Day 122 - 05 May 95 - Page 36
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2 Q. You do not know?
3 A. I cannot remember which, what it was or what prompted
4 me to put that in, but clearly I was aware of it at that
5 time.
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7 Q. You must have known the reason at the time?
8 A. Of course -- I would not have put it in there.
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10 Q. But it has slipped your mind now?
11 A. That was 1989. Many things I did in 1989 have slipped
12 my mind.
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14 Q. Do a lot of boroughs prohibit the employment of children in
15 McDonald's Restaurants?
16 A. I do not know.
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18 Q. You do not know?
19 A. No.
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21 Q. It is not something that sticks in your mind because it is
22 unusual and caused you great concern?
23 A. No, no.
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25 Q. Did it cause you great concern?
26 A. No, I would not have thought so.
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28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can you remember whether it was an Inner City
29 borough or not?
30 A. I really cannot, my Lord.
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32 Q. Can you remember anything about it?
33 A. It is in the back of my mind that it was in London
34 somewhere, but I cannot really remember.
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36 MR. MORRIS: At the back of my mind I think it may have been
37 Slough.
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39 THE WITNESS: I do not know. I cannot remember. That does not
40 ring a bell with me. I do not think I have ever had
41 dealings with Slough.
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43 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It does not say "one", of course, it says "at
44 least one"?
45 A. At least one, yes.
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47 Q. So you cannot help us?
48 A. No.
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50 MR. MORRIS: Can you think of any reason it could possibly have
51 been apart from the fact that they wanted to protect young
52 people from being exploited?
53 A. Oh, absolutely. I do not think that -- I doubt whether
54 that was ---
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, I think you have to -----
57 A. -- anything at all to do with that. It is the question
58 of the kitchens. We used to at one time, when we had
59 birthday party things and things like that, take kiddies
60 for a tour of the kitchens. All of a sudden, borough
