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Tim Farron's Recent Appearances in Parliament

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Jul 24, 2017:
- Lakes Railway Line: Electrification | Department for Transport | Written Answers
  
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the completion date for the electrification of the Lakes Line from Oxenholme to Windermere.
Jul 20, 2017:
- EU Internal Trade: Northern Ireland | Department for Exiting the European Union | Written Answers
  
  To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment on the effect of leaving the single market on the economy of Northern Ireland.
- EU Internal Trade: Cornwall | Department for Exiting the European Union | Written Answers
  
  To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment on the effect of leaving the single market on the economy of Cornwall.
- Non-domestic Rates: Appeals | HM Treasury | Written Answers
  
  To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals against business rates valuation the Valuation Office has received since the check, challenge, appeal system was established; and how many of those appeals were successful.
- Forced Marriage | Home Office | Written Answers
  
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been for forced marriage in England in each year since 2010.
- Forced Marriage | Home Office | Written Answers
  
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspected cases of forced marriage have been investigated by the police in England in each year since 2010.
- Farm Subsidies | Oral Answers to Questions - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Commons debates
  
  The average hill farm has an annual income before CAP payments of minus £10,000, and therefore hill farming as a sector is under enormous pressure, despite the fact that it is utterly fundamental to food security, to the protection of our environment and, indeed, to the maintenance of the landscape that has just won the Lake District world heritage site status. Will the Secretary of State reflect on the fact that successive Governments have used the common agricultural policy as an excuse for not providing direct, tailored support for hill farmers? Will he use this opportunity to promise me, the House and hill farmers across the country that he will introduce a hill farm allowance to protect our uplands and the hill farming industry?
- Farm Subsidies | Oral Answers to Questions - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Commons debates
  
  What his Department's policy is on farm subsidies after 2020; and if he will make a statement.
Jul 19, 2017:
- Immigration Act 2016: Section 67 | Commons debates
  
  That is understandable, Mr Speaker; this subject raises passions, and rightly so.
  
  Summer approaches and more are taking the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean to reach European shores. More desperate refugee children without anyone looking after them will arrive in Europe, yet the Government have said that they will not consider taking any child under Dubs who arrived after their arbitrary cut-off date of 20 March 2016. In the light of the delays, which are the Government's fault, will they extend that cut-off date, which is as heartless as it is pointless?
  
  Finally, I have visited the camps in Greece and elsewhere, which neither the Home Secretary nor the Prime Minister, who is, of course, the previous Home Secretary, have. I cannot forget what I have seen. I have met those children who, through no fault of their own, find their lives on pause as Ministers here choose to ignore them. How many children have been taken from Greece under the Dubs amendment to date? Have the UK Government even signed a memorandum of understanding with Greece to get these transfers under way? I know of two young people who signed a consent form to be transferred under Dubs more than a year ago. They are still stuck in Greece.
  
  The horrific truth is that the longer this goes on the more likely it is that these children will go missing and fall into the evil hands of traffickers. According to Oxfam, 28 children every single day are going missing in Italy alone. Will the Government step up, or continue to ignore the plight of these desperate children?
- Immigration Act 2016: Section 67 | Commons debates
  
  I thank the Minister for his response, but it seems in the light of fact that those are somewhat hollow words. Before the election, the Government promised they would transfer 480 refugee children from Europe to the UK, but in the other place the Government recently admitted that so far only 200 unaccompanied children have been given sanctuary here. When do the Government expect to fulfil this measly commitment, and will the Minister give us a date today?
  
  I say that it is a measly commitment because the UK should do so much more. Freedom of Information Act requests show that local councils have voluntarily offered to accept 1,572 more children in addition to those they already support. Does the Minister know this? In light of this information, will the Government reopen Dubs and take their fair share?
  
  As summer approaches, more are taking the dangerous crossings across the Mediterranean to reach the safety of European shores. More desperate, refugee children-[Interruption.]
- Immigration Act 2016: Section 67 | Commons debates
  
  (Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will update the House on the implementation of section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.
Jul 18, 2017:
- Economic Situation: Scotland | Department for Exiting the European Union | Written Answers
  
  To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment into the effect that leaving the single market would have on the economy of Scotland.
- Unaccompanied Child Refugees | Free Childcare | Commons debates
  
  I seek leave to propose that the House debate a specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration-namely, the acceptance of unaccompanied asylum seeking children into the UK.
  
  Baroness Williams revealed in a recent response to a question in the other place that under the Dubs scheme only 200 unaccompanied asylum seeking children had so far been transferred to the United Kingdom from mainland Europe. The Government stated before the general election that before closing the scheme they would take 480 children, which in itself was the cause of outrage to many of us who had championed the Save the Children campaign to give sanctuary to 3,000 children in the UK. The Government's choice to take a figure as low as 480 was mean-spirited, blatantly politically motivated and not worthy of this House or this country-and yet the number of desperate children we have actually received is less than half that measly target.
  
  The Government cannot use a lack of capacity or of resources as an excuse. Recent freedom of information requests have shown that local councils have voluntarily offered to accept 1,572 more children than they were supporting. Be it Syrian children, survivors of the Nazi death camps, Ugandan refugees or those fleeing genocide in the Balkans, this country's values of openness and tolerance dictate that we have a moral duty and responsibility to be a land of sanctuary. Our history shows that we are stronger and more successful because of our willingness to take in desperate refugees, who go on to become proud Britons. So why do the Government seem committed to turning their back on the world?
  
  Our actions in this House directly affect the lives of the many hundreds of children who have a legal right to come to the United Kingdom but who are currently scattered across Europe, scared and alone. I and many others feel strongly that this issue must be debated before the House rises for the summer recess. In the summer, migrants make more trips to Europe in unsuitable boats, and I fear that all over again we are likely to see more news of people drowning while trying desperately to reach safety. Put bluntly, by the time October comes around there will be many more children alone, orphaned and living a hand-to-mouth existence in continental Europe.
  
  We must examine our consciences. The Government made an unambitious commitment that had to be dragged out of them. They then cancelled that agreement before managing to meet even half of its terms. I ask the House to take this opportunity to address this outrage and to help these desperate children.
Jul 17, 2017:
- Department for Exiting the European Union: Official Cars | Department for Exiting the European Union | Written Answers
  
  To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many Departmental Pool Car Services have been provided to his Department since it was created; and what the country of origin was of each such car.
- Department for International Trade: Official Cars | Department for International Trade | Written Answers
  
  To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many Departmental Pool Car Services have been provided to his Department since it was created; and what the country of origin was of each such car.
- Fire and Rescue Services: Resignations | Home Office | Written Answers
  
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firefighters have resigned from each fire and rescue service in England in each of the last five years.
Jul 12, 2017:
- Engagements | The Prime Minister Was Asked | Commons debates
  
  I wonder if the First Secretary of State might imagine what it feels like to be a parent forced to uproot their children from their one settled home to flee war and persecution, as millions of refugees around the world have done. Then would he imagine further how it might feel for those who become separated from their family members-with one family member making it, for instance, to the United Kingdom-when they are needlessly kept apart from their families due to cruel and unnecessary barriers to family reunification. Will the Government today endorse Baroness Hamwee's Bill in the other place to bring those desperate families back together?
Jul 10, 2017:
- Type 26 Frigates | Ministry of Defence | Written Answers
  
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 27 June 2017, Contingent Liability, HCWS 14, that three Type 26 global combat ships will be built, (a) how much steel in tonnes will be used to construct those ships and (b) what the country of origin is of that steel.
Jul 6, 2017:
- Agriculture: Cumbria | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers
  
  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers in (a) South Lakeland District Council area and (b) Cumbria have not yet received their full basic payment scheme payment for 2016.
- Ministry of Defence: Buildings | Ministry of Defence | Written Answers
  
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on utility bills for sites owned by his Department that have been officially closed in each of the last five years.