Penalties for sub-letting

YOUR Editorial “Housing howler” (Yorkshire Post, January 12) states “The reaction to no-nonsense plans to jail council tenants who rake in thousands of pounds by sub-letting their properties can be summarised as this: why is this not illegal at present?” The answer is: it is already illegal. The Government is simply suggesting increasing the penalties but is trying to make it sound as though they are tackling a massive error in current legislation.

Out of touch

From: A Richards, Fortina, Sliema, Malta.

I WAS amused to read your correspondent MEP Godfrey Bloom’s opinion of two of the most senior bishops of the Church of England (Yorkshire Post, January 12). Somehow or other they appear to have achieved the impossible. These learned men have led their church first and foremost in step with the spirit of the age they believe themselves to be living in, and yet at the same time have managed to become disconnected from the realities of the age.

Cloning solution

From: RC Carter, Malham, Wakefield.

REGARDING the motorist having his number plate cloned (Yorkshire Post, January 10), nobody seems to realise that the answer to the problem is to re-register the vehicle. Even if it is a cherished number, it would pay to lose it. That way, if it was identified by the number recognition service, there is a chance that the culprit will be caught.

Bible lesson

From: Ruthven Urquhart, High Hunsley, East Yorkshire.

WITH reference to George Appleby’s letter (Yorkshire Post, January 11) can I recommend he reads, and digests, the Lord’s message included in St Luke’s gospel (Chapter 17, Verse 10), the gist of which is that only the one who has learned to serve is qualified to lead?