The debate over the past few days is encouraging because what it has shown is that there is in fact more common ground than differences in the Review Committee’s recommendations which the Government intends to adopt, and the opposition’s position. This shows that we have in this Parliament a broad consensus on the fundamental principles which should govern ministerial salaries, although there may be differences in the details or final quantum. This is important because it means that there are broad areas of acceptance of the Committee’s recommendations and we have common ground to move forward, differences notwithstanding.The Committee based its recommendations on 3 key principles :-
(a) competitive wage so that people of the right calibre are not deterred from stepping forward;
(b) a discount factor to denote the sacrifice that public service entails; and
(c) a clean wage.
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