The Disability Discrimination Bill has been cobbled together over the past few months.This represents a government retreat of sorts. Last year, ministers claimed that no new laws were needed when they defeated Roger Berry's civil rights Bill. There are plenty of disabled people who would disagree with the ministers.One celebrated example is Ruth Bailey, a cerebral palsy sufferer. She applied for a job as a planning officer with a health authority - working partly with disabled people to get them involved in the planning process. She telephoned to check that the interview would be in a wheelchair-accessible location. She was told that it wasn't, and nor was the office; in fact, she "shouldn't bother" attending the interview at all.Under the present legislation, Ms Bailey has no access to legal redress; and that would not change under the new Disability Discrimination Bill.The problem with the government's Bill is that it defines disability so narrowly that millions may miss out Little is proposed in education and transport. The treatment lasts for over an hour and includes a facial scrub, facial massage, skin toning and moisturising.

From Mr Marc D. Herring Sir: Once a month I treat myself to a full facial at my local beautician's. More likely, further interference will lead to the ultimate demise of the British pub as we know it. It is no coincidence that because of the strength of the tie in Britain, customers in a pub enjoy lower prices for their pint than almost any country in the civilised world, and that is in spite of the punitive tax regime imposed on the British drinker. Yours faithfully, PAUL NICHOLSON Chairman Brewers and Licensed Retailers Association London, W18 February. The tied estate and the loan tie should be left to continue as they are and the brewing industry should be left to change and develop as it is already doing Your article refers to the ultimate demise of the tie.

It is very much to be regretted that the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and the Government, with its ill-conceived beer orders, did not pay attention to Leif Mills'Note of Dissent to the MMC review, the final paragraph of which I quote: Warts and all, imperfections and all, the tied estate and the vertical structure that this supports, and the involvement of brewers in the free trade through loan ties, give the consumer reasonable value for money and reasonable choice. The tie isas widespread in many countries of the EU, particularly Germany, as it is in Britain. From Sir Paul Nicholson Sir: Your comment "Final orders for a shabby compromise" (Business, 8 February), about the latest investigation into beer prices, contains an inaccuracy in stating "Britain is alone in Europe in having any form of tie". Above all, money to recruit new teachers and to retain existing ones. After all, who does a more important job: the chairman of British Gas or the teachers of our children.Yours faithfully, Peter M Little Chichester, West Sussex. From Dr Dorothy Atkinson Sir: Why do we waste the obvious talents of Sylvia Morris, headteacher of the Cathedral primary school in Southwark ? If we gave her adequate resources, she could do so much more for children Her example is not unique. As governor of a local primary school, I could recount a similar story.

What sort of society are we to allow massive salaries and share preferences to some while denying the best possible education to our children? How many leaders of industry could cope with 35 six-year-olds and manage a declining budget, school premises with health and safety implications, and the other crises that occur every day in primary schools? We have, rightly, responded to the horrors of the veal trade; why are we not equally vociferous over the opportunities provided for our young children, who are, after all, our future? Yours sincerely, Dorothy Atkinson Downley, Buckinghamshire 6 February. She made time for me, even inviting me to her house on one or two occasions. It is only now, nearly 30 years later, with my eldest child soon to start school, that I realise she did this for every child. How can today's children have the welcome to school life that my generation enjoyed, when teachers are under such pressure, juggling - shortage of time against shortage of money? Mrs Baker is dead now, but her gift lives on in primary school teachers andhead teachers such as Sylvia Morris.I was going to conclude by saying good luck to them; but it is not luck they need, it is money Money for better facilities, new buildings, computers. I knew that what I did and how I did it was important to her It made me want to please her. She stopped the boys charging around too violently on the ride-on toys, and let the girls (and me) have the Wendy-house to ourselves. She comforted us when we fell over, read to us and helped us begin to learn to read and write. But, above all, she made me feel special, important and individual.