2 DECEMBER 1932, Page 15

A PARLIAMENT FOR SCOTLAND [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

SIR,—On the question of the desirability of Home Rule fur Scotland I entirely agree with the case put by the Duke of Montrose in your issue of November 25th, with the exception that I am not quite clear whether he helps his case when he states : " Ireland has been given Home Rule, not in one Parliament, but in two."

If he commends the idea of two Parliaments in Ireland, does he want two in Seotland? I hope not, and for his warning and that of the people of Scotland on the point, remind him that the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland draws salary and allowances of £4,208 per annum, while the British Prime Minister has to be content with £4,000. A Parliament for Scotland, by all means, but at a reasonable