Day 132 - 07 Jun 95 - Page 05

     
     1        It would vary between 2.5 per 1,000 which is hotels and
     2        catering?
     3        A.  Yes.
     4
     5   Q.   Up to the 31 per 1,000 which is food manufacturing ---
     6        A.  Yes.
     7
     8   Q.   -- if your recollection is correct about that -- with
     9        distribution, hotels and catering repairs being near the
    10        bottom of the scale, with just under 4 per 1,000?
    11        A.  Yes.
    12
    13   Q.   Food, drink and tobacco manufacturing industries being near
    14        the top of the scale with 25 per 1,000?
    15        A.  Absolutely, my Lord.  That was the comparison I was
    16        seeking to make yesterday.
    17
    18   Q.   You maybe asked more about that by Ms. Steel and Mr. Morris
    19        or Mr. Rampton, but I do not think it is right for me to
    20        pursue it any further at this stage anyway.  Can I ask you
         about the HSE report which was tab 55?
    22        A.  Yes, my Lord.
    23
    24   Q.   Has that helped you or, rather, can you help me about what
    25        you see as relevant advances?
    26        A.  Yes, I can.  I have trawled through the report and
    27        highlighted those references which the HSE make positively
    28        about either work in progress or recent improvements or
    29        improvements since the appointment of a Health & Safety
    30        advisor.
    31
    32   Q.   I am not asking you to elaborate on them for now, but if
    33        you could identify them for me, I would be grateful?
    34        A.  Certainly.  Some of them are general in nature and some
    35        specific.
    36
    37   Q.   Yes.  Just take it in your own time but steadily,
    38        Mr. Purslow.  Tab 55.
    39        A.  The first statement would be page which is detailed 800
    40        at the bottom which is the summary, para. 3, which mentions
         the role of the Health & Safety Officer in improving --
    42        some success in developing new procedures.
    43
    44   Q.   So we knew that anyway, but I would rather you told us even
    45        the obvious.
    46        A.  It is just a general ------
    47
    48   Q.   Mrs. Barnes is coming?
    49        A.  Indeed.
    50 
    51   Q.   But the Health & Safety Task Force was there already? 
    52        A.  Yes, but you will see a reference to that subsequently, 
    53        my Lord.
    54
    55   Q.   Yes, I understand that.
    56
    57   MS. STEEL:  Sorry, can I just clarify?  Are these things that
    58        have been brought in?
    59
    60   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  These are things which have been brought in