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There were four other recommendations and you appear to be happy with the Government’s position on those. Explain to me, please, why you are happy with that.

Clare Wharmby, do you want to comment on the improvement plan and, if you want, anything regarding the other recommendations?

Thank you. That was the easy question. The next question comes from Jackie Dunbar.

So they will not be compelled to do it until they have the money and the resources to do it.

There is a problem when you come to a meeting, cabinet secretary: we never have enough time in our programme to see you as much as we would like. We have lots of questions.

Monica Lennon will be followed by Douglas Lumsden, and we will see where we go from there.

I think that we are drifting away slightly. We could get on to the pricing of electricity for charging cars in the Parliament, which of course is free. I have never really understood that.

Members have no more questions, so we will move on to agenda item 3, which is a debate on motion?S6M-14319, which calls on the committee to consider and recommend approval of the draft order. I ask the cabinet secretary to speak to and move the motion. I am happy if you just want to move the motion, cabinet secretary.

Motion moved,

That the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee recommends that the Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) Order 2024 [draft] be approved.—[Fiona Hyslop]

Thank you. There are no contributions from members, so I fear that there is nothing for you to sum up, cabinet secretary. Do you want to sum up?

Thank you.

Motion agreed to,

That the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee recommends that the Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) Order 2024 [draft] be approved.

I will bring in Mark Roberts to find out whether he acknowledges the problems that Silke Isbrand has mentioned.

Thank you very much. I am looking around to see whether there are any other questions. Mark, would you like to come in?