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Thank you.

That is very helpful.

Just to make sure that I have got this right, you are saying that, within the remit of our inquiry, which is about getting parents back into work and looking at child poverty, this is an avenue that might work, as long as the funding process is there.

I am sorry; I am writing so many notes that I am not quite as organised as I should be.

Here we are. The fair fares review is currently under way. What would you like to be recommended on concessionary travel? I will have to ask all three of you, as I am in a new situation; the more information that I get, the better.

And that is more plausible than the other capping scheme that you were talking about.

I apologise, James.

I believe that Lothian Buses has done something similar to what is happening down south by introducing a £4.80 daily cap on its bus fares. Is that working? I know that that model is slightly different, but could that work? Has that been considered? What are your thoughts on that?

Thank you—and apologies again to James Dornan.

You are talking about a specific example just outside Aberdeen, which sounds great and certainly goes with the other evidence that you have given us today about fitting transport into people’s lives, because it is a bit more user friendly. Your concern was that the funding stopped and so the whole process stopped. Was that because it was not commercially viable; was it because of concerns about undercutting or getting in the way of other transport models; or was it primarily because the service was just never going to stand on its own two feet?

Thanks for clarifying that. I will now let James Dornan back in.

Mick, I want to come back to the three factors that you highlighted. First, you talked about affordability and individual circumstances. I do not know whether you have information from your members on the balance in that respect, but is affordability the main concern, or is it a case of things not fitting in with people’s lives? I am just trying to get an idea of the balance between the two issues.