Local Transport Bill [HL]

I want to ensure that I have understood the point that has been made. On the second amendment, I think that my noble friend is saying that the Community legislation would not apply in the circumstances of the bus contract. I took his reply to mean that he drew a distinction between bus and rail. On the first amendment, which would allow a quality contract to continue and not have to be re-let with a lengthy process, as set out in the Bill, I shall paraphrase what I believe my noble friend said. His argument is that the quality contract might not be satisfactory and might not be working as people intended. It might be working adversely against the interests of bus operators, so there should not be the facility simply to renew it after it has expired and then carry on with it in the same form. Is he saying that if you agree a quality contract that does not work as intended, let us say from a bus operator’s point of view, the bus operator has no redress until the 10 years for which the contract was let has expired, if that is how long the contract has been let for?