A fine of £9.4m for betting firms is peanuts (Report, 1 March). A more appropriate fine would be something like twice the total emoluments (salary, pension and bonuses) paid to the senior executives and boards of the firms for the previous two years. Fines that bite might produce better behaviour – and not just in the betting industry.
Ted Pawley
Milton Keynes
• While I can support a Hippocratic oath for engineers and scientists (Letters, 1 March), I feel MPs should make public declarations that they will act with probity and the highest standards of integrity in the representation of their constituency and the exercise of office in government. A simple extension to the oath of allegiance to the crown should suffice.
Charlie Leventon
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
