Give planning powers to Cornwall – MPs
Responding to the Barker Review on Land Use Planning, the five-strong team of Liberal Democrat MPs for Cornwall (today) Wednesday said that giving planning powers from the Secretary of State to another unaccountable quango was “as unjustified as it is undemocratic” and called on Ministers to give powers back to local Councillors. Shadow Housing Minister and North Cornwall MP, Dan Rogerson said: “Changes to the planning system should put local... Read More
MP urges Liberal lunch to “Fill in the gaps”
PRESS RELEASE FROM DAN ROGERSON MP Liberal Democrats in North Cornwall were joined this weekend by visiting MP, Mark Williams for a well-attended Christmas lunch in Bedruthan Steps Hotel at Mawgan Porth. Mr Williams once lived at Perranporth, when he was a teacher in Cornwall, and was elected in 2005 to represent the area where he and the local MP, Dan Rogerson, went to University, in Aberystwyth. He now speaks for the Liberal Democrats on Welsh Affairs and, as... Read More
“Your vote, your voice” – Rogerson
North Cornwall MP, Dan Rogerson today (Monday) visited sixth formers at Treviglas Community College in Newquay. The local Liberal Democrat took questions from the 16 and 17 year olds about the features and failings of the British political system. Mr Rogerson also took a show of hands from each of the two groups he addressed to see how many of the young people intended to vote at the first opportunity they had when they turned eighteen. Many said... Read More
MP hails North Cornwall post workers’
As the Christmas season begins today (Friday), North Cornwall’s MP, Dan Rogerson, visited post workers at their sorting offices in Bude and Launceston. The visits are part of a tour of Royal Mail depots in the constituency, which will take Mr Rogerson to Bodmin, Wadebridge and Newquay delivery offices over the coming weeks. The local MP made an early start to meet Delivery Office Managers, and some of the postmen and women who are responsible for ensuring... Read More
