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1 the restaurant; is that right?
2 A. Welfare as in health and safety.
3
4 Q. Yes, I understand that. I was not extending it to social
5 considerations. In those areas does McDonald's train its
6 staff?
7 A. Yes.
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9 Q. This is a bit of an idiot question, forgive me, how
10 thoroughly does McDonald's train its staff in those two
11 separate areas, food safety and employee health and safety?
12 A. Extremely thoroughly.
13
14 Q. Have you read and digested the contents of David Wignall's
15 statement that was made for this case?
16 A. I have.
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18 Q. Aside from three comments which you have made upon it in
19 the statement which you have made (which we will deal with
20 briefly in a moment) are you satisfied that its contents
21 are accurate?
22 A. I am satisfied they are.
23
24 Q. Is there any respect in which you think it needs to be
25 added to or in which it needs to be amended apart from
26 those three respects which I have mentioned?
27 A. I do not think so.
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29 Q. How well by now do you think that you understand McDonald's
30 operation as it affects food safety and the health and
31 safety of the workers?
32 A. I think I have a good understanding of that.
33
34 Q. Can we briefly mention those three? My Lord, they are
35 paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of Mr. Atherton's statement which is
36 signed on 28th January of this year, although I think it is
37 dated 1994. That is a common error. The first one, my
38 Lord, relates to paragraph 66 of David Wignall's statement.
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40 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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42 MR. RAMPTON: I will come back to that, if I may, more
43 specifically in a moment. The second one relates to
44 paragraph 82. (To the witness): I tell you this,
45 Mr. Atherton, in paragraph 82 of his statement Mr. Wignall
46 had referred to the training of crew members on the
47 intermediate operations course. You say that is not right,
48 it should refer to the training of managers on that
49 particular course?
50 A. That is correct, yes.
51
52 Q. That is right. In paragraph 87 he has given a number of
53 examples of the training for management skills. You have
54 added "which you had introduced a two day team building
55 seminar about 18 months ago which all managers attend"?
56 A. I did not personally introduce it, but it was
57 introduced.
58
59 Q. I say "you", I am sorry. Sometimes I say "you" when I
60 mean McDonald's. Forgive me.
