Member

Finally, on integration, this is one of those occasions where I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, the noble Lord, Lord Beith, and others. I was pleased that the noble Lord, Lord Beith, confirmed that the last time there was a significant amount of nationalisation, the nationalised body was completely useless at integrating anything. That backs up my view about nationalisation, but the Government have a policy to nationalise so I will not reopen that argument. I agree that the integration point is important, particularly now, with the various information systems that are available. For somebody to be able to plan a journey on their phone from door to door—whether by taxi, Uber or bus to get to a train station and perhaps then to an airline trip—and to see all that joined up is very valuable.