{"value":{"representations":[{"constituencyStart":"2010-04-13T00:00:00","constituencyEnd":"2024-05-30T00:00:00","house":1,"name":"Bath","id":3308,"startDate":"2010-05-06T00:00:00","endDate":"2015-03-30T00:00:00","additionalInfo":"Elected 1 time","additionalInfoLink":null},{"constituencyStart":"1997-04-09T00:00:00","constituencyEnd":"2010-04-12T00:00:00","house":1,"name":"Bath","id":159,"startDate":"1997-05-01T00:00:00","endDate":"2010-05-06T00:00:00","additionalInfo":"Elected 3 times","additionalInfoLink":null},{"constituencyStart":"1983-05-14T00:00:00","constituencyEnd":"1997-04-08T00:00:00","house":1,"name":"Bath","id":158,"startDate":"1992-04-09T00:00:00","endDate":"1997-05-01T00:00:00","additionalInfo":"Elected 1 time","additionalInfoLink":null}],"electionsContested":[{"house":1,"name":"Bristol East","id":463,"startDate":"1987-06-11T00:00:00","endDate":null,"additionalInfo":null,"additionalInfoLink":null}],"houseMemberships":[{"house":2,"name":"Lords","id":2,"startDate":"2015-10-07T00:00:00","endDate":null,"additionalInfo":"Lord Foster of Bath","additionalInfoLink":null},{"house":1,"name":"Commons","id":1,"startDate":"1992-04-09T00:00:00","endDate":"2015-03-30T00:00:00","additionalInfo":"Mr Don Foster","additionalInfoLink":null}],"governmentPosts":[{"house":1,"name":"Comptroller (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)","id":44,"startDate":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","endDate":"2015-05-08T00:00:00","additionalInfo":"HM Household","additionalInfoLink":null},{"house":1,"name":"Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Communities and Local Government)","id":1015,"startDate":"2012-09-06T00:00:00","endDate":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","additionalInfo":"Department for Communities and Local Government","additionalInfoLink":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-communities-and-local-government"}],"oppositionPosts":[{"house":2,"name":"Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)","id":1352,"startDate":"2016-10-28T00:00:00","endDate":"2017-06-16T00:00:00","additionalInfo":"Opposition Department","additionalInfoLink":null},{"house":1,"name":"Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (also Shadow Deputy Prime Minister)","id":872,"startDate":"2003-07-01T00:00:00","endDate":"2010-05-06T00:00:00","additionalInfo":"Department for Culture, Media and Sport","additionalInfoLink":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-culture-media-sport"},{"house":1,"name":"Shadow Secretary of State for Transport","id":868,"startDate":"2002-06-01T00:00:00","endDate":"2003-06-01T00:00:00","additionalInfo":"Department for Transport","additionalInfoLink":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport"},{"house":1,"name":"Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Transport and the Regions)","id":1053,"startDate":"1999-06-01T00:00:00","endDate":"2001-06-01T00:00:00","additionalInfo":null,"additionalInfoLink":null},{"house":1,"name":"Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)","id":1006,"startDate":"1995-06-01T00:00:00","endDate":"1997-06-01T00:00:00","additionalInfo":"Department for Work and Pensions","additionalInfoLink":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions"},{"house":1,"name":"Shadow Spokesperson (Education)","id":982,"startDate":"1992-06-01T00:00:00","endDate":"1995-06-01T00:00:00","additionalInfo":"Department for Education","additionalInfoLink":"http://www.education.gov.uk/"}],"otherPosts":[],"partyAffiliations":[{"house":1,"name":"Liberal Democrat","id":17,"startDate":"1992-04-09T00:00:00","endDate":null,"additionalInfo":null,"additionalInfoLink":null}],"committeeMemberships":[{"house":1,"name":"Education & Employment","id":43,"startDate":"1995-11-15T00:00:00","endDate":"1999-03-29T00:00:00","additionalInfo":null,"additionalInfoLink":null},{"house":2,"name":"Licensing Act 2003 Committee","id":357,"startDate":"2016-06-14T00:00:00","endDate":"2017-04-04T00:00:00","additionalInfo":null,"additionalInfoLink":null},{"house":2,"name":"Rural Economy Committee","id":388,"startDate":"2018-05-17T00:00:00","endDate":"2019-03-26T00:00:00","additionalInfo":"Chair","additionalInfoLink":null},{"house":2,"name":"Gambling Industry Committee","id":406,"startDate":"2019-06-13T00:00:00","endDate":"2020-06-16T00:00:00","additionalInfo":null,"additionalInfoLink":null},{"house":2,"name":"International Agreements Committee","id":448,"startDate":"2020-06-30T00:00:00","endDate":"2021-11-03T00:00:00","additionalInfo":null,"additionalInfoLink":null},{"house":2,"name":"Communications and Digital Committee","id":170,"startDate":"2021-10-13T00:00:00","endDate":"2024-01-31T00:00:00","additionalInfo":null,"additionalInfoLink":null},{"house":2,"name":"Justice and Home Affairs Committee","id":519,"startDate":"2024-01-31T00:00:00","endDate":null,"additionalInfo":"Chair","additionalInfoLink":null}]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Members/214/Biography","method":"GET"},{"rel":"overview","href":"/Members/214","method":"GET"},{"rel":"synopsis","href":"/Members/214/Synopsis","method":"GET"},{"rel":"contactInformation","href":"/Members/214/Contact","method":"GET"}]}