SIR,

I am confused. Monmouthshire County Council has never supplied me with any sort of bin bag – I buy my own.

Are they now offering to supply me with bin bags from their own budget? Very generous of course and if, as it seems, they should have been giving me (and all my neighbours) bin bags in the first place, then I would be delighted to send them a backdated bill for expenses incurred over the 20-plus years I have lived in the area.

C Tucker

(Parkhouse)