18 DECEMBER 1915, Page 15

[To TRIO EDITOR OF TDB " SPECTATOR. " ] Sift, — May I suggest

a modification in your proposal of halt-pay for ex-Cabinet Ministers 1 The period of two years' Cabinet service seems to me much too short to carry with it £2,000 year for life ; while a graver objection is that it might some time confront a Prime Minister considering resignation with the knowledge that a few weeks' delay in resigning will make a difference of £2.000 a year for life to some of his colleagues. A Minister in disagreement with his colleagues might be faced with the same problem in his own case. My alternative suggestion Is that an ex-Minister should receive half-pay for double the period actually served in the Cabinet ; payment for life after, say, ten years' Cabinet service.—I am, Sir, &o., G. 0.