24 MAY 2008, Page 25

Fare’s unfair

Sir: Tom Harris, the rail minister (Letters, 17 May), rightly states that it would be unacceptable for the government to subsidise journalists and businessmen for first-class rail travel.

On that basis it would also be unacceptable for elected politicians to enjoy a comparable subsidy. Could Mr Harris, therefore, tell us how often he and other Members of Parliament have first-class rail travel not subsidised, but paid in full by the taxpayer? Councillor Darren Solomons

Borehamwood, Hertfordshire