Information between 4th January 2026 - 3rd February 2026
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Thursday 12th February 2026 Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Debate - Main Chamber Subject: Justice and Home Affairs Committee report: 'Better prisons: less crime' View calendar - Add to calendar |
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14 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 49 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 278 Noes - 176 |
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14 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 46 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 211 |
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19 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 50 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 232 Noes - 160 |
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19 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 49 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 235 Noes - 164 |
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19 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 51 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 216 Noes - 161 |
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21 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 43 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 261 Noes - 150 |
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21 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 44 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 65 Noes - 162 |
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21 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 20 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 1 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 53 Noes - 116 |
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28 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 52 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 255 Noes - 183 |
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28 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 55 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 67 Noes - 191 |
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28 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 49 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 231 Noes - 147 |
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5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 43 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 168 Noes - 178 |
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5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 42 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 210 Noes - 131 |
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5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 41 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 131 Noes - 127 |
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6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 18 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 41 Noes - 97 |
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6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 47 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 180 Noes - 219 |
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6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 45 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 182 Noes - 209 |
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6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 43 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 134 Noes - 185 |
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6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 48 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 204 Noes - 136 |
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Lord Foster of Bath speeches from: Sentencing Bill
Lord Foster of Bath contributed 1 speech (382 words) Report stage: Part 1 Tuesday 6th January 2026 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice |
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Lord Foster of Bath speeches from: Sentencing Bill
Lord Foster of Bath contributed 3 speeches (559 words) Report stage: Part 2 Tuesday 6th January 2026 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice |
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Nature Conservation
Asked by: Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Thursday 22nd January 2026 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of (1) national nature reserves, (2) marine conservation zones, (3) special protection areas, and (4) Ramsar sites, are in a favourable condition in each county in England. Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Data on National Nature Reserves, terrestrial Special Protection Areas (SPAs), and Ramsar sites is included in the spreadsheet attached. Due to terrestrial SPAs being considered at low-tide there is an overlap between these reported figures and the SPAs with marine components.
Data on SPAs with marine components and on Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) is collected at feature level rather than by county, as the majority of sites are at sea and therefore often fall outside county jurisdiction. Within English waters, there are 89 MCZs (excluding HPMAs) covering 625 features, and 49 marine SPAs covering 208 features. The latest data from Natural England and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee indicates that 64.8% of English MCZs features and 19.7% of English marine SPA features are considered to be in favourable condition. |
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Energy: Housing
Asked by: Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Tuesday 27th January 2026 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have received specific proposals from (1) the Sustainable Energy Association, and (2) the Green Building Council, about ways to promote and fund domestic energy efficiency; and if so, what consideration they have given to those proposals. Answered by Lord Whitehead - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) As part of the development of the Warm Homes Plan, the Department has engaged with a broad range of stakeholders through a variety of different fora to ensure a wide range of views were considered.
On 8 December 2025 Minister McCluskey met with the Chief Executive of the Sustainable Energy Association Dave Sowden to listen to their proposals for decarbonising homes. The Department has also corresponded with a number of other industry groups, academics, think-tanks and other representatives, including the UK Green Building Council. These proposals have been considered as part of the policy development process.
The recently published Warm Homes Plan is the biggest investment in home upgrades ever, with £15 billion of investment to cut energy bills, bring households out of fuel poverty, increase our energy security and make our homes warmer and more efficient. |
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6 Jan 2026, 10:51 p.m. - House of Lords "Marks not moved. Amendment 95 Lord Foster of Bath. >> My Lords, can I begin by " Lord Lemos (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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6 Jan 2026, 11:03 p.m. - House of Lords "97 Thomas not moved. Amendment 97 a not moved. Amendment 98 not moved. Amendment 99 Lord Foster of Bath " Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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6 Jan 2026, 11:03 p.m. - House of Lords "Amendment 99 Lord Foster of Bath " Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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High Street Gambling Reform
48 speeches (13,088 words) Thursday 8th January 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Dawn Butler (Lab - Brent East) We must also protect veterans.I have also spoken to Tom Fleming, Lord Foster of Bath, Harj Gahley, and - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 20th January 2026
Oral Evidence - Policy Exchange, Migration Watch UK, and Institute for Government Settlement, Citizenship and Integration - Justice and Home Affairs Committee Found: citizenship and integration Tuesday 20 January 2026 10.35 am Watch the meeting Members present: Lord Foster of Bath |
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Tuesday 20th January 2026
Oral Evidence - Policy Exchange, Migration Watch UK, and Institute for Government Settlement, Citizenship and Integration - Justice and Home Affairs Committee Found: citizenship and integration Tuesday 20 January 2026 10.35 am Watch the meeting Members present: Lord Foster of Bath |
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Tuesday 13th January 2026
Oral Evidence - Collingwood College Settlement, Citizenship and Integration - Justice and Home Affairs Committee Found: citizenship and integration Tuesday 13 January 2026 10.35 am Watch the meeting Members present: Lord Foster of Bath |
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Friday 23rd January 2026
Ministry of Justice Source Page: Letter dated 21/01/2026 from Lord Timpson to Lord Foster of Bath regarding gambling addiction and harms within the criminal justice system. 2p. Document: SUB131106_Rt_Hon_the_Lord_Foster_of_Bath.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 21/01/2026 from Lord Timpson to Lord Foster of Bath regarding gambling addiction and harms |
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Tuesday 27th January 2026 10:30 a.m. Justice and Home Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Settlement, Citizenship and Integration View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 3rd February 2026 10:30 a.m. Justice and Home Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Settlement, Citizenship and Integration View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 10th February 2026 10:30 a.m. Justice and Home Affairs Committee - Private Meeting Subject: Settlement, Citizenship and Integration View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 24th February 2026 10:30 a.m. Justice and Home Affairs Committee - Private Meeting Subject: Settlement, Citizenship and Integration View calendar - Add to calendar |