The committee heard from a number of submitters who believed we should go even further and fully integrate rail into the land transport framework. However, while the Government is seeking to restore the rail network and revive it, it's critical that Ministers are accountable for and have oversight of the investments in the rail network outside of those made through the National Land Transport Fund and have oversight for that funding as well as its commercial assets as the shareholders of KiwiRail. The benefit of partial integration will be that Ministers will take integrated decisions across the rail system and across the transport system on the investments that we need to restore rail. We recognise that we need to increase Crown funding to rail to enable KiwiRail to operate as a commercial business and to ensure that the public benefits are realised for the wider rail network.