Day 134 - 13 Jun 95 - Page 40


     
     1        A.  Can I just say about the barometers area, to carry on
     2        with that?  We would not ask questions about the ones that
     3        are in there -- I will not repeat them -- if we did not
     4        want to know the answers; not all of which are entirely
     5        favourable.  You can see that.
     6
     7   MR. MORRIS:  I will come on to that.  You do not want to know
     8        the answers about how people feel about low pay, safety or
     9        pressure of work, do you?
    10        A.  We want to know about what people feel about working
    11        for the Company in a whole range of areas which are
    12        outlined here.
    13
    14   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Let us pause there.  By 2 o'clock I think the
    15        most useful approach is just to think over the next hour of
    16        two or three questions which you think it would be useful
    17        to pose which are not posed, the actual questions.  Then
    18        ask Ms. Mead when we come back what she thinks of the
    19        usefulness or otherwise.  But when you have an answer,
    20        unless it has some obvious inconsistency in it, I suggest
    21        you leave it there and, at the end of the day, we will see
    22        what all the other answers are and what I make of
    23        Ms. Mead's answer.
    24
    25   MR. MORRIS:  Before we break -- we are not sure if we will
    26        finish today -- it was just that it was relevant to looking
    27        at the other documents that we have got; if we were pretty
    28        sure we would finish, whether it would be worth having an
    29        extra 20 minutes or something, but we cannot guarantee
    30        finishing today.
    31
    32   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Quite frankly, I would not ask for an extra
    33        quarter of an hour now to have a dip into the New Earnings
    34        Survey, if only because I think you might end up doing
    35        yourself a disservice.  If I were you, if you have the loan
    36        of that one for a short period, if Barlows are prepared to
    37        let you have it, I would go away and look at it at your
    38        leisure and use it for comment rather than further
    39        questions.
    40
    41        So, try to finish today if you can, if only because it is
    42        unproductive to come back tomorrow for a short period if
    43        you can avoid it.  If you cannot finish today, there we
    44        are; do your best to.
    45
    46                        (Luncheon Adjournment)
    47
    48   MR. MORRIS:  Going to the opinion survey, there are no
    49        questions, for example:  "I do not get enough wages for the
    50        work I do", that was not felt to be a useful question? 
    51        A.  I do not think we have ever actually considered that 
    52        question precisely, but I think there are areas which cover 
    53        pay.  But, no, there is not a question such as you describe
    54        there.
    55
    56   Q.   There is nothing that covers pay fundamentally, though, is
    57        there, about wage rates being too low?
    58        A.  No, there is not.
    59
    60   Q.   There is nothing in terms of wages that deals with not

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