BBC SALARIES AND EXPENSES

That this House notes the latest BBC Annual Report and Accounts regarding salaries, bonuses and other expenses paid from the public purse by the BBC to a number of its senior executives, including a salary for the Director General comprising £647,000 plus £160,000 pension contributions, a £459,000 salary for the Deputy General plus an annual bonus of £41,000, and a salary of £327,000 plus £19,000 in bonuses, £12,000 in expenses and £61,000 in cash supplement for the former Head of Audio and Music; and expresses the hope if not the expectation that other employees of the BBC, some of whom have clauses in their contracts precluding any publicity surrounding their salaries and bonuses from the same public purse, will at least have the decency to blush with embarrassment when questioning hon. Members regarding their payments and allowances upon the forthcoming release of this information.