KEVIN Meagher slams his critics for carping about the amount of money our Government spends on overseas aid.

Kevin says he finds it "frankly disgusting" that anyone should want to deny the children of developing countries access to basic healthcare.

I wholeheartedly agree, and would therefore like to ask this spokesman for New Labour, why then does the Government, through sanctions, deny this access to basic healthcare to the children and innocent people of Iraq?

Brian Derbyshire

Ribchester Grove

Bolton