Cross-Border Implementation Bodies: Provision of Cars for Chief Executives

HL Deb 12 January 2004 vol 657 c65WA

Lord Laird

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answers by the Lord President on 8 December (WA 39) and 10 September (WA 123), why the Answers did not explain the necessity of providing a car for the chief executive of the Special European Union Programmes Body when other chief executives of cross-Border bodies were not provided with a car as part of their remuneration package. [HL405]

Baroness Amos

The previous Answers (WA 39 and WA 123) explained that the provision of a leased car for the chief executive of the Special European Union Programmes Body was necessary because it was part of the remuneration package negotiated and agreed with the prospective chief executive of the SEUPB before his appointment to the post. Other chief executives of cross-Border bodies were not provided with a car as part of their remuneration packages because this was not negotiated and agreed with them prior to their appointment.