Ms Anne Graham:

We are not the people who are designing this system and we have not given it huge consideration, given that we were only invited to consider the report a week ago. We have not given any detailed consideration to what the structure would be. All we are trying to set out for the committee is that all of those deliveries are within one body and any part that is taken out would lead to some duplication and inefficiencies in the use of expertise. That goes across everything we do. I am not just saying it about ticketing; I am also saying it about management of contracts for the delivery of services; tendering of public transport services; contract management associated with the delivery of infrastructure; oversight of the infrastructure; management of grants; and taxi regulation. It goes across a myriad of responsibilities.