Day 131 - 06 Jun 95 - Page 49

     
     1        most of the industries because, of course, they have to
     2        specify their processes so carefully.
     3
     4   Q.   Can you name some industries that have a low risk by the
     5        very nature of that kind of industry?
     6        A.  Well, anything which is essentially a high
     7        administration rate, or retailing generally; I mean, if you
     8        are just selling various bits and pieces.
     9
    10   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Can we not imagine them for ourselves?
    11        I would have thought banking would ---
    12        A.  Absolutely.
    13
    14   Q.   -- obviously be low risk, because that is largely what
    15        I will describe as "clerical", although that may not be
    16        doing it justice.
    17        A.  I would think that is likely, right, my Lord.
    18
    19   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do you have to ask Mr. Purslow?  If you have
    20        something specifically in mind, a specific target for
         comparison.
    22
    23   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.
    24
    25   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I think that is why, I would guess, he chose
    26        food manufacturing, because it is what, for right or wrong,
    27        Mr. Purslow thinks is a comparable.  You have made your
    28        point about full-time work.  If there is something else --
    29        you see, I thought you might want to ask:  There is a lot
    30        of machinery which you might trap your fingers in, or
    31        things like that, in food manufacturing, which there is not
    32        at McDonald's.
    33
    34   THE WITNESS:   Indeed.
    35
    36   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If you have points like that, then put them
    37        to him.  I am interested in something which is a reasonable
    38        comparison, because catering is here to stay and ---
    39
    40   MR. MORRIS:  If we compare it to retailing.
    41
    42   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  -- it is not comparable to something like
    43        banking at all.
    44
    45   THE WITNESS:  No, absolutely.
    46
    47   MR. MORRIS:  If we compare McDonald's to retailing, for
    48        example -----
    49
    50   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I must intervene.  Why should McDonald's 
    51        be compared with retailing?  It is a kind of retailing.  We 
    52        cannot live by eating fairy toys and postage stamps.  We 
    53        have to eat.
    54
    55   MS. STEEL:  Mr. Nicholson compared the wage rates in the
    56        retailing industry to the rates of pay at McDonald's.
    57
    58   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I can see reason for the comparison there
    59        but, when we come to accidents, I cannot.
    60