Information between 2nd November 2025 - 22nd November 2025
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5 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 51 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 157 Noes - 200 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 50 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 159 Noes - 194 |
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3 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 48 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 182 Noes - 227 |
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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 52 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 68 Noes - 169 |
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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 54 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 1 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 89 Noes - 195 |
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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 55 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 207 Noes - 240 |
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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 52 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 193 Noes - 236 |
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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 52 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 66 Noes - 175 |
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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 54 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 201 Noes - 238 |
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17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 61 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 298 Noes - 157 |
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17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 58 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 309 Noes - 150 |
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17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 60 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 302 Noes - 135 |
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17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 59 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 295 Noes - 150 |
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17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 53 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 147 |
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Lord Foster of Bath speeches from: Prisoner Releases in Error
Lord Foster of Bath contributed 1 speech (170 words) Thursday 13th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice |
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Lord Foster of Bath speeches from: Sentencing Bill
Lord Foster of Bath contributed 1 speech (1,493 words) 2nd reading Wednesday 12th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice |
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Gambling Levy Advisory Group and Gambling Levy Programme Board: Membership
Asked by: Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Tuesday 11th November 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask His Majesty's Government when the Gambling Levy Programme Board and the Gambling Levy Advisory Group were established, and whether they will publish the membership of both of those bodies. Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) The Gambling Levy Programme Board first met in June 2025. The Board is chaired by the DCMS Director of Sport and Gambling, and its membership consists of government officials from relevant HMG departments, and the Scottish and Welsh governments. The Advisory Group first met in May 2025. It is chaired by a DCMS official and membership consists of working level representation from UK Research and Innovation, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, NHS England, the appropriate bodies in Scotland and Wales and the Gambling Commission. We will continue to regularly monitor the levy’s governance arrangements to ensure that there is effective oversight of delivery against objectives. We will publish the Terms of Reference and details of membership for the Levy Board and Advisory Group in due course. |
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest
Asked by: Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Thursday 13th November 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of sites of special scientific interest in each county in England are in a favourable condition. Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) On 1 April 2023 Natural England changed from a unit (or area)-based assessment and reporting process to one based on the features within each site, called Whole Feature Assessment. A feature is a habitat, species, or geological characteristic for which the site is important.
The table below shows the percentage of Sites of Special Scientific Interest features in each county that are assessed as being in favourable condition as of 31st October 2025:
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Rivers: Standards
Asked by: Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Thursday 13th November 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of rivers in each county in England are in a good overall condition. Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The most recent comprehensive assessment in 2019 shows that 16% of rivers in England are achieving good ecological status. This information is available on the Environment Agency’s Catchment Data Explorer, where it is presented for individual water bodies, river catchments and river basin districts. The next comprehensive assessment of the condition of the water environment is underway and will be published next year. |
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12 Nov 2025, 8:15 p.m. - House of Lords "are essentially resource based. The noble Lord Foster of Bath put the " Lord Keen of Elie (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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12 Nov 2025, 8:17 p.m. - House of Lords "the noble Lord Foster of Bath observation you need the means to achieve the ends, whereas the means " Lord Keen of Elie (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Sentencing Bill
54 speeches (34,383 words) 2nd reading Wednesday 12th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Service, as we have heard so eloquently expressed by so many people, particularly the noble Lord, Lord Foster of Bath - Link to Speech 2: Lord Keen of Elie (Con - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Foster of Bath, put the matter very pithily when he said you need the means to achieve - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 18th November 2025
Department of Health and Social Care Source Page: Government unveils England's first ever Men's Health Strategy Document: Government unveils England's first ever Men's Health Strategy (webpage) Found: Lord Foster of Bath, Chair of Action on Gambling, said: The first ever Men’s Health strategy is an |
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Thursday 20th November 2025
Ministry of Justice Source Page: Letter dated 10/11/2025 from Lord Timpson to Lord Foster of Bath regarding a correction to a figure given during the Oral Question on Education in Prisons. 1p. Document: Letter_from_Lord_Timpson_to_Lord_Foster_Prison_Education.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 10/11/2025 from Lord Timpson to Lord Foster of Bath regarding a correction to a figure given |
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Tuesday 18th November 2025 10:30 a.m. Justice and Home Affairs Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 25th November 2025 10:30 a.m. Justice and Home Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Settlement, Citizenship and Integration At 10:30am: Oral evidence Sunder Katwala - Director at British Future Professor Alan Manning - Professor of Economics at London School of Economics (LSE) View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 16th December 2025 10:30 a.m. Justice and Home Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Settlement, Citizenship and Integration At 10:30am: Oral evidence Prof Christian Joppke - Institute of Sociology at University of Bern Prof Gareth Davies - Professor of European Law at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Dr Ricky van Oers - Centre for Migration Law at Radboud University View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 2nd December 2025 10:30 a.m. Justice and Home Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Settlement, Citizenship and Integration At 10:30am: Oral evidence Barry O'Leary - Partner at Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP Zoe Bantleman - Legal Director at Immigration Law Practitioners' Association (ILPA) View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 9th December 2025 10:30 a.m. Justice and Home Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Settlement, Citizenship and Integration At 10:30am: Oral evidence Professor Elspeth Guild - Global Chair in Social Justice at School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool At 11:30am: Oral evidence Prof Randall Hansen - Canada Research Chair in Global Migration at University of Toronto View calendar - Add to calendar |
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18 Nov 2025
Settlement, Citizenship and Integration Justice and Home Affairs Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions No description available |