Mr. John Purcell:

I referred earlier to the fact that ours is a very diverse organisation. In that context, not every broadcaster would wish to access the proposed fund. For those who would wish to do so, it could prove to be the difference between allowing them to continue to provide the local services which have characterised the success of independent broadcasting during the past 25 years and facilitating the development of a consolidated, regionalised and centralised model such as that which obtains in the UK.