There are 732 MEPs representing the total population of 350 million of the now enlarged EU, a ratio of one MEP for every 478,000 people.
Our Parliament has 659 MPs for a population of 56 million - a ratio of one to every 85,000.
In the Lower House, there are not enough seats for all MPs to attend all sittings.
It occurs to me that the House of Commons might be a more efficient institution and even earn the respect of the voters if it was streamlined by having fewer MPs.
I am not suggesting the same ratio be applied as in the European Union (in which case we would have a mere 117 MPs) but I can see no obvious reason not to reduce the number of 659 by half.
Or am I missing something?
-M Barney Johnson, Brighton
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