SIR – I have it from London business men themselves that they find no difficulty at all in travelling between King’s Cross and Saltaire to do a day’s business in Yorkshire.

The HS2 scheme will not alter the North-South divide. However, with unprecedented levels of immigration in recent years, which has led to higher birthrates, it may well be useful in easing congestion in a country which I have heard may well have a larger population than Germany in years to come.

Iain Morris, Caroline Street, Saltaire