22 MAY 1976, Page 18

Unjust

Sir: It is not for me to complain if Amit Roy breaches the confidentiality of an off-therecord meeting at which he was present. Nor would I wish to correct a number of errors in his article. But one mistake is unjust to the staff of the Home Office immigration department. I did not say they would not make the grade elsewhere, nor would it be true. They worked immensely hard under trying conditions.

I wanted to change the system in which they worked but not the staff themselves. Alex Lyon House of Commons, London SW1