Letter: In Brief

Monday 09 November 1998 00:02 GMT

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Sir: One hundred per cent of the European Commissioners from this country have now assured us that they do not avail themselves of their duty-free allowances.

Yet we understand that the Commission is providing an in-house shop, solely for the uptake of these allowances by those entitled to them.

One wonders what percentage of other countries' Commissioners must take up what percentage of their allowances in order to prevent this shop becoming a white elephant.

DAVID DRURY

Swanage

Dorset

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