MPs celebrate with a pasty for Piran
Cornwall’s MPs celebrated St. Piran’s Day in style with celebrations in Bodmin and London on 5th March. Andrew George MP and Julia Goldsworthy MP and Lord Paul Tyler took time out of their busy Westminster schedules to enjoy pasties and saffron buns from Ann’s Pasties on the Lizard on the House of Commons terrace. Mr George even gave some saffron buns to Gordon Brown at a meeting he had with the Prime Minister. Meanwhile, back in Bodmin, North... Read More
Ministers must listen on rural poverty – MPs
Cornwall’s five MPs have called on Ministers to take advice from Rural Advocate, Stuart Burgess, whose report, out today, shows that nearly a million rural households live in poverty. The report confirms that second homes ‘can significantly affect local housing affordability and the sustainability of communities.’ ‘Smaller rural communities I met felt that their future as sustainable communities was being written off’, Dr Burgess said. ... Read More
Landfill Tax Snatch
The Waste Minister has refused to guarantee that Land Fill Tax revenues will be predominantly reserved for programmes designed to reduce waste. Part of the tax has been ‘hypothecated’ for three years, to be spent on a business waste efficiency scheme but Joan Ruddock MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Waste, told the Commons that ‘although there is to be a substantial increase in the tax, the money from it will not be dealt with in the same way.’ ... Read More
MP urges veterans to apply for badges
North Cornwall’s MP, Dan Rogerson, is urging those who have served in the armed forces to apply for badges in recognition of their service. The MP’s office has a stock of application forms for three types of badge – one for former members of the Women’s Land Army and Women’s Timber Corps, another for UK Merchant Seafarers Veterans and a final category for those who served in Britain’s armed forces. The Secretary of State is due to present... Read More
