§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will provide in respect of his plan for pay delegation submitted to the Treasury(a) a description of the staff in each bargaining unit covered by the plan, distinguishing staff in headquarters functions, agencies and agency candidates, and in other identifiable business units and (b) proposals for trade union recognition in each bargaining unit and the negotiating machinery to be put in place in each bargaining unit. [38288]
§ Mr. Hanley(a) The Foreign and Commonwealth Office envisages a single bargaining unit to cover all 5,440 headquarters staff and the 32 staff of the FCO's only agency, Wilton Park, at grades DS5S and below and their home civil service equivalents.
(b) The FCO proposes to recognise the Civil and Public Servants Association—CPSA—the National Union of Civil and Public Servants—NUCPS—the Institution of Professionals, Managers and Specialists—IPMS—and the Diplomatic Service Association—DSA—for pay bargaining purposes and to conduct negotiations with them through a single table structure.