We welcome further scrutiny of the Ministers’ recommendations, and additional consideration of how best to strengthen Scotland’s environmental governance regime. 1 Scottish Government (Nov 2024) Statement on the Effectiveness of Environmental Governance Arrangements 2 ERCS (Oct 2023) ERCS submission to NZET Committee: Review of the Effectiveness of Environmental Governance consultation 3 Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee (Jan 2024) Official Report: Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee 2nd Meeting 2024, Session 6, p.26-43 ERCS is the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland │ Registered Charity No: SC050257 │ www.ercs.scot 1 Below is our response to the Ministers’ recommendations which we hope will be helpful in informing questions for the evidence session. 1.