SIR - With reference to Harriet Harman Minister for Women and Equality banning the expression love' in pubs, cafés and restaurants without debate in Parliament, I go to my local sweet shop and the lady says: "What can I get you love?" When I leave I may reply: "Cheerio love."

I now realise that speaking like this can get me into very serious trouble and I fear the 3am knock on the door and transportation to the Government's interrogation and correction unit run by the Maoist Proletarian Dialect Elimination Committee.

Failing that, as I cannot rid myself of talking, and receiving, warm and friendly words like love, could you please inform me of the correction unit in Bradford where I may claim a permit to wear a placard around my neck stating the following when I attend a public house or restaurant or political office: "To all staff and politicians, please do not take offence at the way I speak as no offence is intended" with probably the Government's red book to hold aloft.

Failing all this, if anyone objects to my dialect or friendly manner I will simply walk out without purchase and eat and drink at home where I can say (unless the TV has been bugged): "It's my turn to mak thee tea love, what would tha like?"

James Priestley, Denbrook Avenue, Bradford