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1 what the document was is so that the witness could do it
2 with an open mind. I have not had days and days of
3 discussion with each of our witnesses to prepare them for
4 material we want to put to them.
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6 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is entirely up to you whether you put it
7 or not. Quite frankly, I do not think there is a
8 significant risk that any of the witnesses who come here
9 as experts are going to be unduly affected by where a
10 statement comes from. If they are particularly going to
11 be, it is because they come here already committed to one
12 view or another, whichever side they are giving the
13 evidence on.
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15 MR. MORRIS: OK. If this can be handed up?
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17 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If they are sceptical because they are
18 committed scepticists or they are enthusiasts because they
19 are committed enthusiasts, otherwise (and it seems likely
20 to me) the witness is just going to give an honest
21 response of what their view is. So, do not be deterred.
22 You are not going to be worse off if you put it, are you?
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24 MR. MORRIS: If we can just hand it to the witness? It has
25 marks on it but it does not really matter.
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27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do I have a copy of it?
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29 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I am sure it would do if Mr. Morris just
30 read it out.
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32 MR. MORRIS: I was going to. (To the witness): This is a
33 document produced by McDonald's. Can you just read it,
34 the left-hand side of the page?
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36 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do I have a copy of it?
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38 MS. STEEL: Volume VI, Nutrition, pink volume VI, No. 3, 4 and
39 5 -- it does not matter which version -- and internal
40 page 12.
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42 MR. MORRIS: It is the page, the section with: "What else is
43 needed for a healthy diet?". If you can just read from
44 "In recent years" at the top?
45 A. OK.
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47 Q. Just under the top?
48 A. Down to the headline, "What else?"
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50 Q. Down to the bottom of the page. If you want to make any
51 comments?
52 A. Yes, well, the page simply states what has been known
53 for quite a period of time (and is commonly accepted) that
54 there is, as they say, a considerable amount of evidence
55 linking dietary factors which they describe, a lack of
56 fibre and an over abundance of fat, salt and sugar in the
57 diet of western countries, linking those factors with the
58 diseases that they have mentioned, and I certainly believe
59 that those are reasonable conclusions.
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