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     1        to arrangements which relate to the care of children, but
     2        what I would like you to do over the adjournment we will
     3        now have until 2 o'clock is see what the prospects are of
     4        making that arrangement, so that we could go on for
     5        tomorrow or part of tomorrow if necessary.  I do not know
     6        how much longer -- if you have other general matters to
     7        raise and individual additives to go to, for all I know
     8        Dr. Millstone will be some considerable time further in
     9        chief.  But I do not want to enquire or press you about
    10        that.
    11
    12   MR. MORRIS:  It is just that Dr. Millstone is booked for
    13        Friday.  It sounds like at least he is definitely going to
    14        be a maximum of two days.
    15
    16   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What I want to avoid, if at all possible, is
    17        any possibility of not finishing Dr. Millstone this week.
    18        If there is a gap either tomorrow or Friday, is there any
    19        possibility of having another witness in?  Is there any
    20        possibility of Miss Brophy, for instance, coming then?
    21
    22   MR. MORRIS:  We could not get hold of her.
    23
    24   MS. STEEL:   The thing is, if there is a possibility of it going
    25        over, then that means that Dr. Millstone cannot act on the
    26        assumption that he is going to be away early tomorrow -- he
    27        cannot assume he is going to get away early tomorrow, as
    28        Mr. Rampton is suggesting.
    29
    30   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I do not think he should assume that.  All
    31        I am asking him to do is do his very best to make
    32        arrangements for tomorrow so that he can come.
    33
    34   MR. MORRIS:  I think it might be fair to say to Dr. Millstone
    35        that if he is on tomorrow I think it is extremely unlikely
    36        he will be needed on Friday, which may help him.
    37
    38   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I have only mentioned it now because it
    39        seemed better to raise it now for the first time rather
    40        than at quarter past 4.
    41
    42                           (Short Adjournment)
    43                                                     2.00 p.m..
    44
    45   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  How did you get on?
    46
    47   THE WITNESS:  The position is that I think it is quite likely
    48        that I will be able to come tomorrow, but I will have to
    49        make another call to confirm -----
    50 
    51   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  We will have another break in the middle of 
    52        the afternoon anyway.  Yes? 
    53
    54   MR. MORRIS:  Just a few more brief questions on generalities,
    55        not necessarily in a sensible order.  If a compound was
    56        acting as a tumour promoter and not able by itself to cause
    57        cancer, would that be of relevance in its safety
    58        implications?
    59        A.  I would think it ought to be.  I deemed that to be of
    60        importance.

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