The new way of running Brighton and Hove City Council tells us nothing about exactly how decisions will be made.

Presumably, as before, the committee will decide, thus ensuring individual anonymity. Moreover, with one-third fewer councillors and a committee structure, there will be increasing demands on councillors' time.

Might it not, therefore, be sensible to return to the former system of reimbursement, by attendance at committee, rather than the present block system whereby councillors are paid whether they attend or not? Payment by results is a principle now widely accepted.

-R G Jenkins, Hove