Ms Patricia Cronin:

The Government decided to set up the group. Its work was informed by the work of this committee. We looked at various options, including the options the committee recommended. The report sets out various complexities that would arise from them. I can outline those if the Deputy likes, but the nub of the issue is that, based on our evaluations, we advised the Government that the best short-term approach was to put the TV license fee collection out to tender. In the longer term, we recommended a device-independent charge.