THIS week saw the House of Commons discuss prisoners’ voting rights and much of the argument related to the extent to which the sovereignty of Parliament was being eroded by judgements of the European Court of Human Rights.

So what does this sovereignty amount to when it comes to tax avoidance?

The electorare, through their representatives, have voted for a system of taxation that sets out clear principles and methods for collecting tax revenues. And the public have expressed outrage at the level of bonuses paid to top bankers.

But where then is the sovereignty actually placed?

Mr Cameron has talked a great deal about the “Big Society” when what he should really be talking about is the “Moral Society”.

This week we learned how the Government intends to try and settle once and for all the vexatious matter of banks’ bonuses.

Is it really acceptable that the chief executive of the Royal Bank of Society, a failed bank now largely owned by the taxpayer, is to receive a bonus of £2 million in shares? Or that the chief executive of Lloyds, another bank which received a lot of money from the taxpayer, is to receive a bonus of £1.4 million?

By the same argument is it morally acceptable that billions of tax revenue is lost by the way some British residents set up tax accounts in such places as he Cayman Islands?

Mr, Cameron may talk as much as he likes about the “Big Society” perhaps he will address the matter of the “Moral Society”.

GORDON CANN, Craigmoor Avenue, Bournemouth