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1 1988 and 1991 surveys which Mr. Fairgrieve said were done.
2 He drew reservations about their comparability with the
3 Taylor and Nelson and Fast-Track Harris Research ones.
4 There was the question of a hard copy of the questionnaire
5 used for the Taylor and Nelson survey which he thought was
6 about 10 sheets of A4 and a hard copy of the Fast-Track
7 Harris Research questionnaire which was said to be twice as
8 long. He also said, although this might be less clear
9 reading the transcript, that in some respects anyway he
10 ought to be able to work out what the percentages of
11 frequency of eating at McDonald's meant in numbers of
12 people. I think the phrase we used was "literal numbers".
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14 MR. RAMPTON: I have not spoken to him this morning. I cannot
15 remember, because it is a very long time ago in the course
16 of a case like this, September of last year, I cannot
17 remember whether he has done that calculation. I think
18 that he has. What I can tell your Lordship is that the
19 questionnaires have been disclosed, the two questionnaires,
20 so has the 1991 survey. At the moment the 1998 survey is a
21 mystery to me. I do not know to what it refers.
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: They were both mentioned together in one and
24 the same breath really.
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26 MR. RAMPTON: I will make enquiries about that as well as
27 the -----
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29 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You may remember there was some discussion
30 between you and me. I said I might be particularly
31 interested in them, although in fact Mr. Fairgrieve did say
32 that they did not include frequency of eating information.
33 They might be of interest, one would have to look at them,
34 because they really straddled the years of alleged
35 publication of the leaflet.
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37 MR. RAMPTON: He is here; perhaps we could deal with this on the
38 spot. That is right. 1988 had been shredded, he found,
39 because of a filing space problem. We have had disclosed
40 1991 and 1993 for the sake of comparison, really. He has
41 done the numbers calculation as well, my Lord. Your
42 Lordship should find the 1991 and 1993 surveys now as
43 appendices 6 and 7 to Mr. Fairgrieve's statement in yellow
44 file V. The witness bundle has it, I know that.
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46 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I only go up to 5. Can I just tell you what
47 I have?
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49 MR. RAMPTON: Yes.
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: When I get to AF5, I have a document which
52 starts off: "Ask four men and four women only".
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54 MR. RAMPTON: Yes, that is the questionnaire for ----
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is that the Taylor and Nelson questionnaire?
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58 MR. RAMPTON: That is the Taylor and Nelson questionnaire, yes.
59 What has happened is that it has become a separate appendix
60 on its own. There were originally four.
