SIR - As a member of a well-informed group opposing privatisation of council homes in Calderdale, I am hoping Bradford Council tenants will learn from our mistakes made by not listening to two sides of the argument.

Council tenants will be bombarded with a fusillade of leaflets, videos and skilled talkers, all aiming to persuade them that voting yes to stock transfers will be the only way to get improvements.

They will be assured rents will stop at affordable rates when, in fact, no local authority can assure tenants of that.

Any tenants who think that by voting yes they are suddenly going to get all the new mod cons will also be very disappointed.

Those who do manage to get improvements will pay a heavy price with new "cost-reflecting" rents. "Cost-reflecting" means any improvements through fair wear and tear will in the future have to be paid in rent rises.

Trust no-one who is organised to speak on your behalf. Research outside your area to find out exactly what has been happening with privatisation of council houses.

This vote is not to be taken lightly. Get the full facts before you vote. Don't be rushed into it.

H Terry, CAST (Calderdale Against Stock Transfer) and member of the Tenants Federation, High Lees Road, Mixenden, Halifax.

SIR - I would like to endorse what has been said by tenants in this paper over the past few weeks relating to stock transfer.

The tenants are not as ignorant as the District Federation might like to think. The tenants are aware of what the Council is trying to do: off-load the council housing to some outside company and have the debt to the Government scrubbed.

The District Federation, who allege that they represent 60 per cent of tenants, are discussing management boards for the new companies. If the Council has not decided what option they are going for, and are going to let the tenants decide, why are the District Federation discussing management boards for the new housing companies?

I walked out of a seminar on March 16 because they were discussing management boards and I felt this meeting was premature.

The District Federation's AGM is held on April 30, at 6pm. I would like to take this opportunity to ask all tenants who can spare the time to attend by ringing 752533, Tenant Involvement Section.

Sajyad Shah, Whetley Close, Manningham.

SIR - I would like to respond to Mike Priestley's item "The job ad jargon that is beyond belief" (Saturday, March 3).

I accept that that the job advert in question, for a Health Information Analyst for Calderdale and Kirklees Health Authority, contained a fair amount of jargon. We do try to write information that we produce for the public in plain English, and I can promise that we will check future job adverts more thoroughly.

However, Mike's comments about the usefulness of the post itself are unjustified and unfair. Every single member of staff within the NHS is important. We can all see first hand the excellent work of local doctors and nurses and other health professionals. But, it takes more than doctors and nurses to run the NHS.

There are many people just as important working behind the scenes to develop and improve local healthcare.

It is the Health Authority's role to improve the health and independence of local people. To do that we need a great deal of information. The Health Information Analyst is part of the team that collects and makes sense of this information to try to make sure that we have the best healthcare available for local people.

Mrs Susan Moloney, Personnel Manager, Calderdale & Kirklees Health Authority, Crosland Moor, Huddersfield.