MPs launch governance inquiry
Members of the business, innovation and skills select committee will probe UK corporate governance with a focus on board composition, directors’ duties and executive pay.
A parliamentary committee has launched a wide-ranging review of corporate governance in the UK that will look at executive pay, board composition and directors’ duties.
Iain Wright, chairman of the business, innovation and skills committee, said: "We need to look again at the laws that govern business and how they are enforced.
"Good corporate governance shouldn't be a hindrance to business; it can contribute to companies' long-term prosperity and performance as well as showing to the world that a business is tran
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