Lord Foster of Bath

Liberal Democrat

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Department for Culture, Media and SportDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentHome Office

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Opposition Department

Oct 2016 - Jun 2017

Comptroller (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)

HM Household

Oct 2013 - May 2015

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Communities and Local Government)

Department for Communities and Local Government

Sept 2012 - Oct 2013

Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (also Shadow Deputy Prime Minister)

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Jul 2003 - May 2010

Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

Department for Transport

Jun 2002 - Jun 2003

Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Transport and the Regions)

Jun 1999 - Jun 2001

Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)

Department for Work and Pensions

Jun 1995 - Jun 1997

Shadow Spokesperson (Education)

Department for Education

Jun 1992 - Jun 1995

Constituencies

Bath

Elected 1 time

May 2010 - Mar 2015

Bath

Elected 3 times

May 1997 - May 2010

Bath

Elected 1 time

Apr 1992 - May 1997

Registered Interests

No registered interests found.

Recent Votes

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Committee Memberships

Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillCommons Administration CommitteeCommons Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance CommitteeCommons Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Lords)Lords Backbench Business CommitteeCommons Bishop's Stortford Cemetery BillCommons Built Environment CommitteeLords Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]Commons Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]: Programming sub-committeeCommons Business and Trade CommitteeCommons Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export ControlsCommons Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) BillCommons Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill Committee (Lords)Lords Childhood Vaccinations CommitteeLords City of London (Markets) BillCommons Committee of PrivilegesCommons Committee of SelectionCommons Committee of Selection (Lords)Lords Committee on StandardsCommons Committees on Arms Export ControlsCommons Commons Reference Group on Representation and InclusionCommons Communications and Digital CommitteeLords Conduct CommitteeLords Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)Joint Constitution CommitteeLords Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) BillCommons Court of RefereesCommons Courts (Remote Hearings) BillCommons Courts and Tribunals BillCommons Courts and Tribunals Bill: Programming Sub CommitteeCommons

Recent Questions

333 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government why the consultation proposals from town and parish councils under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 were issued in 2012 when the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Act 2010 which enabled these proposals was pa

Answered

To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government • 18 Jun 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government why the consultation Proposals from town and parish councils under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 was issued in 2012, when the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Act 2010 that enabled these proposals was pas

Answered

To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government • 17 Jun 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government how many individual retrofit measures will be financed by the consumer loans offered under the Warm Homes Plan.

Answered

To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero • 1 Jun 2026

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 fol

Answered

To: Department for Culture, Media and Sport • 16 Apr 2026

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

To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government • 13 Apr 2026

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Positions Held

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Opposition Department

Oct 2016 - Jun 2017

Comptroller (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)

HM Household

Oct 2013 - May 2015

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Communities and Local Government)

Department for Communities and Local Government

Sept 2012 - Oct 2013

Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (also Shadow Deputy Prime Minister)

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Jul 2003 - May 2010

Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

Department for Transport

Jun 2002 - Jun 2003

Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Transport and the Regions)

Jun 1999 - Jun 2001

Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)

Department for Work and Pensions

Jun 1995 - Jun 1997

Shadow Spokesperson (Education)

Department for Education

Jun 1992 - Jun 1995

Constituencies

Bath

Elected 1 time

May 2010 - Mar 2015

Bath

Elected 3 times

May 1997 - May 2010

Bath

Elected 1 time

Apr 1992 - May 1997