Information between 20th April 2026 - 30th May 2026
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20 Apr 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 53 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 276 Noes - 169 |
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20 Apr 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 54 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 284 Noes - 158 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Pension Schemes 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 - 211 Noes - 150 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Pension Schemes 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 - 216 Noes - 148 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 45 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 219 Noes - 144 |
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20 Apr 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 - 259 Noes - 180 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment 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 - 199 Noes - 146 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 54 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 220 Noes - 143 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment 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 - 208 Noes - 138 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 54 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 197 Noes - 144 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment 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 - 209 Noes - 145 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment 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 1 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 152 Noes - 207 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 56 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 207 Noes - 141 |
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27 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment 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 - 199 Noes - 144 |
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27 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 42 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 58 Noes - 138 |
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27 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 44 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 217 Noes - 145 |
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27 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment 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 - 210 Noes - 145 |
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27 Apr 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 56 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 165 |
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27 Apr 2026 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Lord Foster of Bath voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 39 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 197 Noes - 129 |
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28 Apr 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 60 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 91 Noes - 181 |
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Lord Foster of Bath speeches from: King’s Speech
Lord Foster of Bath contributed 1 speech (640 words) Monday 18th May 2026 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice |
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Insulation: Housing
Asked by: Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Monday 27th April 2026 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of measuring heat transfer coefficients on (1) improving retrofit advice, (2) improving retrofit outcomes, (3) protecting consumers, and (4) de-risking finance offers. Answered by Lord Whitehead - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) The Warm Homes Plan recognised the potential role of Smart Meter Enabled Thermal Efficiency Ratings (SMETERs) in delivering warmer homes more affordably, including: helping tailor fabric and clean heat retrofit measures to homes; identifying hidden defects for remediation; and driving installation quality. We continue to explore new applications as part of ongoing policy activity.
These benefits form part of the rationale behind our recent consultation on introducing an option for recording SMETER Heat Transfer Coefficients as supplementary information alongside EPC ratings, in the ‘Home Energy Model: Energy Performance Certificates’ consultation. We are reviewing responses and will respond in due course. |
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Insulation: Housing
Asked by: Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Monday 27th April 2026 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the relative merits of heat transfer coefficients measured through smart meter enabled thermal efficiency ratings compared to those produced using the current Energy Performance Certificate methodology. Answered by Lord Whitehead - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) Smart Meter Enabled Thermal Efficiency Ratings (SMETERs) can provide valuable additional insight on the thermal performance of homes in practice with potential to play an important role in delivering warmer homes more affordably. Work is underway to establish a quality assurance system to support use of SMETERs from end-2026, and we are exploring further applications under the Warm Homes Plan.
In the Home Energy Model: Energy Performance Certificates consultation, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/home-energy-model-energy-performance-certificates, we sought views on an option for recording SMETER Heat Transfer Coefficients as supplementary information alongside EPC ratings. We are reviewing responses and will respond in due course. |
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Insulation: Housing
Asked by: Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Monday 27th April 2026 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce smart meter enabled thermal efficiency ratings as a voluntary measure within existing warm home schemes and other policies. Answered by Lord Whitehead - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) Smart Meter Enabled Thermal Efficiency Ratings (SMETERs) can provide valuable additional insight on the thermal performance of homes in practice with potential to play an important role in delivering warmer homes more affordably. Work is underway to establish a quality assurance system to support use of SMETERs from end-2026, and we are exploring further applications under the Warm Homes Plan.
In the Home Energy Model: Energy Performance Certificates consultation, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/home-energy-model-energy-performance-certificates, we sought views on an option for recording SMETER Heat Transfer Coefficients as supplementary information alongside EPC ratings. We are reviewing responses and will respond in due course. |
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Sustainable Communities Act 2007
Asked by: Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Monday 27th April 2026 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer from Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 23 March (HL14862), how many proposals they have (1) approved and (2) rejected, following the second invitation under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007. Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) The government issued the second invitation under the Sustainable Communities Act in 2010, which remains open. The department does not hold data on the outcome of approved or rejected proposals. |
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Sustainable Communities Act 2007
Asked by: Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Monday 27th April 2026 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 24 March (HL14862), how many proposals they have approved following the second invitation under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007. Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) The government issued the second invitation under the Sustainable Communities Act in 2010, which remains open. The department does not hold data on the outcome of approved or rejected proposals. |
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Gambling: Advertising
Asked by: Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Wednesday 29th April 2026 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of restrictions under section 333(6) of the Gambling Act 2005 to the powers of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to make regulations on the remote advertising of gambling following the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union; and what plans they have to restore any powers that have been lost. Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) The Government regularly reviews the effectiveness of gambling regulation in Great Britain.
We are not considering an amendment to the Gambling Act 2005 in relation to the remote advertising of gambling at this time.
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21 Apr 2026, 6:03 p.m. - House of Commons "this bill right across the House, but in particular, the Liberal Democrat peers Baroness Pigeon, Lord Foster of Bath, Baroness " Mrs Elsie Blundell MP (Heywood and Middleton North, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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21 Apr 2026, 6:03 p.m. - House of Commons "Lord Foster of Bath, Baroness Bakewell and Lord Shipley. As we on the Liberal Democrat benches have said throughout the passage of this " Mrs Elsie Blundell MP (Heywood and Middleton North, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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21 Apr 2026, 6:13 p.m. - House of Commons "which is co-sponsored by my Lords colleague Lord Foster of Bath with the government. And it really, genuinely shows what we can do when " Zöe Franklin MP (Guildford, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 May 2026, 9:43 p.m. - House of Lords "look at how we can improve that. The noble Lord Foster of Bath has " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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King’s Speech
158 speeches (54,206 words) Monday 18th May 2026 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Foster of Bath, talked about ensuring that we have consultation on and consideration - Link to Speech |
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English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
101 speeches (15,360 words) Consideration of Lords amendments Tuesday 21st April 2026 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Zöe Franklin (LD - Guildford) tirelessly to improve this Bill, in particular the Liberal Democrat peers Baroness Pidgeon, Lord Foster of Bath - Link to Speech 2: Zöe Franklin (LD - Guildford) Lords amendment 80, which my colleague Lord Foster of Bath co-sponsored with the Government, genuinely - Link to Speech |
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21 May 2026
Fire Safety in Prisons Justice and Home Affairs Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions No description available |