"I have a difficulty.... Not knowing any Lords and not being the constituent of one who the hell does one write to? "

Read that last post I made and follow through on the links and inmformation contained, and you get a list of some relevant peers, and how to get in touch with them.

Lords don't have this convention MPs do about not dealing with letters except from constituents - Lords don't have "constituents" - anyone anywhere is entitled to lobby them. (That doesn't mean they necessarily take any notice of the letters, but I suspect they might actually be quite chuffed to get faxes from Texas about the adverse impact on tourism the Government's proposals will have.)