Chris Chope Demands Legislation To Curtail Public Sector Exit Payments

Exit Payments

Chris Chope demands the Chancellor of the Exchequer schedules time for legislation to curtail public-sector exit payments.

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Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals for limiting public sector exit payments.

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Steve Barclay The Chief Secretary to the Treasury

The Government is working at pace to deliver a new controls procedure for Special Severance exit payments by June 2021. We remain committed to bringing forward new policy measures to address the wide-ranging arrangements that result in six-figure pay-outs across the public sector.

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