I think we seem to be getting bogged down in the detail of the NPPL when quoting minimum hours, comparative skills etc. The bottom line is that GA in this country needs more participants for its survival never mind growth.
The powers that be (I believe) recognise the importance of GA to the ecomomy so if the NPPL creates more pilots, whether it took them 30, 50 or 100 hrs to licence issue, then so much the better.
It gives us a louder voice (I'm being slightly hypocritical here as I'm not in AOPA yet - though I intend to rectify this soon), creates jobs at many levels and provides a future for our aviation industry.