Letter: Campaign for cheaper select committees starts here

CONGRATULATIONS on your Campaign for Cheaper CDs. The revelation that really stunned me was about MPs on the Select Committee travelling to the US to compare CD prices. I find it incredible that it's necessary to go to the expense of flying a number of MPs across the Atlantic to check prices in American shops. What is our embassy for in Washington? A few telephone calls would have produced the facts. In view of this alarming example of House of Commons profligacy I propose you instigate a Campaign for Cheaper Select Committees.

Adrian Bridges

Earley, Reading