4 JUNE 1954, Page 14

SIR,—Two quotations from the Spectator of May 2gth: (I) "

There are so few members who can pull their colleagues out of the library and the smoke-room and the cafe- teria." (2) " Being an M.P. is a full-time job with a great deal of unpaid overtime thrown in."

Which argument for £1,500 a year?—Yours faithfully.

URSULA WEsTcorr

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