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Speech in General Committees - Mon 28 Feb 2022
Draft Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022

"Tees Valley, of course—who could forget? We have also done devolution deals for the north of England, Cambridge and Peterborough. Our record on devolution compares very well, and we are now adding Cumbria to that.

I will finish by talking briefly about our desire for devolution in Lancashire, which is …..."
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Written Question
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Heating
Friday 29th October 2021

Asked by: Jake Berry (Conservative - Rossendale and Darwen)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what type of heating system is the primary source of heating in each building occupied by her Department and its agencies; and what fuel is used by those heating systems.

Answered by Amanda Milling

We currently use a range of methods to heat buildings across our estate. This includes the Whitehall District Heating System for our buildings in Whitehall, a biomass boiler powered by wood pellets for Abercrombie House, and a biomass boiler burning woodchip sourced from the Wilton Estate for Wilton Park. Work is currently underway to implement full decarbonisation plans for our portfolio, as part of our strategic asset management planning.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Oct 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"One of the best ways to ensure a global recovery from the covid pandemic is to enable northern businesses to trade freely across the world. One of the biggest challenges is the non-tariff barriers that they face in advance of any trade deal. Will my right hon. Friend the Minister …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Mar 2017
Budget Resolutions

"Specifically on the issue of global Britain and our new trading relationship, does my right hon. Friend acknowledge that one of the ultimate ways in which we could project the soft power and prestige of Britain around the globe and promote trade is to recommission a new royal yacht for …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Feb 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"With the Commonwealth encompassing 52 members and a third of the world’s population, is it not vital that we set out our stall for Britain by saying that we want a free trade deal with Commonwealth countries, and that the Government put forward a plan for achieving that—not least in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Jan 2017
US Immigration Policy

"We did not need the Executive order to be signed to realise that this was President Trump’s policy. After all, it was an election pledge in an election he went on to win. Given that we knew, or should have known, that this was going to happen, did the Foreign …..."
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Written Question
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Pay
Thursday 22nd December 2016

Asked by: Jake Berry (Conservative - Rossendale and Darwen)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the percentage gap in earnings is between the highest-paid and lowest-paid full-time employee in his Department.

Answered by Alan Duncan

The lowest paid full-time employee is paid approximately 11% of the salary of the highest paid employee.

Written Question
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Pay
Thursday 22nd December 2016

Asked by: Jake Berry (Conservative - Rossendale and Darwen)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the percentage gap in earnings is between the pay of full-time staff in the highest pay grade in his Department and average full-time pay in that Department.

Answered by Alan Duncan

The average salary of a full time employee is approximately 21% of that of the highest paid.

Written Question
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Staff
Tuesday 20th December 2016

Asked by: Jake Berry (Conservative - Rossendale and Darwen)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans his Department has to include worker representation on its departmental board.

Answered by Alan Duncan

The FCO's Departmental Board (the Supervisory Board) does not have worker representation.

The FCO's monthly Management Board has a long-standing tradition of inviting staff from the UK and overseas to observe each meeting. The FCO also has a representative from seniority band attending its recently established Staff Engagement Committee. Views from the Committee will be represented at the Management Board.

Written Question
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Equal Pay
Thursday 15th December 2016

Asked by: Jake Berry (Conservative - Rossendale and Darwen)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans his Department has to publish information on the gender pay gap among its employees.

Answered by Alan Duncan

The Annual FCO Diversity and Equality Report, published on Gov.uk, sets out average salaries of FCO employees by gender and grade.