Ministers’ Severance Pay

Debate between David Linden and Heather Wheeler
Monday 11th July 2022

(2 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Heather Wheeler Portrait Mrs Wheeler
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The hon. Gentleman asks a perfectly reasonable question. It is laid out in statute how the amounts and payments are made, and it is in the annual accounts of the Departments.

David Linden Portrait David Linden (Glasgow East) (SNP)
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A supermarket worker from Shettleston would not get thousands of pounds in a severance payment. Why should Rishi Sunak, the richest man in Parliament, get a severance payment?

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