We hope that his fellow executives will now follow suit and announce they will also be giving up their large bonuses as well".
Chief executives of companies such as Burberry, Tesco, Vodafone, BAE Systems, Prudential and GSK were keen to take a final opportunity to lobby the prime minister in advance of the meeting of political leaders in Northern Ireland.
Other top executives at Network Rail are entitled to annual performance-related bonuses of up to 20% of salaries.
It is the intellectual justification for why such a high premium is placed on degrees from first-tier business schools, and why the compensation packages for top executives have become so lavish.
Some of them will receive far more than the average; data for 2013 showed that the most senior executives in London received an average of £3m.
Forte agreed with Arquette "100%" but said it was difficult to quantify the pay gap, or to know whether fault lay with female actors or agents for not pushing hard enough, or with executives for resisting equal pay.
Born in Leicester, the 27-year-old musical unknown was selected as the Eurovision candidate after she caught the eye of BBC executives.
But the publication today of another tranche of management expenses suggests its most senior executives are increasingly parsimonious, at least when it comes to claiming back taxis, hotels and meals.
Indeed, few senior news executives were prepared to go on the record and give credence to the theory.
It was also signed by Peggy Valcke of the University of Leuven, one of 10 academics, regulators and executives on Google's advisory council.
According to Downing Street, Cameron, in the 14 months after he became PM, met News Corporation editors and executives 15 times and attended five events and three parties organised by the company.
