Your article by Jessica Phillips ( Extra earnings for county MPs, Hereford Times January 21), was, in the case of Bill Wiggin, yet another sad example of the apparent contempt in which the constituents of North Herefordshire are held.

It was revealed that Mr Wiggin is now pocketing nearly £40,000 a year from a company which, my enquiries reveal, routinely uses offshore territories to minimise payment of tax.  Your article followed on from the recent BBC documentary following the small businesses of Crickhowell and their ‘Fair Tax’ campaign directed against the favourable tax treatment granted to multi-nationals who use offshore, or low-tax environments, in order to reduce their UK liabilities.

The fact that Mr Wiggin ‘has not responded’ to your ‘repeated attempts’ to speak to him is disgraceful and reminiscent of the way in which he dealt with the enquiry into the abuse of the parliamentary expenses scandal.  In the absence of any statement from the MP, those of us unfortunate enough to be represented by Mr Wiggin are entitled to believe that the ‘eight hours a week’ are eight hours less that he will be spending upon constituency and parliamentary business for which he is paid £74,000 plus expenses.

Colin Boylett Kingswood Kington