TfQL highlights the impartiality of the Traffic Commissioner, writing that “they are effectively part of the existing system, and whose strategic objectives are to minimise regulatory burden on operators rather than to provide the best possible passenger service.” Whilst Get Glasgow Moving points to the absurdity of “any devolved government with power over nearly all aspects of its bus network actively choos[ing] to give away power over something as fundamental as the basic regulation of bus services … to an unelected official appointed by the UK Government”.