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1 have asked about, "Are there any do not no's on sheet D" or
2 whether Ms. Mead can really speak as to the figures on the
3 sheet or not. The rest is just comment in the light of any
4 other evidence we have heard.
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6 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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8 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you understand?
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10 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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12 MR. JUSTICE BELL: So I will go away now for five minutes. If
13 you need a bit more time tell Mr. Riley or Mr. Stiles when
14 he comes up and we will see. You are not to think that
15 because a witness may or may not be important, as Ms. Mead
16 may be or may not be important at the end of the day, that
17 you have to ask questions on every topic which she has
18 raised. I will not hold it against you if you do not.
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20 (Short Adjournment).
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22 MR. MORRIS: We would appreciate an adjournment on Ms. Mead's
23 evidence. I am finding it very difficult to find an area
24 to go into in any depth without reference to those
25 documents.
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27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you want to ask Ms. Mead any more
28 questions this afternoon?
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30 MR. MORRIS: To be honest I think it might be helpful if we just
31 adjourned as far as she is concerned.
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The normal rule is that you should not speak
34 to anyone about your evidence until you have finished it.
35 Is there anything, for instance the matters in relation to
36 the New Earnings Survey, that you would like Ms. Mead to
37 enquire about overnight?
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39 MS. STEEL: Yes, if we could have the information about the G2
40 document about where the figures were from and what year
41 the figures were that were not McDonald's pay rates, the
42 pay rates that were used by comparison.
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44 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let us take it step by step. If you look at
45 G1 first, I would like to know what the New Earnings Survey
46 April 1987 means. In other words, the figures which
47 appear, save in respect of McDonald's, I would like to know
48 what the survey period was for that, do you understand, not
49 the publication period? I would like to know whether the
50 prime figure is the weekly figure which may or may not be
51 for 39 hours, or the hourly figure, if you can get some
52 help on that.
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54 THE WITNESS: Yes.
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: G2, Ms. Steel, specifically what is it?
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58 MS. STEEL: Well, all the charts that are there ----
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60 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The tables?
