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Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale
Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election
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Topics of interest
Tim Farron campaigned to remain in the European Union
Source: BBC
- Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment
- Food and Rural Affairs
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Home Office
- Health
- Agriculture: Subsidies
- Radiotherapy
- Hill Farming
- Sewage: Waste Disposal
- Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution Control
Currently held offices
- Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (since 7 Sep 2020)
- Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government) (since 7 Feb 2019)
Other offices held in the past
- Member, Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] Committee (18 Dec 2024 to 16 Jan 2025)
- Member, Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) Bill Committee ( 8 May 2024 to 15 May 2024)
- Member, Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill Committee ( 1 Feb 2023 to 8 Feb 2023)
- Member, Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill Committee (25 Jan 2023 to 1 Feb 2023)
- Member, Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill Committee (15 Jun 2022 to 20 Oct 2022)
- Member, Glue Traps (Offences) Bill Committee (12 Jan 2022 to 19 Jan 2022)
- Member, Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill Committee (22 Sep 2021 to 27 Oct 2021)
- Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Food and Rural Affairs) ( 6 Jan 2020 to 7 Sep 2020)
- Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) (21 Aug 2019 to 6 Jan 2020)
- Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (21 Aug 2019 to 11 Jul 2022)
- Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (North of England) (Northern Powerhouse) (21 Aug 2019 to 7 Sep 2020)
- Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government) ( 7 Feb 2019 to 21 Aug 2019)
- Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (12 Oct 2017 to 7 Feb 2019)
- Leader of the Liberal Democrats (16 Jul 2015 to 20 Jul 2017)
- Party Chair, Liberal Democrats ( 1 Jan 2011 to 31 Dec 2014)
- Member, European Scrutiny Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 25 Nov 2013)
- Shadow Secretary of State (Environment) ( 7 Oct 2008 to 6 May 2010)
- Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (20 Dec 2007 to 7 Oct 2008)
- Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) ( 1 Apr 2007 to 20 Dec 2007)
- Member, Environmental Audit Committee (22 May 2006 to 12 Jul 2007)
- Leader's Parliamentary Private Secretary, Cross-Portfolio and Non-Portfolio Responsibilities (21 Mar 2006 to 6 Mar 2008)
- Member, Education & Skills Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 22 May 2006)
- Shadow Spokesperson (Children, Schools and Families) (10 May 2005 to 5 Mar 2006)
Previous MPs in this constituency
Public bill committees (Sittings attended)
Recent appearances
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On that point, evidence from exit interviews shows that 35% of people choosing an assisted death in Canada and 47% in Oregon listed as their reason for doing so that they felt they were a burden to their family.
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I will not be the only person in this place who has lost someone they loved to suicide. In listening to what has been said recently by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, which is not opposed to the Bill in principle, the penny dropped for many of us that many people given a terminal diagnosis will have mental health issues that come with that. How does the hon. Member think we can...
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I am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way; I want to support her in what she is saying. We are going through a process, as we consider the appalling situation of coercive control in domestic abuse cases, where a person who is a victim may not realise they have been a victim until years later. Obviously, a person who has gone through an assisted death will have no years later. Is the...
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