Letter: Bigots in the House of Lords

Sir: How can anyone say that the bigots sitting in the unelected House of Lords are in touch with the electorate(letter, 24 April)? An independent poll showed that 66 per cent of the British public supported an equal age of consent. If we have learnt anything at all from the events of the last few months it is that prejudice must not be tolerated.

GARY WILLIAMS

Poole, Dorset