1 DECEMBER 1973, page 4

Royal Prerogative

Sir: Mr Chowdharay-Best (Letters, November 14) is not quite right when he states that to allow the monarch to confer a limited number of hereditary peers would mean the......

Govan's Significance

Sir: I think it would be a pity if your readers in England remained unaware of the significance of the Govan byelection result. This has been written off variously as a "protest......

Miners And Government

Sir: The strongest, best led, most united and determined trade union in Britain is again confronting the Government and once again raising the question how British governments......

Vivisection

Sir: Viewing, in your journal, Dr Linklater's article and the ensuing correspondence on vivisection, I have come to the conclusion that the whole controversy is an emotional......

Sir: There Was So Much Pompous Nonsense Written By Dr

Wylie on vivisection (November 24) that it is not worth replying to it all. Let me simply destroy the myth he creates of the; dedicated and ill-used medical research worker. The......

Medicine And Morality

Sir: Miss Rayner's vitriolic letter (November 24) in response to the concern expressed in Dr John Linklater's article on forms of sex education and the growing abuse of the law......

Crime And Law

Sir: Contrary to the statement in your leader on the legal profession (November 17) it should be possible to sue a barrister or solicitor who acts negligently outside the field......

Abortion

Sir: Those who took part in the mass lobby of Parliament organised by the SPUC had the opportunity of seeing, if not meeting, some of the opposition. One such young lady marched......