Information between 11th December 2025 - 31st December 2025
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16 Dec 2025 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Richard Foord voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 66 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 341 Noes - 195 |
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17 Dec 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Richard Foord voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 60 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 312 Noes - 165 |
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Richard Foord speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Richard Foord contributed 1 speech (70 words) Thursday 18th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
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Richard Foord speeches from: Animal Welfare Strategy
Richard Foord contributed 1 speech (53 words) Thursday 18th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
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Richard Foord speeches from: Violence against Women and Girls Strategy
Richard Foord contributed 1 speech (65 words) Thursday 18th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Home Office |
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Richard Foord speeches from: Ukraine
Richard Foord contributed 1 speech (103 words) Thursday 18th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Defence |
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Richard Foord speeches from: Community Audiology
Richard Foord contributed 1 speech (713 words) Thursday 18th December 2025 - Westminster Hall Department of Health and Social Care |
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Richard Foord speeches from: Housing Development: Cumulative Impacts
Richard Foord contributed 1 speech (610 words) Wednesday 17th December 2025 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
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Richard Foord speeches from: Finance (No. 2) Bill
Richard Foord contributed 3 speeches (134 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 16th December 2025 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury |
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Richard Foord speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Richard Foord contributed 1 speech (100 words) Monday 15th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Defence |
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Richard Foord speeches from: Sudan: Humanitarian Situation
Richard Foord contributed 1 speech (138 words) Monday 15th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
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Richard Foord speeches from: Sudden Cardiac Death in Young People
Richard Foord contributed 1 speech (103 words) Monday 15th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
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Trees: Conservation
Asked by: Richard Foord (Liberal Democrat - Honiton and Sidmouth) Tuesday 23rd December 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the ancient woodland and ancient and veteran trees sections of her Department's Environmental Improvement Plan, published on 1 December 2025, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on maintaining the level of planning protections for protected landscapes in the forthcoming review of the National Planning Policy Framework. Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Defra has engaged with MHCLG on the forthcoming review of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). This government is committed to the Environmental Improvement Plan 2025 which includes an action to maintain current protections in the NPPF for ancient woodland and ancient and veteran trees and improve the implementation of the policy. The government is currently consulting on changes to the NPPF and the proposed wording, which maintains current protections for ancient woodland and ancient and veteran trees, is available to view here National Planning Policy Framework: proposed reforms and other changes to the planning system - GOV. |
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Wednesday 17th December Richard Foord signed this EDM on Thursday 18th December 2025 Schools Residential Outdoor Education (Scotland) Bill (No. 2) 19 signatures (Most recent: 12 Jan 2026)Tabled by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale) That this House warmly welcomes the passage of the Schools Residential Outdoor Education (Scotland) Bill by the Scottish Parliament, which places a legal duty on local authorities to ensure that school pupils can access residential outdoor education; congratulates Liz Smith MSP for introducing this transformational legislation and notes that it … |
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Wednesday 17th December Richard Foord signed this EDM on Thursday 18th December 2025 Convention on Cluster Munitions and preventing UK involvement in their production 37 signatures (Most recent: 14 Jan 2026)Tabled by: James MacCleary (Liberal Democrat - Lewes) That this House supports the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), prohibiting all use, transfer, production, and stockpiling of cluster munitions; recognises the indiscriminate nature of cluster munitions; expresses grave alarm at the way in which these munitions contribute to large civilian death tolls; further recognises the enduring socio-economic challenges which … |
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Monday 15th December Richard Foord signed this EDM on Wednesday 17th December 2025 Changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief in the Autumn Budget 2025 25 signatures (Most recent: 7 Jan 2026)Tabled by: Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat - Glastonbury and Somerton) That this House expresses concern with the Government’s announcement in the Autumn Budget, confirming their decision to cut Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR) by 50% on all assets valued at over £1 million, effective from 6 April 2026; notes the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s introduction to … |
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15 Dec 2025, 3:14 p.m. - House of Commons " Richard Foord Mr. speaker, there is a mismatch. " Richard Foord MP (Honiton and Sidmouth, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 Dec 2025, 6:01 p.m. - House of Commons "of the horrific situation in Sudan. Richard Foord. " Chris Elmore MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Bridgend, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Dec 2025, 9:51 a.m. - House of Commons " Richard Foord. Devon is classified by the Environment Agency as poor. It has got twice the phosphate levels of other rivers in Devon. And what we " Richard Foord MP (Honiton and Sidmouth, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Dec 2025, 2:14 p.m. - House of Commons " Richard Foord. >> Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I welcome what the Minister said in terms of introducing a " Richard Foord MP (Honiton and Sidmouth, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Dec 2025, 1:37 p.m. - House of Commons "to access Richard Foord. " Jess Phillips MP, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Birmingham Yardley, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Community Audiology
28 speeches (11,490 words) Thursday 18th December 2025 - Westminster Hall Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberafan Maesteg) Member for Honiton and Sidmouth (Richard Foord) was right to talk about the connection between hearing - Link to Speech |
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Housing Development: Cumulative Impacts
45 speeches (13,514 words) Wednesday 17th December 2025 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Gideon Amos (LD - Taunton and Wellington) Friend the Member for Honiton and Sidmouth (Richard Foord) made excellent points about the need for cumulative - Link to Speech |
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Points of Order
7 speeches (1,019 words) Wednesday 17th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Mentions: 1: Judith Cummins (Lab - Bradford South) First Reading (Standing Order No. 57)James MacCleary, supported by Calum Miller, Monica Harding, Richard Foord - Link to Speech |
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Sudan: Humanitarian Situation
64 speeches (6,201 words) Monday 15th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Vikki Slade (LD - Mid Dorset and North Poole) Friend the Member for Honiton and Sidmouth (Richard Foord): what meetings has the Minister had with the - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 16th December 2025
Oral Evidence - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office - Foreign Affairs Committee Found: Thornberry (Chair); Fleur Anderson; Alex Ballinger; Aphra Brandreth; Phil Brickell; Dan Carden; Richard Foord |
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Tuesday 6th January 2026 10 a.m. Foreign Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy At 10:30am: Oral evidence Stephen Doughty MP - Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Jonny Hall CMG OBE - Director, Hybrid Directorate at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 13th January 2026 10 a.m. Foreign Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy At 10:30am: Oral evidence Ana Revenco - Director at Moldovan Centre for Strategic Communication and Countering Disinformation At 11:00am: Oral evidence Ciaran Martin CB - Founding Chief Executive at National Cyber Security Centre At 11:45am: Oral evidence Vijay Rangarajan CMG - Chief Executive at Electoral Commission View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 20th January 2026 9:30 a.m. Foreign Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The UK Government’s China Audit At 10:00am: Oral evidence Her Exellency Mrs Susanne Christine Baumann - Ambassador at Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in the United Kingdom At 10:45am: Oral evidence Robert Ward - Japan Chair at International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Professor Yuichi Hosoya - Professor of International Politics at Keio University, Japan Guibourg Delamotte - Professor of Political Science, Japanese Studies Department at French Institute of Oriental and African Studies (Inalco) View calendar - Add to calendar |