Tim Farron

9 Jul 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage investment in agricultural technologies to increase the efficiency of food production.

9 Jul 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Biofuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the future prospects for farmlands and the pressures posed by a growing population and increased use of energy crops.

9 Jul 2014 · Department for Education

Classroom Assistants and Teachers: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what changes to the numbers of teachers and teaching assistants there have been in (a) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (b) South Lakeland, (c) Cumbria and (d) the North West (i) since 2010 and (ii) between 2005 and 2

9 Jul 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Shared Ownership Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to identify the barriers which prevent tenants in shared-ownership properties from staircasing up to increase the share of the property that they own.

9 Jul 2014 · HM Treasury

Public Expenditure: North West

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the amount of money from the public purse invested in public projects in (a) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency, (b) South Lakeland, (c) Cumbria and (d) the North West (i) since 2010 and (ii) b

9 Jul 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships were created in (a) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (b) South Lakeland, (c) Cumbria and (d) the North West (i) since 2010 and (ii) between 2005 and 2010.

8 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to speed up the appeals process for people whose benefits have been sanctioned.

8 Jul 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Protected Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the total land mass of the UK was classified as a marine protected area or a marine conservation area in each of the last 10 years.

8 Jul 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Community Land Trusts

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to promote the use of community land trusts as a way of delivering affordable housing.

8 Jul 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to promote off-site methods of house building construction.

8 Jul 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing Revenue Accounts

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to assist local authorities in acquiring necessary skills, partnerships and capacity to utilise the increased borrowing allowed against the Housing Rev

8 Jul 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Second Homes: Westmorland

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many second homes there were in each parish in Westmorland and Lonsdale on the most recent date for which data is available.

3 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Intimate Image Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions were brought against people for distribution of explicit photographs when the permission of the photograph's subject had not been obtained in the last year for which figures are available.

3 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Intimate Image Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to prevent people from publishing explicit photos online sent to them in trust by their former partners.

3 Jul 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost of introducing annual testing for bovine tuberculosis.

3 Jul 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many veterinary surgeons are qualified to undertake bovine tuberculosis testing in each NUTS-1 region of England.

2 Jul 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Disabled Students' Allowances

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost of introducing, maintaining and updating a register of providers of disabled students' allowances (DSA) study needs assessments and DSA assistive tech

2 Jul 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Disabled Students' Allowances

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the number of current students who have been awarded disabled student's allowance (DSA) who would fail to be awarded DSA under the proposed revised eligibility guidelin

2 Jul 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Disabled Students' Allowances

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many current students in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Cumbria and (d) South Lakeland have been awarded disabled students allowance.

2 Jul 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Disabled Students' Allowances

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding available through the disabled student's allowance was spent on non-medical help in the last year.

24 Jun 2014 · Department of Health

General Practitioners: South Lakeland

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the additional need weighting is for each GP surgery in South Lakeland.

24 Jun 2014 · Department of Health

General Practitioners: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many rural GP surgeries have fewer than 1,000 patients registered.

24 Jun 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Lake District

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will assess the viability of limiting the extraction of water from Windermere and Ullswater only when flow levels are high to reduce the risk of over-extraction and f

24 Jun 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Kielder Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will assess the viability of using Kielder Water as a water source and linking it to the national water grid.