Recommendation 13

The Parliament has benefited over the years from a strong working relationship with the Climate Change Committee. Our successor committee leading on net zero scrutiny should continue to work on maintaining an effective relationship. As we said in a recent report, it was regrettable the CCC did not consider itself able to provide formal evidence during the period of committee scrutiny of the draft Climate Change Plan. We added (and repeat here) that:
Early in the next Session, the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the CCC should work together to find a constructive way forward, addressing any perceived or actual barriers to the CCC providing evidence during this crucial period.