Derek Foster, Labour MP for Bishop Auckland, is reported to have raised strong objections to the sale.

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Lawyer Michael Foster, then Labour MP for Hastings and Rye, was asked if the town could raise humanitarian aid for the town of Hastings in Sierra Leone, which had been devastated in the war.

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The Liberal Democrats' Don Foster followed Mr Lilley, telling MPs that he was the first MP from his party to second the loyal address since 1939.

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