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Division Votes
28 Oct 2025 - China Spying Case - View Vote Context
Richard Foord voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 63 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 174 Noes - 327
29 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context
Richard Foord voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 63 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 82 Noes - 314
29 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context
Richard Foord voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 65 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 182 Noes - 311
29 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context
Richard Foord voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 63 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 173 Noes - 323
29 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context
Richard Foord voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 65 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 328
29 Oct 2025 - European Convention on Human Rights (Withdrawal) - View Vote Context
Richard Foord voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 64 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 96 Noes - 154
27 Oct 2025 - Victims and Courts Bill - View Vote Context
Richard Foord voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 62 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 152 Noes - 337
27 Oct 2025 - Victims and Courts Bill - View Vote Context
Richard Foord voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 59 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 166 Noes - 322
27 Oct 2025 - Victims and Courts Bill - View Vote Context
Richard Foord voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 61 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 165 Noes - 323
27 Oct 2025 - Victims and Courts Bill - View Vote Context
Richard Foord voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 59 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Tally: Ayes - 153 Noes - 332


Speeches
Richard Foord speeches from: Israel-Palestine Conflict: Government Response
Richard Foord contributed 1 speech (164 words)
Thursday 30th October 2025 - Commons Chamber
Richard Foord speeches from: Property Service Charges
Richard Foord contributed 2 speeches (111 words)
Thursday 30th October 2025 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Richard Foord speeches from: Gaza and Hamas
Richard Foord contributed 1 speech (85 words)
Wednesday 29th October 2025 - Commons Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Richard Foord speeches from: Asylum Seekers: MOD Housing
Richard Foord contributed 1 speech (95 words)
Wednesday 29th October 2025 - Commons Chamber
Home Office
Richard Foord speeches from: UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export Deal
Richard Foord contributed 1 speech (93 words)
Wednesday 29th October 2025 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Defence
Richard Foord speeches from: Vehicle Headlight Glare Standards
Richard Foord contributed 2 speeches (577 words)
Wednesday 29th October 2025 - Westminster Hall
Department for Transport
Richard Foord speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Richard Foord contributed 1 speech (55 words)
Tuesday 28th October 2025 - Commons Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Richard Foord speeches from: North Sea Oil and Gas Industry
Richard Foord contributed 1 speech (67 words)
Monday 27th October 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Richard Foord speeches from: Prisoner Release Checks
Richard Foord contributed 1 speech (72 words)
Monday 27th October 2025 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Justice


Written Answers
Energy Performance Certificates: Holiday Accommodation
Asked by: Richard Foord (Liberal Democrat - Honiton and Sidmouth)
Friday 31st October 2025

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support self-catering businesses in making changes to properties to comply with Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards.

Answered by Martin McCluskey - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Government recently consulted on increasing minimum energy efficiency standards in the domestic private rented sector. The consultation sought views on whether short-term lets should be included to help ensure a consistent standard across all private rented properties.

We engaged widely with stakeholders during the consultation process, including the self-catering holiday lets sector and a government response will be published in due course. Following the government response and relevant legislation changes, we will issue guidance to help landlords to comply with any new requirements, which would be published on gov.uk. Support is currently available at the government webpage ‘Find Ways to Save Energy in your Home’.

Countryside: Environment Protection
Asked by: Richard Foord (Liberal Democrat - Honiton and Sidmouth)
Friday 31st October 2025

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will ensure that section 245 of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 is not amended to reduce the level of protection for National (a) Parks and (b) Landscapes.

Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Protected Landscapes Duty, at section 245 of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023, will play a key role in achieving government’s commitment to enable Protected Landscapes organisations, including National Parks and National Landscapes, to make land greener, wilder and more accessible to all.



Early Day Motions Signed
Monday 3rd November
Richard Foord signed this EDM on Wednesday 12th November 2025

Local government and social care

37 signatures (Most recent: 12 Nov 2025)
Tabled by: Zöe Franklin (Liberal Democrat - Guildford)
That this House recognises that adult social care is the largest area of council spending after SEND provision; notes that in 2024-25 the gross current expenditure for local authorities in England on adult social care totalled £29.4 billion which was a 9% increase on the previous year in cash terms; …
Tuesday 11th November
Richard Foord signed this EDM as a sponsor on Tuesday 11th November 2025

Release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah and the plight of British nationals arbitrarily detained abroad

36 signatures (Most recent: 14 Nov 2025)
Tabled by: Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat - Bicester and Woodstock)
That this House is relieved and delighted by the release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah, following six years of his unjust and arbitrary detention in Egypt; warmly welcomes Alaa being reunited with his family; emphatically commends the courage of Alaa's mother, Laila Soueif for her activism, including hunger striking, to help …
Tuesday 4th November
Richard Foord signed this EDM on Wednesday 5th November 2025

Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Bill

23 signatures (Most recent: 12 Nov 2025)
Tabled by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)
That this House welcomes the passage of the Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Bill in the Scottish Parliament; notes the strong evidence that outdoor learning and youth work enhance young people’s engagement with education, foster teamwork, resilience and confidence, and encourage pro-environmental attitudes from an early age; regrets that no …
Wednesday 29th October
Richard Foord signed this EDM on Tuesday 4th November 2025

Government proposals for mandatory digital ID

53 signatures (Most recent: 11 Nov 2025)
Tabled by: Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrat - Harpenden and Berkhamsted)
That this House expresses deep concern at Government proposals for a mandatory digital ID system; believes such a scheme would cross a red line for civil liberties, threatening privacy while doing little to meet the Government’s stated aims on immigration; further believes that digital tools should empower individuals with control …



Richard Foord mentioned

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29 Oct 2025, 1:24 p.m. - House of Commons
"the ceasefire hold. That is where our focus is. Richard Foord Deputy "
Mr Hamish Falconer MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Lincoln, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
29 Oct 2025, 2:05 p.m. - House of Commons
"billion of spend from this for exactly that reason. >> Richard Foord. >> Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. "
Alex Norris MP, The Minister of State, Home Department (Nottingham North and Kimberley, Labour ) - View Video - View Transcript
29 Oct 2025, 2:44 p.m. - House of Commons
" Richard Foord. "
Richard Foord MP (Honiton and Sidmouth, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
27 Oct 2025, 4:32 p.m. - House of Commons
" Richard Foord Speaker. "
Richard Foord MP (Honiton and Sidmouth, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
28 Oct 2025, 11:57 a.m. - House of Commons
" Richard Foord. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The US president was willing to meet with the Russian "
Richard Foord MP (Honiton and Sidmouth, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript


Parliamentary Debates
Property Service Charges
95 speeches (22,200 words)
Thursday 30th October 2025 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Al Pinkerton (LD - Surrey Heath) Friend the Member for Honiton and Sidmouth (Richard Foord) for supporting me in my investigations of - Link to Speech
2: Gideon Amos (LD - Taunton and Wellington) Friends the Members for Surrey Heath (Dr Pinkerton) and for Honiton and Sidmouth (Richard Foord), must - Link to Speech

Vehicle Headlight Glare Standards
36 speeches (7,908 words)
Wednesday 29th October 2025 - Westminster Hall
Department for Transport
Mentions:
1: Olly Glover (LD - Didcot and Wantage) Friend the Member for Honiton and Sidmouth (Richard Foord).Following a petition with more than 14,000 - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Thursday 30th October 2025
Special Report - 1st Special Report - Israel-Palestine conflict: Government Response

Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: South and Eddisbury) Phil Brickell (Labour; Bolton West) Dan Carden (Labour; Liverpool Walton) Richard Foord

Tuesday 28th October 2025
Oral Evidence - British Council, and British Council

The work of the British Council - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: Thornberry (Chair); Fleur Anderson; Alex Ballinger; Aphra Brandreth; Phil Brickell; Dan Carden; Richard Foord




Richard Foord - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Tuesday 4th November 2025 10 a.m.
Foreign Affairs Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Climate diplomacy
At 10:30am: Oral evidence
Professor Corinne Le Quéré CBE - Professor of Climate Change Science at University of East Anglia, and Member at UK Climate Change Committee
Clement Metivier - Senior International Advocacy Adviser at Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
At 11:15am: Oral evidence
Peter Hill CB CVO - CEO at COP26, and Co-founder at NorthStar Advisory
Professor Charlotte Watts CMG - Executive Director of Solutions at Wellcome
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Monday 3rd November 2025 1 p.m.
Foreign Affairs Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
At 1:30pm: Oral evidence
Sir Chris Wormald KCB - Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service at Cabinet Office
Sir Oliver Robbins KCMG CB - Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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Tuesday 11th November 2025 1 p.m.
Foreign Affairs Committee - Private Meeting
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Tuesday 18th November 2025 10 a.m.
Foreign Affairs Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy
At 10:30am: Oral evidence
Nina Jankowicz - CEO at American Sunlight Project
Roberta Braga - Founder and Executive Director at Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas
Jon Bateman - Senior Fellow and Co-Director, Technology and International Affairs Programme at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
At 11:15am: Oral evidence
Alexandre Brasil - Deputy Head of Mission at Brazilian Embassy in London
At 11:30am: Oral evidence
Nishant Lalwani - CEO at International Fund for Public Interest Media
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Select Committee Documents
Thursday 30th October 2025
Written Evidence - The University of Sheffield
DIS0052 - Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy

Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy - Foreign Affairs Committee
Thursday 30th October 2025
Written Evidence - The Council on Geostrategy
DIS0051 - Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy

Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy - Foreign Affairs Committee
Thursday 30th October 2025
Written Evidence - The University of Sheffield
DIS0052 - Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy

Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy - Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 28th October 2025
Oral Evidence - British Council, and British Council

The work of the British Council - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - The British Academy
SFT0030 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - VisitBritain/VisitEngland
SFT0015 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - UK Sport
SFT0019 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - SFT0085 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - Royal Ballet and Opera (Royal Opera House)
SFT0072 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - BSI - The British Standards Institution
SFT0011 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - British Council
SFT0089 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - Historic England
SFT0090 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office
SFT0051 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - British Film Institute
SFT0083 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - Science Museum Group
SFT0047 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - English National Opera
SFT0066 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - Historic England
SFT0090 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - SFT0085 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office
SFT0051 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - British Council
SFT0089 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - British Film Institute
SFT0083 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - English National Opera
SFT0066 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - Royal Ballet and Opera (Royal Opera House)
SFT0072 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - UK Sport
SFT0019 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - Science Museum Group
SFT0047 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - BSI - The British Standards Institution
SFT0011 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - The British Academy
SFT0030 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 29th October 2025
Written Evidence - VisitBritain/VisitEngland
SFT0015 - Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

Soft power: a strategy for UK success? - Foreign Affairs Committee
Thursday 30th October 2025
Special Report - 1st Special Report - Israel-Palestine conflict: Government Response

Foreign Affairs Committee
Friday 24th October 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Director of Public Prosecutions, Crown Prosecution Service to the Foreign Affairs Committee, Home Affairs Committee, Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy and Justice Committee, relating to Espionage cases and the Official Secrets Acts, dated 24 October 2025

Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 28th October 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence with the Minister for Security relating to the Integrated Security Fund, dated 07.10.25 and 16.09.25

Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 28th October 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Economic Secretary relating to the OFSI Annual Review, dated 15.10.25

Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 28th October 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Minister for the Cabinet Office to the European Affairs Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee relating to the EPC Summit, dated 13.10.25

Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 28th October 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in Turkey relating to the recognition of Palestine, dated 15.10.25

Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 4th November 2025
Oral Evidence - COP26, and Wellcome

Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 4th November 2025
Oral Evidence - University of East Anglia, and Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Foreign Affairs Committee
Monday 3rd November 2025
Oral Evidence - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), and Cabinet Office

Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office - Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 4th November 2025
Oral Evidence - University of East Anglia, and Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 4th November 2025
Oral Evidence - COP26, and Wellcome

Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 11th November 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Minister of State for International Development and Africa relating to the Hillmore Treaty, dated 07 November 2025

Foreign Affairs Committee
Monday 3rd November 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office relating to Direct Ministerial Appointments, dated 30.10.25

Foreign Affairs Committee
Monday 3rd November 2025
Oral Evidence - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), and Cabinet Office

Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office - Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 4th November 2025
Oral Evidence - University of East Anglia, and Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 4th November 2025
Oral Evidence - COP26, and Wellcome

Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 12th November 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence between the Chairs of the Foreign Affairs, International Development, and Culture, Media and Sport Committees and the Chair of the BBC relating to the BBC World Service, dated 22 October and 5 November

Foreign Affairs Committee