Dr. Br?d Quinn:

Running through most of the recommendations on the powers of the mayor was a desire for the ability and opportunity to tailor transport and education. It is stated in one of the documents that the curriculum, for example, would be set nationally. People were never thinking about teachers' salaries. I never heard anything about that. It was about the logistics of education, including where schools are, how they might be transferred and ensuring that transport is tailored to the needs of the people. It is not about somebody in a far away office deciding that the people of-----