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     1        think it is, is it not?
     2        A.  Yes.
     3
     4   Q.   What sort of a thing is that?
     5        A.  That is also railed off where there is access.
     6
     7   Q.   It is railed off?
     8        A.  Yes, there is access.
     9
    10   Q.   Is it public land or is it private land?
    11        A.  I believe it says "public land".
    12
    13   Q.   Can we go back to the letter from Dr. Taylor?  Before I do
    14        that, I want to follow up one thing you said.  Are there
    15        times when the volume of business is simply so great and
    16        generates so much environment/index.html">litter that you cannot effectively deal
    17        with it in the course of a day?
    18        A.  Yes, I believe so because on an average busy hour there
    19        can be up to 200 customers taking their food away.
    20
    Q.   Up to 200 taking the food away in an hour?
    22        A.  In a hour.  Obviously, within a half an hour period
    23        that is 100 customers, so we may be clear up after 100
    24        customers in that half-hour period.  Also in the summer
    25        they do use the squares, Royal Avenue Square, as a picnic
    26        area.  There are no bins available in that Square so they
    27        just leave their rubbish on the ground.
    28
    29   Q.   What do you think McDonald's can sensibly do about what
    30        appears to be an ingrained British habit which is to eat
    31        food and throw the packaging on the ground in the bushes or
    32        over somebody's fence?
    33        A.  Obviously, we can continue to strengthen the trash
    34        walks, but at the same time we can try to inform our
    35        customers that it is responsible behaviour to use environment/index.html">litter
    36        bins after they have taken away their food.
    37
    38   Q.   It would appear -- we will know for certain when Professor
    39        Ashworth has given evidence -- that there are now quite
    40        severe penalties if you happen to be caught for dropping
         environment/index.html">litter?
    42        A.  Yes, there are.
    43
    44   Q.   Did you notice that from the leaflet?
    45        A.  Yes.
    46
    47   Q.   Is that something of which you, as a McDonald's person,
    48        approves?
    49        A.  I do, yes.
    50 
    51   Q.   Can we go back to this letter from Dr. Taylor?  We are on 
    52        page 2 of it, page 780 of the file.  He continues from 
    53        where I have left off.  "Perhaps you could reinstitute and
    54        maintain a regular patrol system".  I do not need to ask
    55        you about that.  You have already answered it.  Then he
    56        says:  "At our last meeting you may recall that I asked if
    57        you would provide a person to pick up this rubbish on a
    58        full-time basis as apparently you do in Norwich.  This
    59        would certainly alleviate the situation and provide a
    60        positive McDonald's image".  Do you know anything about a