United Kingdom parliament
Will Forster
Member of Parliament · Liberal Democrat
Transcripts of what Will Forster said in Parliament, sitting by sitting. Only speeches whose speaker is confirmed are shown.
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Westminster Hall · House of Commons · 15 September 2026
Backbench and Lib Dem MPs: grey belt, housing need and brownfield
“Thank you, Dame Siobhan. It's a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, and I thank the right honorable member for introducing this debate. As the Member of Parliament for Woking, housing is the top issue in my inbox,…”
Watch from 16:05
House of Commons · House of Commons · 15 September 2026
Justice Oral Questions – Courts Bill, prisons, sepsis and youth justice
“Will Foster. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. After releasing a man with a history of domestic violence from prison, the probation service told his former partner that he had made threats as he was being released against both her and her…”
Watch from 13:48
Westminster Hall · House of Commons · 15 September 2026
Will Forster: Woking construction failures and call for builder licensing
“Thank you, Dr. Huq. It's a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning. I want to thank my honorable friend and constituency neighbor for Surrey Heath for securing this debate. In my constituency of Woking, residents have been the…”
Watch from 35:00
House of Commons · House of Commons · 10 September 2026
Backbench business and topical issues: suicide prevention, RNLI, local concerns
“I was very concerned to read at the weekend RNLI lifeboats were turned away from two ports, Portsmouth and Southampton. As a result, the brave RNLI volunteers had to face angry anti-migrant demonstrators. Somehow those protesters knew where those lifeboats…”
Watch from 2:32:03Backbench debate on social housing: disposals, Capita, domestic abuse and empty homes
“I'm well, of course, I'm grateful to my honourable friend for Taunton for giving way. I've got almost 180 families in Woking in temporary accommodation, it is tragic for them. There's 20 of them located outside the borough. Does my…”
Watch from 5:31:32
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee · House of Commons · 9 September 2026
Resources, data quality and administrative burden of AVR
“Thank you. Have either of you seen evidence that allowing 16, 17-year-olds to vote has changed an impact of an election?”
Watch from 36:36Electoral impact of votes at 16 and participation patterns
“So if you've not seen evidence that it's changed an outcome, it either hasn't or it's very difficult to pin it down, which in a way is reassuring, but also a way the change of allowing 16, 17-year-olds isn't as…”
Watch from 37:45Closing warnings: voter ID, postal votes and general election risks
“Well, and thank you. So Sandra, you, your sort of the request is that 16, 17-year-olds are allowed to vote, but we have a set of local elections in hypothetically 2028 where local authorities work out what the challenges are,…”
Watch from 45:42
House of Commons · House of Commons · 8 September 2026
Adjournment debate: regulation of retirement property management companies
“I want to thank the minister for giving way and I'm delighted to see her in her place. She, I'm sure, will remember that the select committee recently scrutinized the Leasehold Reform Bill. We found it wanting. It didn't go…”
Watch from 7:52:03
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