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Vraag 1

Fall from grace


1 Sir,
2 I fear Mr Roundell Greene is right to take me to task (letter, Jan. 28) for a recent
3 press release written in official gobbledygook.
4 I write as one who has been commended by the Plain English Campaign for heroic
5 efforts to halt the rising tide of the new Health-speak, having even advised chairmen of the
6 National Health Service to greet all such material with a demand for a translation.
7 You will therefore understand my irritation at being caught out myself.
8 Tom Sackville
9 Parliamentary Under Secretary
10 Health Department
11 London SW1

What is the main purpose of Mr Sackville's letter?