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Division Votes
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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


Speeches
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
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


Written Answers
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.

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:

County

% of SSSI features in favourable condition

Bedfordshire

40.0%

Berkshire

68.7%

Bristol

45.2%

Buckinghamshire

57.1%

Cambridgeshire

41.8%

Cheshire

27.3%

Cornwall

51.5%

Cumbria

36.9%

Derbyshire

28.0%

Devon

46.8%

Dorset

23.0%

Durham

40.8%

East Riding of Yorkshire

49.5%

East Sussex

34.5%

Essex

43.6%

Gloucestershire

49.9%

Greater London

62.1%

Greater Manchester

36.2%

Hampshire

35.2%

Herefordshire

35.4%

Hertfordshire

50.0%

Isle of Wight

46.0%

Kent

39.9%

Lancashire

43.4%

Leicestershire

40.4%

Lincolnshire

47.9%

Merseyside

23.6%

Norfolk

42.4%

North Yorkshire

46.5%

Northamptonshire

37.0%

Northumberland

39.3%

Nottinghamshire

17.4%

Oxfordshire

55.2%

Rutland

51.1%

Shropshire

46.7%

Somerset

38.0%

South Yorkshire

43.1%

Staffordshire

18.2%

Suffolk

37.0%

Surrey

50.8%

Tyne & Wear

46.5%

Warwickshire

68.7%

West Midlands

45.3%

West Sussex

26.5%

West Yorkshire

35.1%

Wiltshire

44.1%

Worcestershire

48.4%

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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.




Lord Foster of Bath mentioned

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12 Nov 2025, 8:15 p.m. - House of Lords
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12 Nov 2025, 8:17 p.m. - House of Lords
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Parliamentary Debates
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



Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 19th November 2025
Correspondence - Letter dated 11 November 2025 from the Right Honourable David Lammy MP, Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee regarding releases in error from prison.

Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: Deputy Prime Minister Lord Chancellor & Secretary of State for Justice Rt Hon The Lord Foster of Bath

Wednesday 19th November 2025
Correspondence - Letter dated 11 November 2025 from Lord Timpson, Minister of State for Justice to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee regarding imprisonment for public protection.

Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: France London SW1H 9AJ Lord Timpson Minister of State for Justice Rt Hon the Lord Foster of Bath

Wednesday 19th November 2025
Correspondence - Letter dated 7 November 2025 from Jake Richards MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Ministry of Justice, to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee regarding Medomsley Detention Centre.

Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: Jake Richards MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice The Rt Hon the Lord Foster of Bath

Wednesday 19th November 2025
Written Evidence - Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
PSNI0014 - Policing and security in Northern Ireland

Policing and security in Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Found: to NI Office, 9 February 3.6 In 2024, the Chair of the Justice and Home Affairs Committee, Lord Foster of Bath

Tuesday 11th November 2025
Correspondence - Letter dated 27 October 2025 from Sarah Sackman KC MP, Minister for Courts and Legal Services to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee regarding amendments to Ministry of Justice fees.

Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: London SW1H 9AJ Sarah Sackman KC MP Minister for Courts and Legal Services The Rt Hon. the Lord Foster of Bath

Tuesday 11th November 2025
Correspondence - Letter dated 27 October 2025 from the Rt Hon David Lammy MP, Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee regarding strengthening prisoner release checks.

Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: Rt Hon Lord Foster of Bath, Chair Justice and Home Affairs Committee House of Lords London SW1A

Thursday 6th November 2025
Correspondence - Outcome of the Justice and Home Affairs Committee's inquiry into the use of Electronic Monitoring (EM): policy letter dated 5 November 2025 from the Chair to the Home Office and Ministry of Justice.

Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: prisons: less crime (1st Report, Session 2024–25, Paper 153) 2 Correspondence, Lord Timpson to Lord Foster of Bath



Department Publications - News and Communications
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



Deposited Papers
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




Lord Foster of Bath - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Tuesday 18th November 2025 10:30 a.m.
Justice and Home Affairs Committee - Private Meeting
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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)
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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
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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)
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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
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Select Committee Documents
Thursday 6th November 2025
Correspondence - Outcome of the Justice and Home Affairs Committee's inquiry into the use of Electronic Monitoring (EM): policy letter dated 5 November 2025 from the Chair to the Home Office and Ministry of Justice.

Justice and Home Affairs Committee
Tuesday 11th November 2025
Written Evidence - the3million
EBM0009 - Electronic border management systems - follow-up

Justice and Home Affairs Committee
Tuesday 11th November 2025
Written Evidence - The 3 million
EBM0010 - Electronic border management systems - follow-up

Justice and Home Affairs Committee
Tuesday 11th November 2025
Correspondence - Letter dated 27 October 2025 from Sarah Sackman KC MP, Minister for Courts and Legal Services to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee regarding amendments to Ministry of Justice fees.

Justice and Home Affairs Committee
Tuesday 11th November 2025
Written Evidence - Mr Patrick Sandars
EBM0007 - Electronic border management systems - follow-up

Justice and Home Affairs Committee
Tuesday 11th November 2025
Written Evidence - Port of Dover
EBM0008 - Electronic border management systems - follow-up

Justice and Home Affairs Committee
Tuesday 11th November 2025
Written Evidence - University of Luxembourg
EBM0006 - Electronic border management systems - follow-up

Justice and Home Affairs Committee
Tuesday 11th November 2025
Correspondence - Letter dated 27 October 2025 from the Rt Hon David Lammy MP, Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee regarding strengthening prisoner release checks.

Justice and Home Affairs Committee
Wednesday 19th November 2025
Correspondence - Letter dated 11 November 2025 from the Right Honourable David Lammy MP, Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee regarding releases in error from prison.

Justice and Home Affairs Committee
Wednesday 19th November 2025
Correspondence - Letter dated 11 November 2025 from Lord Timpson, Minister of State for Justice to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee regarding imprisonment for public protection.

Justice and Home Affairs Committee
Wednesday 19th November 2025
Correspondence - Letter dated 7 November 2025 from Jake Richards MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Ministry of Justice, to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee regarding Medomsley Detention Centre.

Justice and Home Affairs Committee
Tuesday 25th November 2025
Oral Evidence - British Future, and London School of Economics (LSE)

Settlement, Citizenship and Integration - Justice and Home Affairs Committee


Select Committee Inquiry
18 Nov 2025
Settlement, Citizenship and Integration
Justice and Home Affairs Committee (Select)
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