Mr. Martin Ryan:

The seagoing commitment scheme is an example of the introduction of something that could have been positive and should have been a good news story but it was done without consultation. The obvious people to talk to before introducing such a scheme are the representative associations. They will point out the pitfalls and anomalies. It is all well and good working something out, but if you do not speak to the end user, it can be flawed from the outset, as it seems this may be have been.