5. This was also the first time that the Committee had sight of the Department's Strategic Plan for the MTEF, which is still a draft. As a result, it was difficult for it to engage as thoroughly as it would have wished on the details of the Department's plans. The Committee intends to rectify this. The value, however, of covering key aspects of the Department's presentation in this report is that it provides the Committee with a useful basis to more effectively monitor the Department's progress and more rigorously fulfill its oversight role.