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Public Sector Pay And The Chief Executive Of The Audit Commission

EDM number 1871 in 2008-09, proposed by Dai Davies on 14/07/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Pay.

That this House notes with concern the ill-informed call by Mr Steve Bundred, the unelected chief executive of the Audit Commission, for a public-sector pay freeze; agrees with the sentiments expressed by Mike Jackson, lead negotiator on NHS pay, terms and conditions for Unison, in his Guardian letter of 7 July 2009, that this call is an unacceptable interference, is ill-informed and crass; further notes that under Mr Bundred's watch the Audit Commission admitted in a statement on 16 October 2008 that it had deposited £5,000,000 of its cash balances in Landsbanki Islands in April 2008 and £5,000,000 in Heritable Bank, Landsbanki's UK subsidiary, in July 2008, banks which subsequently failed; finds it incredible that the Audit Commission could assert that investigations indicate that deposits were made in full compliance with the Commission's guidelines on prudent investment; recalls that Mr Bundred's current salary is £246,000, up by 26 per cent., considerably more than inflation, from the £195,000 he was paid when appointed in 2003, and contrasts this with the median salary of registered nurses at £23,345, less than one-tenth of the Audit Commission chair; and believes that if Mr Bundred wants to demonstrate leadership, he should announce the size of the cut he is planning to take in his own salary, based on his deplorable failure to manage his own Office's finances prudently on behalf of the taxpayer, as shown by reckless investment in Icelandic banks without due diligence as to their future security.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Dai Davies14/07/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentProposed
Lynne Jones14/07/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Bob Spink15/07/2009Castle PointIndependentSeconded
Andrew Dismore15/07/2009HendonLabourSeconded
Colin Burgon15/07/2009ElmetLabourSeconded
Alan Simpson15/07/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSeconded
Ronnie Campbell15/07/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Frank Cook15/07/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn15/07/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
David Taylor15/07/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Robert Wareing15/07/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Brian Jenkins16/07/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Paul Flynn16/07/2009Newport WestLabourSigned
Ann Cryer16/07/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Kate Hoey16/07/2009VauxhallLabourSigned
John Pugh16/07/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton20/07/2009GowerLabourSigned
Katy Clark20/07/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Janet Dean21/07/2009BurtonLabourSigned
David Drew21/07/2009StroudLabourSigned
David Hamilton21/07/2009MidlothianLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner12/10/2009BolsoverLabourSigned
David Heyes13/10/2009Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins13/10/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
George Galloway13/10/2009Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Bill Etherington22/10/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
John Austin11/11/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned

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