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1 would not be giving a fair assessment of my views if I
2 tried to put a figure on that. I really would not.
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4 Q. Yes, thank you, Mr. Monbiot.
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6 Re-examined by Mr. Morris
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8 Q. Just one question. When you identified, with the sweep of
9 your hands, this area here -----
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11 MR. RAMPTON: This does not arise out of cross-examination.
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13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What do you want to ask about? If it is
14 something important, I probably will not stop you anyway.
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16 MR. MORRIS: (To the witness) I was just going to say, if you
17 look to that whole area.
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19 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. Do not ask a question here because a
20 point has been taken.
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22 MR. MORRIS: I was just going to ask, lush green belt. Whether
23 that would come under his definition of lush green belt.
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25 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Which area are we talking about because it is
26 all right putting a hand across and I saw where, but as I
27 understand it with his rider, that good though this map is,
28 it cannot show the complexity on the ground.
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30 MR. MORRIS: Right.
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32 MR. JUSTICE BELL: And that you cannot draw straight lines or
33 even, I have inferred, curly well-defined lines, it is
34 accepted that this map is accurate and that we can see --
35 just pause a moment. (Pause) By the designations, it is
36 generally forested, I put it that way. What are you -----
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38 MR. MORRIS: I will not ask the question. No further
39 questions.
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41 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Thank you, Mr. Monbiot. Thank you for
42 coming.
43 A. Thank you very much.
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45 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You said Mr. Secrett, unhappily, had not been
46 very well, but he is coming tomorrow.
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48 MR. MORRIS: He is coming tomorrow. I am hoping to see him
49 this afternoon, to be as efficient as possible tomorrow.
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What about that extra -----
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53 MR. MORRIS: I asked them to try and fax to it me last night,
54 but it did not come through.
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: How long did you understand it was?
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58 MR. MORRIS: I understand it was just a conclusion sentence
59 from what he said to me and then a signature after it which
60 basically made a conclusion about what went on above. So I
