Gareth Thomas: ...should be given full business rates relief. I have to be honest; I have not looked into the issue in detail yet, but it is a question worth posing to Ministers. I come back to the example of the Threlkeld village hall coffee shop, which I spoke about before, and which my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton South West tempted me to flag up on this issue. It has toilets that are used by...
...are not being taxed in the same way. Isn’t it time for a bit more equality between these two types of businesses?” The challenges for businesses in rural areas are sometimes even more acute. In Threlkeld, a small village just outside Keswick in the Allerdale Borough Council area, which the hon. Member for North Swindon always likes to be reminded of, there is a new coffee shop run by...
Elizabeth Truss: ...our gratitude to the emergency services, the military, the Environment Agency and volunteers who have worked around the clock to protect people and property. Earlier this week I visited Appleby, Threlkeld and Carlisle to meet local residents and farmers and see the recovery efforts for myself. The Government are doing all we can to ensure that every resource is available to help those...
Elizabeth Truss: ...record rainfall. Water levels in our rivers have been more than half a metre higher than they have ever been before. Yesterday, during my second visit to Cumbria in a week, I went to Appleby and Threlkeld, where I met residents, Army volunteers, and others whose work has been tremendous during this rescue effort. I saw the sheer power of the water, which had washed bridges downstream, but...
Rory Stewart: ...Blencathra field study centre. The sale to the Field Studies Council enabled the Lake District NPA to re-invest part of the receipts in the development and opening of a new Northern Area Office in Threlkeld, from which all NPA activity in the northern part of the Park is now based. The remainder was re-invested in other projects across the National Park and the sale of the field study...
Lord de Mauley: ...Ghyll 131 Station Coppice car park 132 Stickle Tarn 133 Stock Lane car park 134 Stock Lane public toilets 135 Stockdale Wood 136 Storms Estate 137 The Parks (Haverthwaite) 138 Threlkeld old station - Northern Office 139 Threlkeld old station car park 140 Tilberthwaite Ghyll access land 141 Tilberthwaite Ghyll car park 142 Torver Back Common 143 Torver Common Wood...
Eric Martlew: .... The recent flood went beyond it. It was horrendous. Within 36 hours, we had 9 in of rain. Tragically, three people died: Mr. Scott was killed by falling farm masonry, and two elderly ladies, Mrs. Threlkeld and Mrs. Porter, who lived in Warwick road in my constituency, sadly drowned in the incident. I want to offer my sympathy and condolences to the families of all those people, and I...