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     1        large quantities of fastfood; and the argument being
     2        presented there is that promotional literature from
     3        manufacturers may not be the most useful means, but that
     4        there was some interest, and, I would now suggest, greater
     5        interest, in having more information, more transparency
     6        about the fastfood they are eating.  That was the argument
     7        at the end of that discussion there, and, indeed, was the
     8        prompt, if you wish, for quite a lot of action taking
     9        place in that period, including the writing of my book and
    10        various other activities that concerned children's diets
    11         -- the media that resulted from the Diet of British
    12        Schoolchildren publication, for example.
    13
    14   Q.   So what are your conclusions from the results of that
    15        survey overall?
    16        A.  That there are, indeed, pockets of consumers who are
    17        consuming quite large quantities of fastfood and, given
    18        the nature of the sorts of fastfoods they appear to be
    19        eating, there may well be concerns for their health as a
    20        result.
    21
    22   Q.   When you say "pockets", are they substantial pockets?
    23        A.  Well, as you know, we targeted a particular low income
    24        area.  We selected only day time and afternoon
    25        respondents, so it would be foolish of us to generalise
    26        beyond what we had actually sampled, except to say that
    27        other data of the sort we discussed earlier does indicate
    28        that the phenomena of eating foods of this type is fairly
    29        widespread.  We are showing that in these areas, within
    30        this sample range, for a significant proportion, about a
    31        third of those sampled it was a very significant part of
    32        their diet, the consumption of fastfood was a very
    33        important part of their diet.
    34
    35   Q.   If we can move on, maybe, from that survey.  We served
    36        this second survey from Fiona Carruthers, but, to be
    37        honest, I have forgotten about it.  I am not sure if we
    38        actually intend to call Miss Carruthers.  She has made a
    39        statement for us, has she not?
    40
    41   MS. STEEL:  Yes.
    42
    43   MR. RAMPTON:  The position was, may I remind your Lordship,
    44        that I consented to the Defendants impressing her
    45        statement with a Civil Evidence Act notice orally.  I said
    46        that if I wanted her called I would give a counter
    47        notice.  I have not done so and, therefore, as matters
    48        presently stand, she does not have to be called as a
    49        witness; it can be read.
    50 
    51   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  When you have finished Dr. Lobstein or when 
    52        he finishes in the witness box remind me of Miss 
    53        Carruthers so I can reread her statement then.
    54
    55   MR. MORRIS:  From memory -- to be honest I have not looked at
    56        it for six months -- I believe it is much the same kind of
    57        approach as the others.
    58
    59   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  In case I do not remember to read it this
    60        evening, I want you to remind me when we get to the end of

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