Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

Labour

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

The Senior Deputy SpeakerCabinet OfficeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeDepartment of Health and Social CareHome Office

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Minister of State (Scotland Office)

Scotland Office

Jan 2001 - May 2002

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Development)

Department for International Development

May 1997 - Jan 2001

Constituencies

Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley

Elected 2 times

May 1997 - May 2005

Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley

Elected 3 times

Jun 1983 - May 1997

South Ayrshire

Elected 1 time

May 1979 - Jun 1983

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 Autism Act 2009 CommitteeLords 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 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 Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeCommons Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and DisinformationCommons Defence CommitteeCommons Defence Sub-CommitteeCommons

Recent Questions

205 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government why they decided to revoke the draft Order in Council allowing for an interim administration of the British Virgin Islands; and whether they will publish the assessment that led to that decision.

Answered

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 9 Dec 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to sanction senior Georgian officials under the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 following reports that the government of Georgia used prohibited chemical substances to disperse prot

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To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 3 Dec 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what action they plan to take following reports that the government of Georgia used prohibited chemical substances to disperse protests in November and December 2024.

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To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 3 Dec 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 have been extended to British Overseas Territories through the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020; and whether asset freezes ar

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To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 3 Dec 2025

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether he will arrange for the Procedure and Privileges Committee to consider the case for reviewing the restrictions on scrutiny of the Sovereign and Royal Family by this House.

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To: The Senior Deputy Speaker • 23 Oct 2025

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