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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 25 Mar 2025
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

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View all Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab - Life peer) contributions to the debate on: House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 25 Mar 2025
Strategic Priorities Statement: Defence

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Written Question
Kazakhstan: Duke of York
Tuesday 25th March 2025

Asked by: Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have conducted any review into the Duke of York’s activities as Special Representative in Kazakhstan; and whether they had any impact on UK diplomatic or trade interests in the region.

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has not conducted a review into the activities of the Duke of York when Special Representative for Trade and Investment in Kazakhstan from 2001 to 2011.

The UK engages with Kazakhstan regularly, with The Minister of State, Stephen Doughty recently hosting the 8th UK-Kazakhstan Strategic Dialogue in London. Kazakhstan is the UK's largest trading partner in Central Asia; the total bilateral trade in goods and service was £2.8 billion in the four quarters to the end of Q3 2024.

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24 Mar 2025 - Local Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2025 - View Vote Context
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 147 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 63 Noes - 163
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24 Mar 2025 - Local Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2025 - View Vote Context
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 145 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 139 Noes - 152
Division Vote (Lords)
24 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 154 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 273 Noes - 172
Division Vote (Lords)
24 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 149 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 276 Noes - 165
Division Vote (Lords)
24 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 157 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 271 Noes - 173
Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 20 Mar 2025
Victory in Europe and Japan: 80th Anniversaries

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Lords - Oral questions - Main Chamber
Discussions with the Scottish Government regarding the extension of new nuclear power generation to Scotland
MP: Lord Foulkes of Cumnock