Ms Patricia King:

A practical example for those of us who believe in public transport can be seen where a big conflict is about to happen. One of the contributory reasons for this potential conflict is that if we want to uphold a public transport service then we would want to do it on the basis of offering and attracting private operators to deliver that service. This attraction would be based on the lowest possible wages and conditions and the public transport provider who is trying to offer a better rate of pay and a wage, gets knocked off the market because it cannot compete with the lower-cost operator. Policy makers who keep on saying it has nothing to do with them have a role to play in stopping that nonsense carrying on.