I will now turn to Ms. Warmbold and Mr. Raymond to talk about the bonuses that are paid despite companies' financial difficulties and poor performance.
I would like to join those who say that this is absolutely scandalous. People are not getting their pensions, and the companies are performing poorly. I have my own investments on a small scale, and they, too, have gone down, just as most investments have at the moment. Although we are told that we have to look at the long-term performance of these investments, this is still unacceptable. And it is scandalous to hear that, in a year of poor performance, the people who invest our money are getting bonuses despite the poor performance they achieved.
We know that some very substantial compensation....