I see that Hugh Bayley MP is opposed to student "top up" fees ('Fees message to city students', April 29).

Let us hope this is not in the same way he was opposed to waging war on Iraq without a UN mandate.

Mr Bayley went to university at a time when there were no fees, but grants, allowing everyone access to further education.

Now he, and his colleagues, have pulled up the ladder behind them.

Shame on them all.

Jack Hughes,

Castlegate, York.

Updated: 11:34 Friday, May 02, 2003