The Government has failed to respect the value of Parliamentary scrutiny in this process. It refused to listen to our concerns with its initial timescales until it was too late for us to utilise additional time effectively. The issues considered in the Report would have been better, and more comprehensively, examined and put to the test had the Government been open about the arrangements and told us, from the very start, that the deadline for producing our findings was to be 21 July, rather t...

The Government has failed to respect the value of Parliamentary scrutiny in this process. It refused to listen to our concerns with its initial timescales until it was too late for us to utilise additional time effectively. The issues considered in the Report would have been better, and more comprehensively, examined and put to the test had the Government been open about the arrangements and told us, from the very start, that the deadline for producing our findings was to be 21 July, rather than 24 June. (Conclusion, Paragraph 7) Type: conclusion | Number: 2 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: Government notes the concerns of the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee2 that insufficient time was given to them to undertake parliamentary scrutiny of these three draft energy National Policy Statements (NPSs). The timeline for this NPS review has been to ensure that DESNZ delivers on the Chan