Day 269 - 25 Jun 96 - Page 41
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2 Q. Have you.... Sorry, have you finished? I did not mean to
3 interrupt.
4 A. I think I have finished my qualification.
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6 Q. You spoke last time, indeed I think it was in your last
7 paper, about parallel lines. Do you remember that?
8 A. Yes, I do indeed.
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10 Q. And you are using them really to predict, as you are, I
11 think, in your present paper, to predict a state of
12 confidence or certainty in the future?
13 A. Yes.
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15 Q. In relation to cancer?
16 A. Yes.
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18 Q. Which now exists in relation to heart disease. Is that
19 right?
20 A. That is right.
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22 Q. Is COMA 41 up there? I am sure, Professor, you will find a
23 copy there. You did actually make contribution, as I
24 imagine others did, to this particular panel?
25 A. A minor contribution.
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27 Q. A contribution. It was published, I think, in 1991. With
28 minor amendments it was reprinted in 1994?
29 A. Yes.
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31 Q. Can you turn please to page 39, which is the chapter on
32 fat?
33 A. Yes.
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35 Q. Now, I occasionally, when I refer to this document, say
36 this is the Government speaking. Of course, that is not
37 right, is it? It is a panel of scientists?
38 A. Well, they are not all scientists. A lot of them are.
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40 Q. I beg to differ. The members of the panel look to me, if
41 you look on page (xiv) at the beginning, you may tell me I
42 am wrong, but they look to me pretty much as though they
43 are all scientists.
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45 MS. STEEL: That is the working group on vitamins.
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47 MR. RAMPTON: You are quite right, I am sorry. Well, I am glad
48 they are all scientists.
49 A. Not even them. It depends what you mean by
50 scientists, Mr. Rampton. I tend to think of scientists as
51 people actively engaged in biomedical research or physical
52 sciences or some such thing of that nature, and, generally
53 speaking, these groups on which I have, as you say,
54 contributed myself, have a smattering of people who have
55 either administrative or --
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57 Q. They have observers?
58 A. They are not necessarily observers, they contribute to
59 the discussions.
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