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     2   Q.   Does that mean that they did not?
     3        A.  I would have known about it had they done, so I am
     4        saying they did not.
     5
     6   Q.   They did not.  Did you have an opinion, as one of the
     7        largest employers of young people, on the minimum wage laws
     8        and their usefulness or otherwise to business?
     9        A.  I was quite content when they brought it out because it
    10        simplified things.
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    12   Q.   You were quite content when they?
    13        A.  When they brought out the change because it simplified
    14        things.
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    16   Q.   If we look at the new documents that were served when you
    17        started your evidence; it is one of the documents -- I do
    18        not know if you have put them in the bundle again.
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    20   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Is there one for the witness box?  Was one
    21        handed up?
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    23   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I think they were all handed up at
    24        different stages, yes.  There were only three, unless one
    25        is talking about the hierarchy.
    26
    27   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Which one are you thinking of?
    28
    29   MR. MORRIS:  It is the one which is ---
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    31   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is one of the ones, if you get yellow X
    32        out, Mr. Nicholson?
    33
    34   MR. MORRIS:  -- Store Profit & Loss Report, I think it is?
    35        A.  Yes.
    36
    37   Q.   It is behind your statement?
    38        A.  Yes.
    39
    40   Q.   Is it the one that is dated 12.1.93?
    41        A.  Yes.
    42
    43   Q.   Just so that we have the same copy?
    44        A.  Yes.
    45
    46   Q.   If we look to the annual, that is, the right-hand side of
    47        the document ---
    48        A.  Yes.
    49
    50   Q.   -- the actual payroll crew costs was 15.1 per cent of 
    51        sales, that is item 23, yes? 
    52        A.  Yes. 
    53
    54   Q.   The previous year was 15.06, yes?
    55        A.  Yes.
    56
    57   Q.   The plan that year had been 14.8?
    58        A.  Yes.
    59
    60   Q.   So, in fact, the plan had been to reduce labour costs ---

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