WEST Somerset MP Ian Liddell-Grainger has been taking the Government to task over further education problems in the county.

Having successfully arranged a debate in the House of Commons, Mr Liddell-Grainger said further education colleges in Somerset needed more Government help with transport because of the rural nature of the county.

"Further education is big business in my part of the world, employing 3,000 staff and catering to 40,000 students,' he said.