To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are satisfied with the response of companies in implementing the recommendations of the Combined Code issued by the Department of Trade and Industry in July 1999 requiring shareholder involvement in the determination of executive directors' remuneration - The Lord Smith of Clifton.

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The CBI supports some of the report's recommendations but is warning that changing takeover rules would be a "big step" which should not be rushed and that remuneration of company directors should be a matter for shareholders, not government.

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From these we were able to determine at least an aggregate remuneration for the boards of directors.

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Another 21 disclose a remuneration figure for the board of directors as a whole but don't say how much individual members receive (thus for the table, we had to estimate how much the CEO was paid).

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Shareholders will be able to veto executive remuneration, golden handshakes and parachutes will be banned, directors will have to re-elected every year and anyone who breaks the rules may go to prison.

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