Mr. John Purcell:

On Mr. Hughes's point about the local democracy and courts reporting schemes being oversubscribed, that was without any radio stations participating in those schemes. As a result of the schemes' design, the additionality provisions I have spoken about and other factors, no stations took part. The design of the schemes as they were rolled out was that there would be one amount of funding in each county or local area. It would have involved newspapers and radio competing for the same funding in a winner-takes-all scenario. That was how we understood it to work. An either-or scenario in which only one out of radio and newspapers is supported is not appropriate. That is one of the weaknesses at the heart of platform neutrality as per my understanding of how the schemes were rolled out.