That is largely down to the fact that, in the east, an element of local authority control was retained through councils still having a stake in the bus company, whereas, in the west, the predecessor of SPT, in effect, sold all the corporation buses to whatever commercial company was available.We need to look at where we are now. I assume that members get up to date with all the relevant political facts and issues before a debate, but I can inform them that there is a statutory quality partnership out there.