M.P.S' ALLOWANCES
SIR,—Referring to the remarks by " Janus" on the alleged inadequacy of the £600 per annum allowance to M.P.s, that sum was voted, not by way of salary, but to cover expenses incidental to the work of an M.P. It would, therefore, seem proper that the £60o should be paid free of tax—a concession which would be appreciaated both by present and prospective M.P.s.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer might also consider the position of annuitants who have received in the past tax remission on their contributions to superannuation funds. Such remission may have averaged about 3s. in the £; but the annuitants are now taxed at the standard rate of zos. Without the " concession " of remission of tax on their contributions, their pensions would be now tax free. With the present high taxation, that " concession " was a bad bargain for annul-
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