I’M very concerned about young girls producing babies and being funded by the state for their indiscretions.

When I was young, the mothers or grandparents were responsible for the upbringing of the child and it should revert back to this principle. Young girls now have a passport to easy council accommodation and state benefits – paid for by us – just by producing children. It’s wrong and should be stopped.

When any political party agrees with this and comes out to condemn it, then I’ll vote for that party. But I suspect that there are many families out there on the money bandwagon that won’t agree.

Merv Bain, Newton Aycliffe, Co Durham.