After-dinner speaking agency JLA has published a list of MPs, businessmen, TV presenters and sports stars on its books, offering a useful guide to what they consider their market worth to be.
BBC newscasters Fiona Bruce and Huw Edwards are classed as A-listers who expect to be paid an eyewatering £10,000 to £25,000 per engagement.
Meanwhile, Today programme presenter John Humphrys and Daily Politics host Andrew Neil are rated B, who will settle for a more modest £5,000 to £10,000 per talk.
I know who I’d prefer to listen to.