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Don in Parliament 
Don Foster is elected to represent the people of Bath in the House of Commons. He is also a spokesman for the Liberal Democrats on Culture, Media and Sport, including the Olympics.
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Article: Feb 9, 2012
The finger pointing and hypocrisy on bankers' bonuses witnessed in the opposition debate on Tuesday 7th was quite astounding. Labour presided over the biggest boom in bonuses this country has ever seen, from £3.1bn in 2001 to £11.5 billion in 2007. The calls from the opposition benches are hard to believe when you read that under the last 10 years of Labour bankers received £65bn in bonuses. The bonus payments in the two years leading up to the crash in 2008, topped £11bn each year and all the while they sat back and knighted the financial speculators who led this country to the brink of economic collapse.
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Article: Jan 30, 2012
Don Foster MP joined a host of South West MPs and housing experts from across the region to discuss the role shared ownership can play in boosting the local housing market.
Over the last 10 years house prices have risen three times faster than incomes in the South West region and now stand at almost 12 times local incomes. With reduced mortgage availability and the need for huge deposits, more and more average and lower income earners are being priced out of the market.
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Article: Jan 25, 2012
Commenting on Chairman of the BBC Trust, Lord Patten's speech at the Oxford Media Convention, Bath MP and Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party Committee on Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, Don Foster said:
"Lord Patten gets the final word and with it he says what we've all been thinking.
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Article: Jan 25, 2012
The Daylight Saving Bill was derailed by a small group of MPs on Friday but pressure is growing on the government to give the bill a fair hearing. Bath MP, Don Foster has joined scores of other politicians and organisations calling for more parliamentary time to see it through.
The Bill would mandate the government to conduct a comprehensive review of the costs and benefits of putting clocks forward an hour throughout the UK, resulting in lighter evenings every day of the year. If this concludes that a change would be beneficial, the government will run a three-year trial of the new system, subject to consent from the devolved governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Even with huge support from over 140 MPs at Friday's debate, a couple of politicians were able to block the bill by simply running down the clock and "talking out" the Bill. -
Article: Jan 20, 2012
The Live Music Bill is within touching distance of becoming law as it successfully passed through its final stage in the House of Commons today.
Having been approved in its Third Reading, the Bill will now go back to the House of Lords to have the final Commons amendments approved. With the biggest hurdles now overcome, the Bill will reduce the crippling effect that red tape and bureaucracy has on small venues in Bath and across the country. By removing unnecessary licensing restrictions it will help struggling pubs and clubs and boost the UK's grassroots music scene.
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