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2 Q. Secretary in the Civil Service sense, not in the office
3 sense?
4 A. If you mean as it were the secretariat sense.
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6 Q. Yes?
7 A. Yes, certainly.
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9 Q. Can you tell me when the report, Food Nutrition and the
10 Prevention of Cancer: A Global Perspective, is likely to be
11 published?
12 A. Yes, May next year.
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14 Q. Yes. Thank you, Mr. Cannon.
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16 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. Thank you for coming back, Mr. Cannon.
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18 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, the only thing to mention now before it
19 leaves my head --
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21 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. This does not concern Mr. Cannon?
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23 MR. RAMPTON: No, no.
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25 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Take anything that is yours but leave the
26 rest there.
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28 (Witness withdrew)
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30 MR. RAMPTON: I mentioned the other day that there was another
31 case besides the Modal report in one of your Lordship's...
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Mr. Atkinson 'phoned it through to Mr. Glenn
34 and it was a judgment of...
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36 MR. RAMPTON: Mr. Justice Bingham.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Mr. Justice Bingham.
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40 MS. STEEL: What is this judgment about?
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42 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It was on the question of expert evidence.
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44 MS. STEEL: It is just nobody notified us about-----
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46 MR. RAMPTON: I am not referring to it. Ms. Steel should calm
47 down.
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49 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I asked, I should be told sometime this
50 morning, but I said I would appreciate knowing on the
51 'phone yesterday so I could look at it, which in fact I
52 did.
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54 MR. RAMPTON: Good. It is called H.3 v Shearing Chemicals
55 Limited, 1983, 1 WLR 143. Alternatively, 1983 1 AER 849.
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57 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just so I can explain to the defendants what
58 I understand the point to be. I do not want to enter into
59 a discussion of it now. I was very anxious to get on with
60 Mr. Cannon's evidence and leave that for later. But do you
