LONDON: A top Google executive was left struggling for words when he could not remember his own salary at a grilling by British MPs on Thursday over the US tech giant’s controversial tax bill.

Matt Brittin, head of Google Europe, Middle East and Africa said he would provide the figure at a later date after Meg Hillier, head of the public accounts scrutiny committee, demanded it four times.

“You don’t know what you get paid?” the lawmaker said.

“Our there, taxpayers, our constituents, are very angry. They live in a different world, clearly, to the world you live in if you can’t even tell us what you are paid,” said the Labour opposition MP. She accused Brittin of having “tin ears.”

Britain’s tax agency announced last month that Google would pay a £130 million ($187 million) tax settlement for 10 years’ operations in Britain where it makes 11 percent of its global sales. Finance Minister George Osborne hailed the agreement as a victory. But there was a barrage of criticism, including from within Prime Minister David Cameron’s own Conservative Party.