I regularly read of MPs, who command a salary of £65,000, plus expenses, jaunting off around the world, giving talks and lectures to anybody who will pay to listen to them.

This means they do not consider their well-paid jobs, to which they were elected, to be full-time occupations.

Many of them are paid via private companies they own, as a means of avoiding income tax, a dodge most people are legally excluded from.

Surely the electorate has a right to expect them to give their full-time attention and energy in promoting the welfare and wishes of all of the electorate, and not to use their positions to further their personal wealth.

I am aware they are required to register their outside earnings with Parliament, but isn’t that also an encouragement to cash in on their positions?

If a meagre £65,000 plus expenses is not enough for these people, maybe they should look elsewhere for employment and give someone else a chance to enjoy this level of remuneration.

I am sure there are many out there equally capable of doing the job on a full-time basis.

Henry MacDonald
Fairmead Avenue
Westcliff