Salaries And Bonuses In The Banking Sector

EDM number 743 in 2008-09, proposed by David Taylor on 09/02/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Financial institutions and Pay.

That this House notes with concern the desire of state-supported banks to pay large bonuses to senior executives at a time when taxpayers have provided a subsidy to those banks in excess of £37 billion; further notes the regular reports of job losses around the country in sectors less generously supported by taxpayers; and calls on the Government to consider measures to limit banking salaries and bonuses until the British economy reaches stability.

This motion has been signed by a total of 64 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.