It has come to being made a criminal for driving a partner to work

sir – I have taken the trouble to read the latest Coronavirus Regulations in view of their overwhelming impact on the lives of all of us.

My partner, who lives with me, is a key worker. She does not drive. I therefore drive her to work, otherwise she would have to take public transport.

It seems I am no longer allowed to do so.

Leaving my home is now a criminal offence under Regulation 5 of the latest coronavirus legislation, unless it is for a necessary permitted journey as defined by Regulation 6. Permitted journeys include visiting an estate agent, but not, it appears, taking another member of one’s own household to work, regardless of the importance of that work.

I can only assume that our MPS, who approved these regulations with little or no scrutiny in their haste to lock everyone in their homes, failed to consider this obvious point.

Nigel P S Mills

Bournemouth, Dorset sir – The Church of England followed government rules that “organisers should take reasonable steps to discourage the public from attending events” for Remembrance Sunday.

As a result we had at least double the congregation we normally have at a lovely outdoor service in rural Berkshire. Sooner or later the Church and the Government have got to listen to the will of the people.

Charles Puxley

Easton, Berkshire

sir – There is overwhelming evidence, backed by eminent experts including the Government’s own scientific advisers, that restrictions on children’s sport and other activities, including golf and tennis, are unjustified and backed by no “science” at all.

Admitting errors and taking prompt remedial action would be to the Government’s credit and help mitigate the continuing damage to many people’s lives.

R J Hart

Newark, Nottinghamshire sir – As the statistics used at the press conference on Saturday October 31 have now been widely discredited, will the Prime Minister accept that the Government has made a mistake?

Another vote in Parliament could end the lockdown immediately, saving thousands of jobs, and giving many of us at least some of our freedoms back. Paul Cook

Hayling Island, Hampshire

sir – Your “One hundred years ago” column last Friday featured a firsthand account of life in Russia. It said: “There is a total absence of individual freedom. Everything is done by compulsion, according to decree, and under the menace of heavy penalties.”

We may be 100 years behind Russia, but we are catching up fast.

John Bushell

Oxshott, Surrey

sir – Who knew there were 17 million mink in Denmark?

Carole Cronin

Chelmsford, Essex