The government has committed to ensuring nature’s recovery, and developers will continue to be required to show how their application meets legal and regulatory requirements associated with environmental assessment, ensuring that the mitigation hierarchy is applied to any impacts arising from energy infrastructure. Our commitment to the environment is unwavering, including through meeting the Environment Act targets and halting biodiversity decline by 2030. The government welcomes the Committee’s comments in regard to enforcement of environmental enhancements and mitigations. While this is not an issue that can be addressed within the remit or timeframe of the current NPS review, the government will keep this under review.