Ending Severance Pay For Ministers

EDM number 1072 in 2013-14, proposed by John Mann on 11/02/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Ministers and Pay.

That this House notes that when a Minister ceases to hold office they receive a severance payment normally equivalent to three months' salary; further notes that this payment is made for whatever reason the Minister ceases to hold office unless they are over 65 or take up another ministerial position within a three week period of leaving office; condemns the fact that ministers who resign in disgrace are still entitled to this payment; criticises the practice as outdated and inappropriate; and calls on the Government to end severance payments for ministers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 13 MPs.