The committee also notes that more market type mechanisms are appropriate. In my view, this is very much an enlightened view which I strongly endorse. The third point I wanted to make is a more general one. I start with a brief quote from a United States federal public service report, which described the need for reform in the United States public sector. It is not driven by political ideology but by necessity . . .
Government is broken and it is time to fix it.
The committee in its report has called for a comprehensive framework for public sector reform. I believe that this conclusion contained within the committee's report is very significant. The committee has acknowledged reforms to date but has called for more and has pointed to one option for the government and policy makers to consider, and that is the further adoption of market type mechanisms. There are many options to introduce market type mechanisms, including privatisation, corporatisation, developing agencies, decentralising functions, vouchers, contracting out, devolving responsibilities, introducing user charges, developing performance objectives for agencies and, in that context similarly, introducing citizens charters. In fact, the committee has raised the prospect of citizens charters and suggested that this is an area that could be further examined.