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     1   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Our procedure is that when you have been
              cross-examined, the parties who have called you can ask
     2        you some further questions.  It is probably just the same
              in the States?
     3        A.  I think it is called redirect.
 
     4   Q.   We call it re-examination.
              A.  Thank you.
     5
         MISS STEEL:  You were asked yesterday about your intentions
     6        when you wrote this statement.  Was it your intention to
              mislead this court when you wrote your statement?
     7        A.  It was not.
 
     8   Q.   How long did you have to write your statement?
              A.  A day.
     9
         Q.   You have said that some of the papers referred to in your
    10        statement you referred to by memory.  If you had been
              given a longer period to write your statement, would you
         have put the papers in front of you as you were writing
              the report?
    12        A.  Absolutely.
 
    13   Q.   Right.  I would like to say something at this point
              because the witness has been attacked, and I think it is
    14        only fair to point out that last year we were given three
              weeks to serve all our statements when we had to rush
    15        round asking people to serve statements within a couple of
              days.  That was all the time we had.
    16
         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If a thought like that occurs to you, make a
    17        note somewhere and that is for comment at the end.
 
    18   MISS STEEL:  Right.
 
    19   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I will keep an open mind -- do not worry
              about that -- but do write these points down because my
    20        experience is, if you just sit down at the end of the
              evidence or even read through transcripts, you will not
         bring them all back.  So, make a note of them as they
              occur to you.  When you get to the end of the case, you
    22        may choose to discard an awful lot of them but at least
              you remember them.
    23
         MISS STEEL:  It might be helpful if you try to remember that
    24        because it will relate to other witnesses as well.
 
    25   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I cannot remember all your points.
  
    26   MISS STEEL:  I will bring it up at the end, but just bear it in 
              mind. 
    27
              You were asked why you had not concerned yourself with the
    28        use of polystyrene foam in building a house.  Do you
              consider the use of foam in packaging to be a far more
    29        frivolous and worrying use than to use it in building a
              house?
    30        A.  Absolutely.