BBC: Equal Pay

Lord Steel of Aikwood Excerpts
Thursday 20th July 2017

(7 years, 4 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Ashton of Hyde Portrait Lord Ashton of Hyde
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My Lords, I completely agree. This is a sort of philosophical question that should really have a debate. It is a question of cost versus value and priorities. I would point out that the Labour Party, in the discussions on the proposal to require these issues to be published, thought that it was a bad idea and that the proposal should be withdrawn.

Lord Steel of Aikwood Portrait Lord Steel of Aikwood (LD)
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Does the Minister not agree that it is outrageous that any individual is paid more than £2 million from licence fee money?

Lord Ashton of Hyde Portrait Lord Ashton of Hyde
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It is a very large amount—but why draw the line at £2 million as opposed to any other amount?