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1 the ..." well, that has all been blanked out, "who use the
2 Square as a tip for their spent food wrappings". Did you
3 make contact with the residents at this time of Wellington
4 Square having read these very strong views?
5 A. The only resident whom I have spoken to was a lady and
6 gentleman in 1 Wellington Square.
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8 Q. We have not got that letter from Wellington Square
9 I think. Now if we can move to 776, this is in 1993, it is
10 from Nicholas Scott MP who, I believe, is a Minister now --
11 I do not know of what.
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13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I am not sure it is anything to do with this
14 area. He was the Minister who collected some publicity
15 last year over the Private Bill relating to the disabled.
16 So he may have been a -- well, I will not say any more. In
17 any event, he was writing as the local member of
18 Parliament, obviously, rather than in any ministerial
19 capacity so far as we can see.
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21 MR. MORRIS: Yes. This is a letter which includes -- it seems
22 that Dr. Taylor had been to see (Dr. Taylor from the
23 residents associations of the area) the MP and the MP has
24 written to Mr. Preston, the President of McDonald's. The
25 top of it has been blanked out, but we note that it is
26 referring to the environment/index.html">litter concerns of Dr. Taylor. It refers
27 to several useful meetings with McDonald's in the second
28 complete paragraph. Do you remember meetings with
29 Dr. Taylor?
30 A. Dr. Taylor, as I suggested, we bumped into each other
31 several times in the street.
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33 Q. Right, so actually if we look at 774 ----
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35 MR. JUSTICE BELL: 772 Dr. Taylor wrote on 28th September 1993
36 to Mr. Preston.
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38 MR. MORRIS: But on 774 they actually set up a meeting.
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40 MR. JUSTICE BELL: And then 774 there was going to be a meeting.
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42 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, yes, but if one wants to know what
43 Dr. Taylor's concerns are about environment/index.html">litter were, one has to
44 look at 773.
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46 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I have read that.
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48 MR. MORRIS: So on 774 you arranged a meeting with Dr. Taylor,
49 did you?
50 A. It was myself and there were high officials from
51 McDonald's hierarchy.
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53 Q. Did you attend that meeting that was held or get a record
54 of it?
55 A. I do not have a record of it, but I remember the
56 meeting.
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58 Q. Who else was at that meeting or do you know anybody who was
59 at that meeting?
60 A. It was Marcus Hughson, John Dwyer was there, Keith
