Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 22 Nov 2018
Progress on EU Negotiations
"The Prime Minister told us in her concluding remarks that she wants to “move on” to focus on the big issues such as our national health service, but how does she expect to move on when she has signed up to a deal that does nothing for our services sector? …..."Baroness Berger - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Nov 2018
EU Exit Negotiations
"The withdrawal agreement that the Prime Minister is presenting to us today is not in the national interest, and it is very clear that it will not make us better off. She may not be aware that an overnight YouGov poll shows that 63% of the British public are against …..."Baroness Berger - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Oct 2018
October EU Council
"It has been so disappointing to hear the Prime Minister be so dismissive of the 700,000 people from across our country who took to the streets on Saturday to demand a people’s vote on the final deal. What does she say to the thousands of young people who led that …..."Baroness Berger - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 10th September 2018
Asked by:
Baroness Berger (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people with autism have died by suicide since 2010.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jul 2018
Electoral Commission Investigation: Vote Leave
"I do not think there is any moral equivalence between Members in this House attempting to change the law and organisations outside this House breaking it. Today, we found out that Vote Leave did break electoral law. Our democracy is fragile, and we have a responsibility to protect it and …..."Baroness Berger - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 24th May 2018
Asked by:
Baroness Berger (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of his Department's staff have had days off sick because of mental illness or stress in each of the last three years; and how many days off that amounted to in each of those years.
Answered by Oliver Dowden
The table below sets out information about working days lost in my Department due to sickness absence related to mental illness or stress in each of the last three calendar years.
Calendar Year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
No. of Staff | 37 | 43 | 82 |
% of Staff | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.4% |
Working Days Lost | 1443 | 1192 | 2225 |
In the year to 31st December 2017, an average of 2.15 working days were lost through sickness absence in the Cabinet Office. Levels of sickness absence in my Department remain amongst the lowest of all Government Departments.
The Cabinet Office is committed to reducing work related absence due to mental illness and has a number of services in place to support members of staff suffering from such conditions. Our Workwell community is staffed by volunteers who aim to make Cabinet Office a happy and healthy workplace through a number of interventions including a listening service for staff. We offer a 24 hour counselling support helpline through our Employee Assistance Programme provider and advocate early referral to our occupational health service where appropriate, for advice on a number of conditions including mental health. The Cabinet Office also has a pool of trained Mental Health First Aiders who provide face to face support and signposting to professional services.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 May 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"Mental health is now the No. 1 public health concern for a third of our country. Its importance has jumped 16 percentage points in the past year alone, yet the joint report published last week by the Health Committee and the Education Committee said that the Government’s strategy for young …..."Baroness Berger - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 21st May 2018
Asked by:
Baroness Berger (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of people in (i) Liverpool, Wavertree constituency, (ii) the Liverpool City Region and (ii) England who are paid less than the Living Wage Foundation's living wage.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Apr 2018
Syria
"Further to the question asked by my right hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton South East (Mr McFadden), after this House voted against strikes in 2013 the Government and the Opposition accepted Russia’s assurances that it would oversee the dismantling of Assad’s chemical weapon capability. Yet over the past five …..."Baroness Berger - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Mar 2018
EU Referendum: Electoral Law
"I would have liked to speak in this debate had I not had other matters to participate in. Is it not astounding that the only contributions we have heard from Conservative Members thus far have been what-aboutery and trying to draw equivalence with other matters? On the critical issue that …..."Baroness Berger - View Speech
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