Lib Dems secure extra cash for Cornwall’s schools
Cornwall’s Lib Dem MPs have welcomed the Government’s plans to give extra cash to local schools targeted at children from less well off backgrounds. The policy, known as the “pupil premium,” which will commence in September 2011, will help thousands of the worst off pupils in Cornwall. The Government is consulting on using free school meal entitlement as the measure of deprivation for the scheme. Following a recent Parliamentary Question from Stephen Gilbert MP,... Read More
Avoid sky-high mobile bills this summer – Rogerson
North Cornwall’s MP, Dan Rogerson, has warned constituents travelling abroad that they could get back to sky-high mobile bills if they access the internet while overseas. The local Liberal Democrat has welcomed new EU rules which mean mobile networks must stop providing internet services once a customer has spent £40 in a month, unless the account holder expressly authorises further charges. But he says ‘global roaming’ could still mean a shock for travellers ... Read More
MPs’ call to keep Cornish schools funding
Local Liberal Democrat MPs have called on the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, to ensure that funding allocated to Cornwall under the previous government’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) scheme is retained in Cornwall. Conservative Education Secretary Michael Gove announced this week that the scheme would be scrapped, but sought to reassure MPs in a letter after his statement that capital investment in schools would be maintained. The Secretary of State said, “the... Read More
Call for North Cornwall to be fuel duty rebate pilot area
Dan Rogerson MP says driving in North Cornwall is a necessity Local MP Dan Rogerson has called on the Chancellor to start a fuel duty rebate scheme in North Cornwall. Fuel duty relief for rural areas was a key plank of the Liberal Democrat manifesto at the General Election, and Lib Dem negotiators had it included in their Coalition agreement with the Conservatives. George Osborne used his Budget to announce that the new Coalition Government is examining how to make a rebate... Read More
Comment on Environment Agency tackling diffuse water pollution
Commenting on the NAO’s report, Tackling Diffuse Water Pollution in England, Liberal Democrat MP for North Cornwall, and member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee in the last Parliament, Dan Rogerson, said: “Vigilance in tackling this problem is admirable but what’s clear is that the approach the last Government pursued neither engaged farmers nor helped them reduce pollution. “Yet again Labour stuck blindly to a target... Read More
Wadebridge ‘Save our Supplements’ campaign receives boost from local MP
Dan Rogerson is backing the ‘Save Our Supplements’ campaign with Elixir Health Foods. (l-r) Jean MacLeod, Teresa Smith, Randi Henderson, Harriet Henderson, Dan Rogerson, Jason Henderson and Anne Shipley North Cornwall’s MP, Dan Rogerson, has given a boost to the campaign to stop alternative medicines and vitamin supplements being over-regulated by the EU. He visited Elixir Health Foods in Wadebridge to meet the Henderson family, who run the business, to discuss... Read More
Rogerson tackles PM on second home voters
North Cornwall’s MP, Dan Rogerson, has secured a meeting with the Minister responsible for Electoral Registration today, following exchanges with David Cameron in the House of Commons. Mr Rogerson has campaigned against second home owners being able to vote in Cornwall if they are not ordinarily resident in the Duchy. Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, Mr Rogerson said, “Voting by second home owners in regions such as Cornwall has become a controversial topic. Local... Read More
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