Scottish Ministers, special advisers and the Permanent Secretary are covered by the terms of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016. See www.lobbying.scot St Andrew’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG www.gov.scot Withers’ makes 15 recommendations, five of which focus on structural changes to Scotland’s public body landscape while the remaining ten are operational and relate to the underpinning processes that, in Withers’ view, need to be improved within the system.