Day 246 - 09 May 96 - Page 59
1 Q. Do you know if the imposition of that tax, as it affects
2 McDonald's, has resulted in less disposable packaging being
3 used by McDonald's in those stores that are affected?
4 A. I think in certain stores in Germany they have a
5 reusable cup programme being trialed. Whether at the end
6 of the day it has effected the totality of environment,
7 I do not know. I am not sure the test has been concluded
8 yet, but I do believe there is a couple of restaurants --
9 and by a couple I do not know whether I mean 2 or whether I
10 mean 20, I just do not know -- doing some kind of reusable
11 cup test, yes.
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13 Q. Right.
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15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think part of the question is, that being so
16 do you know whether that is a response to relevant
17 taxation?
18 A. I would be surprised, sir, if it was not.
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20 MR. MORRIS: Right. I think that is all we need to deal with on
21 that particular matter. If I can just collect my thoughts.
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Sit down for a minute, and if you want to sit
24 down, Mr. Preston, do so.
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26 MR. MORRIS: We are moving much faster than I thought we would
27 on this.
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29 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If you can give a time indication when we rise
30 about how much longer you expect to cross-examine Mr.
31 Preston it might be helpful.
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33 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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35 MR. JUSTICE BELL: But concentrate on what you are going to do
36 next first of all.
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38 MR. MORRIS: Right. (Pause). Just one thing to emphasise, in
39 the Clive Harris Financial Times article, which you
40 verified as being based on an interview with you, there was
41 a reference to the UK phasing out foam packaging following
42 what happened in the States. I know that never happened,
43 and there is in the Defendants' second supplementary list
44 of documents, number 10, I do not know exactly where it is,
45 if I can just read it, maybe we ought to get it just to
46 emphasise that particular point. It is the Defendants'
47 second supplementary list No 10.
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49 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you know which bundle that is?
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51 MR. MORRIS: Sorry.
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53 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If it is the second supplementary list I am
54 not sure we can just work on the bundles, because I think
55 some of the documents in the second supplementary list are
56 in Defendants' supplementary list bundles.
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58 MR. MORRIS: Yes, I do not know if...
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60 MS. STEEL: I think for some reason they got called
