Jill Whitaker (Letters, October 5) may be right when she criticises committee meetings for often being a platform for men who like the sound of their own voices.
One of the biggest such talk-shops is the House of Lords - which, if I am not mistaken, is a non-elected chamber and attended by her own partner, Lord Bassam.
-A Bruggi, Brighton
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