Plus, committees have scrutiny plans designed to keep questioning focused on performance, spending, and results rather than descending entirely into political point-scoring.

The usual thing about a scrutiny plan is its ability to capture what it is committees are really interested in scrutinizing.

So it's m- it is, it becomes much less performative and much more in-depth.

Committees are able to say to agencies and to ministers, "These are the areas we want to talk about in detail with you," and then really drill down into those areas.

Whereas maybe previously, ministers and agencies didn't know what they were gonna be asked when they went to a hearing, and committee members maybe hadn't had a discussion in any great detail about what it is they planned to talk about.

So it's...

There's an element of performance in all politics, but now with the scrutiny that's done through the Committee of the Whole House stage is supported by the committee scrutiny work that's done during scrutiny week, and it's, there's much more depth and richness to it.

That's right, yeah.

Plus, committees have scrutiny plans designed to keep questioning focused on performance, spending, and results rather than descending entirely into political point scoring.

The usual thing about a scrutiny plan is its ability to capture what it is committees are really interested in scrutinizing.

So it's m- it is, it becomes much less performative and much more in-depth.

Committees are able to say to agencies and to ministers, "These are the areas we want to talk about in detail with you," and then really drill down into those areas.

Whereas maybe previously, ministers and agencies didn't know what they were gonna be asked when they went to a hearing, and committee members maybe hadn't had a discussion in any great detail about what it is they plan to talk about.

So it's, there's an element of performance in all politics, but now with the scrutiny that's done through the Committee of the whole House stage is supported by the committee scrutiny work that's done during scrutiny week, and it's, there's much more depth and richness to it.

That's right, yeah.

Where you do have that change in government, Louis, the, the situation behind the scenes is that in, um, September, October, November, December, as well as getting on with the work of the current financial year, agencies are also looking to the next financial year.