Conservative MP for Rossendale and Darwen ( 6 May 2010 – current)
Labour Peer (30 Nov 1998 – current)
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Leo Docherty: ...of Europe. Lord Griffiths of Burry Port has been appointed as a full member of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in place of Baroness Massey of Darwen. The Rt. Hon. Member for Rochester and Strood (Kelly Tolhurst) has been appointed as a substitute member of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of...
Jake Berry: ...documents, when added to the fact that legal action has been threatened against councillors who reveal what is in them—a gagging order by any other name—has lost the taxpayers of Rossendale and Darwen £12 million. The 1972 Act, if applicable in this case, was not put in place to stop local authorities, their officers and Labour councillors being embarrassed by their own incompetence.
Jake Berry: ...documents, when added to the fact that legal action has been threatened against councillors who reveal what is in them—a gagging order by any other name—has lost the taxpayers of Rossendale and Darwen £12 million. The 1972 Act, if applicable in this case, was not put in place to stop local authorities, their officers and Labour councillors being embarrassed by their own incompetence.
Jake Berry: ...documents, when added to the fact that legal action has been threatened against councillors who reveal what is in them—a gagging order by any other name—has lost the taxpayers of Rossendale and Darwen £12 million. The 1972 Act, if applicable in this case, was not put in place to stop local authorities, their officers and Labour councillors being embarrassed by their own incompetence.
Michael Gove: ..., providing the first transport budget of its kind for our smaller cities, towns and rural areas. Today, I am announcing the details of the £20 million Levelling Up Partnership with Blackburn with Darwen. Investment will revitalise heritage buildings into modern cultural venues, including King George’s Hall, Imperial Mill and The Exchange. We listened to local people and the reopening...
Jake Berry: ...that youth zones make to east Lancashire. The centre of that debate, Mr Speaker, will be not the Chorley youth zone, as fine as it is, but the brand-new youth zone that is about to be built in Darwen. The £3.3 million project to help all our young people is supported by this Government as part of our £120 million town deal to transform Darwen.
Jake Berry: Would the Minister be as surprised as I was to learn that, of the £3.722 million long-term BSIP Government cash given to Blackburn with Darwen Council, only £180,000—less than 5% of the entire budget—is being spent in the town of Darwen? It is all very well for the Minister to give money to councils such as Blackburn with Darwen, but will he ensure that it is spent fairly among the...
Helen Hayes: ..., for Waveney (Peter Aldous) and for Torbay (Kevin Foster) about the intolerably long waits that families face for diagnoses and EHCPs. We have heard from the right hon. Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Sir Jake Berry) and my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Olivia Blake) about the intense shortage of staff to support children with special educational needs and...
David Linden: ...and Renfrewshire North. However, I will not hold my breath over the last call. Only a few days ago we saw the amusing spectacle of a Conservative Member, the right hon. Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Sir Jake Berry), frothing with outrage, filming a video outside Tesco, complaining of Easter eggs on the shelf. Bear in mind the context that, when the SNO called for action on food...
Jake Berry: Will the Secretary of State join me in thanking Julie Nixon, head of the Spectrum of Light charity in Rossendale and Darwen, for the work she did on Saturday by bringing together parents from across Lancashire and Rossendale and Darwen on a Zoom call? Those parents were exactly the same as me, in that they all had an autistic child, and I was appalled to hear from them about the time they are...
Guy Opperman: ...-24 – additional funding (£000) 2024-25 – additional funding (£000) Minimum additional overall uplift between 2023-24 and 2033-34 (£000) Bedford 3,728 470 470 14,725 Blackburn with Darwen 2,408 306 306 20,438 Blackpool 1,501 191 191 12,727 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 4,786 604 604 18,903 Bracknell Forest 2,124 268 268 8,391 Brighton and Hove...
Kate Hollern: ...them. That is hardly levelling up, is it, Minister? A review of the current formula, which is over 10 years old, has been repeatedly postponed. Meanwhile, local authorities such as Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council could be missing out on thousands or perhaps millions of pounds, which could deliver much-needed services in our town. When will the review finally take place?
Jake Berry: I am delighted to inform the House that, after 50 years, the crown jewels of Darwen—our freeman’s casket and our mace—will be returned from Blackburn to the Darwen Heritage Centre. After 14 years of campaigning myself, I congratulate the heritage centre and all its volunteers on their work to secure them. Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is high time for a debate about local...
Michael Gove: ...-on-TrentChe sterfieldClifton (Nottingham)SpaldingKirkby-in-AshfieldClacton-on-SeaGreat YarmouthEstonJarrowWashingtonBlyth (Northumberland)HartlepoolSpennymoorDarwenChaddertonHeywoodA shton-under-LyneAccringtonLeigh (Wigan)FarnworthNelson (Pendle)KirkbyBurnleyHastingsBexhill-on-SeaRydeTorquaySmethw ickDarlastonBilston (Wolverhampton)Dudley...
Jake Berry: ...in my constituency? One of the most gratifying things about the Government’s levelling-up programme has been how it has seen the potential in towns such as Rossendale, Rawtenstall, Bacup and Darwen and supported that with real money, with £120 million of town deal money for Darwen and £17.8 million for Rossendale. Does he think that this is the right Government to drive forward the...
Jake Berry: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools (a) are affected by and (b) have been forced to close due to reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in Rossendale and Darwen constituency.
...Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon Lord Lennie Lord Leong Lord Liddle Lord Livermore Baroness Ludford Earl of Lytton Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate Bishop of Manchester Lord Mann Baroness Massey of Darwen Lord Maxton Lord McAvoy Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Lord McNally Lord McNicol of West Kilbride Baroness Merron Baroness Miller...
...Baroness Kramer Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon Lord Lennie Lord Leong Lord Liddle Lord Livermore Baroness Ludford Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate Bishop of Manchester Lord Mann Baroness Massey of Darwen Lord Maxton Lord McAvoy Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Lord McNally Lord McNicol of West Kilbride Baroness Merron Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer Lord...
Jake Berry: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support SEND provision in Rossendale and Darwen constituency.
Jake Berry: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support apprenticeships in Rossendale and Darwen constituency.