Information between 4th November 2025 - 24th November 2025
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5 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Richard Foord voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 62 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 311 Noes - 152 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Richard Foord voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 62 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 312 Noes - 151 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Richard Foord voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 63 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 308 Noes - 153 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Richard Foord voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 63 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 310 Noes - 155 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context Richard Foord voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 61 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 268 Noes - 80 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Richard Foord voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 61 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 310 Noes - 150 |
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4 Nov 2025 - Welfare Spending - View Vote Context Richard Foord 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 - 92 Noes - 403 |
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13 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Richard Foord voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 46 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 244 Noes - 132 |
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13 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Richard Foord voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 44 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 252 Noes - 130 |
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13 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Richard Foord voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 43 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 250 Noes - 133 |
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13 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Richard Foord voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 45 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 254 Noes - 129 |
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13 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Richard Foord voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 42 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 257 Noes - 128 |
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13 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Richard Foord voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 40 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 255 Noes - 128 |
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13 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Richard Foord voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 43 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 264 Noes - 125 |
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13 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Richard Foord voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 45 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 254 Noes - 135 |
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17 Nov 2025 - Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill - View Vote Context Richard Foord voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 55 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 143 Noes - 318 |
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17 Nov 2025 - Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill - View Vote Context Richard Foord voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 58 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 147 Noes - 318 |
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Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions
Asked by: Richard Foord (Liberal Democrat - Honiton and Sidmouth) Monday 17th November 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve (a) transparency and (b) communication in cases of alleged armed forces pension overpayments. Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) Armed Forces pension overpayments can occur for various reasons, most commonly following the death of a pension recipient.
When an overpayment is identified, the payment agent, Equiniti, will initially inform the pension recipient or their next of kin about the overpayment and outline the available recovery options.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has established a robust process for managing overpayments, which includes providing advice and welfare support. If repaying the debt poses financial difficulties, recipients are encouraged to contact the debt recovery team. In certain cases, following an individual assessment, the debt may be partially written off, or an affordable repayment plan can be arranged.
Members of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS) have the right to raise a complaint through the Internal Disputes Resolution Procedure (IDRP) if they disagree with any decision or action taken by the scheme administrator. This single-stage process reviews all aspects of the complaint, including any additional evidence or information provided. Individuals wishing to challenge overpayment recovery decisions can do so by contacting the AFPS.
The MOD works closely with the payment agent to review and improve communication regarding overpayment issues, incorporating lessons learned to enhance the process. |
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Palliative Care
Asked by: Richard Foord (Liberal Democrat - Honiton and Sidmouth) Friday 21st November 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care. Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) The Department and NHS England are currently looking at how to improve the access, quality, and sustainability of all-age palliative care and end of life care in line with the 10-Year Health Plan. Additionally, we are supporting the hospice sector with a £100 million capital funding boost for eligible adult and children’s hospices in England to ensure they have the best physical environment for care. We are also providing £26 million in revenue funding to support children and young people’s hospices for 2025/26. I am pleased to confirm the continuation of circa £26 million, adjusted for inflation, for the next three financial years, 2026/27 to 2028/29 inclusive, to be distributed again via integrated care boards. This amounts to approximately £80 million over the next three years. |
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Thursday 27th November Richard Foord signed this EDM on Monday 1st December 2025 Bank closures, digital exclusion and cyber risks 21 signatures (Most recent: 4 Dec 2025)Tabled by: Andrew George (Liberal Democrat - St Ives) That this House believes high street bank closures have a detrimental impact on small enterprises, local business resilience, charities, vulnerable customers and the digitally excluded and adds to the vulnerability of UK financial services, especially to cyber threat from rogue actors; notes Lloyds Banking Group’s announcement to close 38 branches … |
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Monday 24th November Richard Foord signed this EDM as a sponsor on Tuesday 25th November 2025 31 signatures (Most recent: 1 Dec 2025) Tabled by: Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrat - Newton Abbot) That this House notes with deep concern the scale of personal wealth being accumulated by senior executives and owners of the UK’s gambling industry, including an individual annual pay award exceeding £150 million at a time when millions of families are struggling with the cost-of-living crisis; recognises that the profits … |
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Monday 24th November Richard Foord signed this EDM on Monday 24th November 2025 Fly-tipping and illegal waste dumping by criminal gangs 40 signatures (Most recent: 1 Dec 2025)Tabled by: Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat - Glastonbury and Somerton) That this House expresses deep concern at the growing scale of industrial fly-tipping by criminal gangs; regrets that the Environment Agency is not equipped to deal with illegal dump sites or tackle the work and impact of organised criminal gangs illegally dumping huge quantities of waste; is deeply concerned that … |
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Wednesday 12th November Richard Foord signed this EDM on Monday 17th November 2025 Cumulative disruption proposals and the right to protest 92 signatures (Most recent: 3 Dec 2025)Tabled by: Andy McDonald (Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East) That this House expresses deep alarm at recent proposals to require senior police officers to take into account any so-called cumulative disruption caused by past or planned future protests when considering whether to impose conditions on protests; notes these powers represent a significant expansion of state authority to ration the … |
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Monday 17th November Richard Foord signed this EDM as a sponsor on Monday 17th November 2025 President Trump’s 20-point peace plan 37 signatures (Most recent: 1 Dec 2025)Tabled by: Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat - Bicester and Woodstock) That this House welcomes the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas; expresses its relief at the release of the living hostages, and a cessation of the Israeli Government’s military operations; further expresses its anger at Hamas’ failure to rapidly repatriate the remaining hostages’ bodies; calls on Hamas to do so immediately; … |
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Monday 3rd November Richard Foord signed this EDM on Wednesday 12th November 2025 Local government and social care 47 signatures (Most recent: 1 Dec 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; … |
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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 48 signatures (Most recent: 25 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 … |
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Tuesday 4th November Richard Foord signed this EDM on Wednesday 5th November 2025 Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Bill 26 signatures (Most recent: 2 Dec 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 … |
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Wednesday 29th October Richard Foord signed this EDM on Tuesday 4th November 2025 Government proposals for mandatory digital ID 57 signatures (Most recent: 4 Dec 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 … |
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11 Nov 2025, 6:48 p.m. - House of Commons "in the bill? >> James MacCleary. Monica Harding. Doctor. Al Pinkerton. Mike Martin. Richard Foord. Sir. Iain Duncan " Calum Miller MP (Bicester and Woodstock, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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11 Nov 2025, 6:48 p.m. - House of Commons "Richard Foord. Sir. Iain Duncan Smith. Stephen Gethins. Sir. Julian Lewis Alex Sobel and myself, madam " Calum Miller MP (Bicester and Woodstock, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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17 Nov 2025, 5:30 p.m. - House of Commons ">> Richard Foord Mr Speaker. Devon County Council received almost 5000 reports of Flytipping last year, " Richard Foord MP (Honiton and Sidmouth, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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17 Nov 2025, 5:30 p.m. - House of Commons "all of them are going after these waste criminals. >> Richard Foord Mr Speaker. Devon " Emma Hardy MP, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Nov 2025, 1:45 p.m. - House of Commons "if it be helpful to him. >> Richard Foord thank. >> You, Madam Deputy Speaker. According to media reports. " Dan Jarvis MP, The Minister of State, Home Department (Barnsley North, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Nov 2025, 2:24 p.m. - House of Commons ">> Richard Foord. >> Madam Deputy Speaker, the. >> Foreign. >> Secretary announced earlier this month additional funding. >> For Sudan. " Richard Foord MP (Honiton and Sidmouth, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Nov 2025, 2:24 p.m. - House of Commons "make progress. We need to do the same urgently now. >> Richard Foord. " Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, Foreign Secretary, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Russian Frozen Assets (Seizure and Aid to Ukraine)
4 speeches (1,796 words) Tuesday 11th November 2025 - Commons Chamber Mentions: 1: Caroline Nokes (Con - Romsey and Southampton North) agreed to.Ordered,That Calum Miller, James MacCleary, Monica Harding, Dr Al Pinkerton, Mike Martin, Richard Foord - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 18th November 2025
Oral Evidence - International Fund for Public Interest Media Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy - Foreign Affairs Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Fleur Anderson; Aphra Brandreth; Phil Brickell; Richard Foord; Abtisam |
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Tuesday 18th November 2025
Oral Evidence - Brazilian Embassy in London Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy - Foreign Affairs Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Fleur Anderson; Aphra Brandreth; Phil Brickell; Richard Foord; Abtisam |
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Tuesday 18th November 2025
Oral Evidence - American Sunlight Project, Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas, and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy - Foreign Affairs Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Fleur Anderson; Aphra Brandreth; Phil Brickell; Richard Foord; Abtisam |
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Tuesday 4th November 2025
Oral Evidence - COP26, and Wellcome Foreign Affairs Committee Found: present: Emily Thornberry (Chair); Fleur Anderson; Alex Ballinger; Phil Brickell; Dan Carden; Richard Foord |
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Tuesday 4th November 2025
Oral Evidence - COP26, and Wellcome Foreign Affairs Committee Found: present: Emily Thornberry (Chair); Fleur Anderson; Alex Ballinger; Phil Brickell; Dan Carden; Richard Foord |
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Tuesday 4th November 2025
Oral Evidence - COP26, and Wellcome Foreign Affairs Committee Found: present: Emily Thornberry (Chair); Fleur Anderson; Alex Ballinger; Phil Brickell; Dan Carden; Richard Foord |
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Tuesday 4th November 2025
Oral Evidence - University of East Anglia, and Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) Foreign Affairs Committee Found: present: Emily Thornberry (Chair); Fleur Anderson; Alex Ballinger; Phil Brickell; Dan Carden; Richard Foord |
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Tuesday 4th November 2025
Oral Evidence - University of East Anglia, and Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) Foreign Affairs Committee Found: present: Emily Thornberry (Chair); Fleur Anderson; Alex Ballinger; Phil Brickell; Dan Carden; Richard Foord |
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Tuesday 4th November 2025
Oral Evidence - University of East Anglia, and Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) Foreign Affairs Committee Found: present: Emily Thornberry (Chair); Fleur Anderson; Alex Ballinger; Phil Brickell; Dan Carden; Richard Foord |
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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 Found: present: Emily Thornberry (Chair); Fleur Anderson; Aphra Brandreth; Phil Brickell; Dan Carden; Richard Foord |
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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 Found: present: Emily Thornberry (Chair); Fleur Anderson; Aphra Brandreth; Phil Brickell; Dan Carden; Richard Foord |
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Tuesday 11th November 2025 1 p.m. Foreign Affairs Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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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 View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 24th November 2025 1 p.m. Foreign Affairs Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 25th November 2025 3 p.m. Foreign Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Joint meeting of the UK Foreign Affairs Committee and the Ukrainian Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation At 3:30pm: Oral evidence Pavel Fischer - Foreign Committee Chairman at Czech Senate Agnieszka Pomaska - Chair of the EU Affairs Committee at Polish Parliament Heikki Autto - Chair of the Defence Committee at Finnish Parliament Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze - Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Integration of Ukraine to the EU at Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 9th December 2025 9:30 a.m. Foreign Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office At 10:00am: Oral evidence Sir Oliver Robbins KCMG CB - Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office Nick Dyer - Second Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office Tim Jones - Finance Director at Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office View calendar - Add to calendar |