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Championing the rural economy,
environment and way of life.

Meeting Cat Smith, MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood

CLA Director North, Lucinda Douglas, and Rural Surveyor, Robert Frewen, met with Lancaster and Fleetwood MP Cat Smith from the Labour Party.

Written by Henk Geertsema. First published on 17 Nov 2023.

CLA Director North, Lucinda Douglas, and Rural Surveyor, Robert Frewen, met with Lancaster and Fleetwood MP Cat Smith from the Labour Party.

Topics discussed at this meeting included future support for the agricultural sector to continuously enable farmers to produce food; rural premium and the cost of living impact on rural communities and businesses; flooding; planning and rural affordable housing; connectivity and grid capacity.

From the CLA's perspective it was important to raise issues that are holding back the rural economy.