Day 047 - 07 Nov 94 - Page 27

     
     1        "Is it", and then if he says "yes", they we are; if he
     2        says "no", you can suggest that he is wrong for some given
     3        reason.
     4
     5   MR. MORRIS: (To the witness)  The ITC is now looking at this
     6        section, is it not?
     7        A.  Yes.
     8
     9   Q.   And they have taken, in fact, submissions from a number of
    10        different organisations?
    11        A.  Yes.
    12
    13   Q.   And, in fact, they have made their own proposals for
    14        amending the section?
    15        A.  Yes.
    16
    17   Q.   Are you aware of a pamphlet from the National Food
    18        Alliance, Responsible Food Advertising?
    19        A.  I am.
    20
    Q.   Are you aware that they have made proposals for changes in
    22        that section?
    23        A.  Yes.
    24
    25   Q.   Would it be fair to say that those proposals from the
    26        National Food Alliance represent a considerable body of
    27        concern, public concern?
    28        A.  I think that would be overstating it.
    29
    30   Q.   In what way?
    31        A.  I think they reflect the views of the people who have
    32        expressed those views.  I do not believe that they are
    33        widespread views, but they are views that they are
    34        perfectly entitled to express, and they have been taken
    35        seriously.
    36
    37   Q.   Are you aware that, at the front of that pamphlet, the
    38        people who are backing those changes include:  The
    39        Association of Community Health Councils for England and
    40        Wales, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, British
         Dental Association, British Dietetic Association, British
    42        Heart Foundation, Children's Society, the Coronary
    43        Prevention Group, Institute of Child Health, Institute of
    44        Environmental Health Officers, Institute of Trading
    45        Standards Administration, National Children's Home,
    46        National Confederation of Parent Teachers Associations,
    47        National Farmers Union, National Federation of Consumer
    48        Groups, Trades Union Congress, Women's Royal Voluntary
    49        Service, World Council Research Funds; were you aware that
    50        those were some of the organisations? 
    51        A.  I am aware that those organisations are listed as 
    52        supporting the broad aims of the particular organisation. 
    53        I doubt very much whether they have all backed every single
    54        recommendation.  I doubt if the specific proposals on
    55        advertising were looked at by the Trades Union Congress,
    56        for example.  But they back the broad objectives of the
    57        National Food Alliance, and that is a useful supporting
    58        piece of information.
    59
    60   Q.   If it was found -- no doubt we will hear evidence later --