SIR - I don’t agree with entrapment but neither do I support the actions of Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw who both displayed an attitude of greed in their ‘cash for access’ exposure on TV.

To serve as a member of parliament should be regarded as an honour, privilege and full time job. MPs are well paid they earn £67,000 a year on the back benches plus various allowances on top. Most of them are hard working and seek to represent their constituents faithfully and argue their case as and when the opportunity represents itself in the House of Commons.

Surely on his time off from Parliament he should be visiting his constituents, local schools, businesses and party activists among many other things. If he has plenty of time on his hands why doesn’t he do unpaid voluntary work or help out at the local food bank instead of trying to line his own pocket?

Ed Milliband is right to express his concern at MPs with two or more jobs and it is disgusting that David Cameron doesn’t share that view amidst this unacceptable scandal.

John Appleyard, Firthcliffe Parade, Liversedge