Markus Campbell-Savours, MP for Penrith and Solway, is concerned that a new byelaw being proposed by the Lake District National Park Authority could see fishermen who use small powerboats banned from some of the smaller lakes.
Markus Campbell-Savours said: “I think this proposed byelaw is a mistake with the potential to unfairly hit fishermen, many of whom have been responsibly fishing the lakes and rivers of Cumbria for generations."
Markus Campbell-Savours MP welcomes news that the Government has awarded £4.5 million grant to Futamura Chemical UK Ltd in Wigton.
The cash is part of the Government’s Plan for Change to support low carbon projects in energy intensive industries through the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF), underlining its commitment to clean energy power mission and the importance of decarbonising industry.
A total of £4,486,851 has been awarded to Futamura in Wigton, a leading global manufacturer of sustainable cellulose films and materials that employs 270 people in the town.
The money is part of a £14m project that will see the Wigton plant convert waste gas to energy.
Markus Campbell-Savours MP asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer for reassurance that the north of England and Cumbria would see the investment it deserves when it comes to the decision over the A66 Northern Trans Pennine Project.
This week Markus Campbell-Savours MP has been pressing the Government to upgrade the A66 between Penrith and the A1.
On Tuesday he pressed the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the economic importance of the scheme for his constituents in Penrith and Solway.
Markus Campbell-Savours, the Labour MP for Penrith and Solway, has urged the Government to postpone the discontinuation of the UK's analogue telephone service in rural areas.
A Cumbrian MP took his Australian counterpart on a whirlwind tour of his constituency.
Markus Campbell Savours MP for Penrith and Solway took Karen McKeown MP for Penrith New South Wales to see some of the visitor attractions while she was on holiday in the UK.
During the visit, the MPs visited The Lakes Distillery, toured Derwentwater on the Keswick Launch, walked around Castlerigg Stone Circle and visited Penrith Castle.
Although the two constituencies are separated by 10,518 miles, the two Penrith MPs found they have the same issues a world apart.
Markus Campbell-Savours MP is asking farmers in Penrith and Solway to complete a survey so he can build a fuller picture of the impact of inheritance tax on family farms.
He said: “In the chancellor’s autumn budget, the Government proposed changes to Agricultural Property Relief and I am already on record expressing my reservations around these changes. Many constituents have raised concerns about how it will impact on the viability of family farms and the agricultural supply chain in Cumbria.
I’m very grateful to the many farmers who have provided detailed information about their businesses, but I am also keen to hear more.
If you have a farm and are worried what these changes will mean to you, please complete my survey.
I look forward to reading your submissions.”
The survey has the backing for the National Farmers Union, Cumbria County Adviser Catherine Stokes, is encouraging farmers in Penrith and Solway to complete the survey, she said: “We would urge all farmers to complete the survey so that Markus is able to build up detailed evidence of just how damaging the proposed changes to inheritance tax would be on the family farm, both nationally and in Cumbria.”
Co-operation between health, care and the third sector is helping to prevent patients having to go into acute hospitals, and enabling those who are, to be discharged sooner.
The initiative for Keswick and Solway Primary Care Network is improving the integration between health and social care for 41,500 patients living in Wigton, Silloth, Keswick, Kirkbride, Aspatria, Caldbeck and Dalston.
The Health and Social Care Secretary’s visit co-incided with the announcement of significant investment to support disabled and elderly residents in Penrith and Solway as adult social care reforms set out by Government include:
People with disabilities will be supported to remain in their homes thanks to immediate action that government is taking to improve adult social care, support the care workforce and take pressure off the NHS.
Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting confirmed a funding boost of £652,033 for Cumberland Council and £418,167 for Westmorland and Furness Council as part of an £86 million boost to the Disabled Facilities Grant for this financial year.
Alongside the funding, the government’s immediate action to support adult social care also includes harnessing the power of care technology to transform care and support older people to live at home for longer, cutting red tape to ensure billions of joint NHS and social care funding is keeping people healthy and taking pressure off the NHS, as well as improved career pathways for care workers and new national standards to ensure providers and families use the best care technology.
Care workers across Cumbria will be better supported to take on further duties to deliver health interventions, such as blood pressure checks, meaning people in Penrith and Solway can receive more routine checks and care at home without needing to travel to healthcare settings.
The national career structure for care staff will also be expanded, ensuring there are opportunities for career progression and development pathways.
The government will also develop a shared digital platform to allow up-to-date medical information to be shared between the NHS and care staff, including when someone last took their medication, to ensure people receive the best possible care. Alongside immediate steps to ease pressure on the sector and improve support for care workers, the government is also kickstarting work on the necessary long-term reform to overhaul social care and address the inherited challenges it faces.
As set out in the manifesto, this deep reform will include the creation of a National Care Service underpinned by national standards, delivering consistency of care across the country.
As a first step, the government will launch an independent commission into adult social care to inform the work needed to deliver this. The commission, chaired by Baroness Louise Casey and reporting to the Prime Minister, will work with people drawing on care and support, families, staff, politicians and the public, private and third sector to make clear recommendations for how to rebuild the adult social care system to meet the current and future needs of the population.
Markus Campbell-Savours MP said: “This funding will be vital in supporting people in Penrith and Solway to live at home with the dignity, independence and quality of life that they deserve.
“In the election I promised those relying on or waiting for care in our community that a Labour Government would prioritise the investment and long-awaited reforms desperately needed for adult social care. Today we continue to deliver on that promise.”
Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting said: “In the first six months of this government, work has already begun on stabilising the care sector, investing in prevention, and in carers and care workers. The investment and reforms we’re announcing today will help to modernise social care, get it working more closely with the NHS, and help deliver our Plan for Change.
“But our ageing society, with costs of care set to double in the next 20 years, demands longer term action.
“The independent commission will work to build a national consensus around a new National Care Service able to meet the needs of older and disabled people into the 21st century.
“I have written to opposition parties to invite them to take part in the commission’ work, and asked Baroness Louise Casey to build a cross-party consensus, to ensure the national care service survives governments of different shades, just as our NHS has for the past 76 years.
“We are appointing one of our country’s leading public service reformers, and Whitehall’s greatest do-er, to finally grasp the nettle on social care reform.”