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                                                                  DAY 214
 
                                           DAVID ROBERTS, Cross-examined:
 
 
 
     1        yes?
     2        A.  Yes.
     3
     4   Q.   How long do you think that had been the situation?
     5        A.  For how long had I had that many?
     6
     7   Q.   Yes.
     8        A.  Probably for, I would say, four or five weeks before
     9        that and before that it was just rising towards that.
    10
    11   Q.   Right.  So, before that you did not feel that you had
    12        enough staff to ---
    13        A.  I did.  I felt -----
    14
    15   Q.   -- meet all your needs?
    16        A.  I felt I did, yes.
    17
    18   Q.   You felt you did?
    19        A.  Yes.
    20
    21   Q.   But you thought you would increase the number of staff
    22        anyway?
    23        A.  No, it was, like I explained to you, I wanted to make
    24        sure that I helped the group and that I had people trained
    25        up for them.
    26
    27   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Could someone just tell me what page number
    28        we are now on on the screen?
    29
    30   MS. STEEL:  37.29.
    31
    32   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  37?  Just the page number.  37.  The line
    33        number?
    34
    35   MR. RAMPTON:  Now 34, my Lord.
    36
    37   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Thank you.
    38
    39   MS. STEEL (To the witness):  So, you were not bothered about
    40        your labour costs at all?
    41        A.  I have not said that.
    42
    43   Q.   So you were bothered about your labour costs?
    44        A.  Yes, I was.
    45
    46   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  There is a frame of mind which does not fit
    47        either of those questions, is there not?  90 per cent of
    48        one's life falls into it probably.
    49
    50   MS. STEEL:  He said he was bothered about his labour costs 
    51        anyway. 
    52 
    53   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, but pursue him on that, if you say he
    54        has said it.
    55
    56   MS. STEEL (To the witness):  But what labour costs were you
    57        trying to adhere to?
    58        A.  I was trying to run the business effectively on the
    59        amount of people that I needed.
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