The House of Commons' kitchen committee faced facts. Many a Laborite M.P.and some Tories, toomust live on a parliamentary salary of $2,400 a year, cannot afford to eat on the premises. Last week the committee set up a poor man's canteen. It featured a hot meal (soup, lamb or beef with potatoes, cabbage, apple pie) for 30¢; tipping was banned. At that rate no member of the "world's best club" would have to bring his own lunch.
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