David Cameron made his claim again yesterday during PMQs that having more women on the boardroom would lead to more restraint.
He made a similar comment on Friday while in Australia, saying more female directors would have a “beneficial effect” on boards and lead to less disproportionate remuneration.
(Income Data Services found a 49 per cent jump in the total earnings of all FTSE 100 directors, taking their average package to just under £2.7m. This followed an increase of 55 per cent in the previous year.)
But the idea that a heavier female presence in the boardroom would act as a curb on lavish pay has been met with some scepticism from experts.
Deborah Hargreaves, chair of the independent High Pay Commission, told me





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