[lettie]

I would be wholly in favour of a return to National service for both boys and girls born and living in this country regardless of colour, religion and social background. Young girls would probably try to get out of it by becoming pregnant, but I would favour a young mother taking her infant into the forces creche whilst she did her service. Good parenting classes are a joke, many people attend them because social services say they have to. In my opinion they make not one iota of difference. With transient renting communities landlords should have to be more responsible. I'll bet that there would be less rubbish lying around in back yards if the councils made the landlords pay for removal. It may make them think twice about who they are renting their properties out to.