Ms Mary Jones:

No, there was not. There was a range of views on the matter among the members of the advisory board when we discussed it. Some people were of the view that it should be straight to PAS and an open competition, but acknowledging as well whether the nominating bodies still have a vote. When we raised the issue of identifying skills and identifying them in the primary legislation, there was a view that it may work and then one could tweak that as needs be to ensure we have the broad mix we are looking for on the board.