Member

So, although the Government say, “This is not our policy and therefore we oppose it”, I want them just to consider in two respects in this group whether, first, there may be circumstances in the future where they do not want to be constrained to go only to a wholly owned public sector company for the purposes of the provision of railway services and they may want to go to other providers, and, secondly, that there may be circumstances where they want to continue franchises where a wholly satisfactory service is being provided and it would not be in the interests of passengers for them to bring those franchises to an end.