Rather than amending the legislation, thus delaying regulations, guidance and thus franchising further, we would instead encourage the Scottish Government and Transport Scotland to allay the concerns expressed in both the petition and in parliamentary scrutiny about the panel and the Traffic Commissioners role in convening this, with robust guidance on panel members, their role and expected behaviour. • providing additional funding to help support RTPs in preparing franchising frameworks and assisting them with initial set-up costs once frameworks are approved As above, it would be more accurate to refer to support for LTAs.