of radiotherapy services in local strategic plans for cancer that were outlined in Action 20 of The National Ca

24 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of unmet need for radiotherapy among cancer patients in England.

24 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy radiotherapy capacity to meet the Government’s target of returning cancer waiting times to the 62-day standard by March 2029.

5 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the report by Science for Sustainable Agriculture entitled UK Food Security – Outlook to 2050, publish

5 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to take legislative steps to ensure food self-sufficiency does not fall below its current level.

5 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plants: Proteins

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to increase domestic production of plant proteins for direct human consumption in the UK.

3 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 31 May 2026 on Preparing for a future Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement with the European Union: Business readiness informatio

3 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial assistance the Government plans to make available to businesses required to make operational or regulatory changes as a result of a future UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanita

3 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of small and medium-sized enterprises that may need to make changes to production processes, certification, labelling, IT systems or

3 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many businesses in each sector are included within the Government's estimate that up to 500,000 businesses may be affected by a future UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement.

3 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the total cost to businesses of complying with any new certification, labelling, IT system, and regulatory requirements arising from a future U

21 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

River Lune: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the Environment Agency requiring National Highways to apply for permits to operate outfalls into the River Lune.

21 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

River Lune: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency allows National Highways to discharge untreated toxic run-off into the River Lune.

21 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

River Lune: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the Environment Agency is not measuring pollution, including polyaromatic hydrocarbons, from motorway outfalls into the River Lune at Tebay.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the total calorific value of food available within the UK in the event of a disruption to supply chains.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of days of food stocks nationally in the event of a significant disruption to supply.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the resilience of food supply chains.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Droughts

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the level of surplus water availability during periods of expected drought.