1.2 Section 5 of this Act compels the National Assembly, through its committees, to annually submit Budget Review and Recommendation Reports (BRRR) on the financial performance of departments accountable to them. The BRR report must be informed by a Committee's interrogation of, amongst others, the national departments' medium- term estimates of national expenditure, strategic priorities and measurable objectives, National Treasury published reports, annual reports and financial statements, as well as observations made during oversight visits. Essentially the BRR report should be a Committee's assessment of the department's performance and service delivery (given available resources), as well as the effectiveness and efficiency with which its programmes are resourced. Although the BRR reports must be published at a specific time in the budget cycle, it is clear that the work that informs the report must be ongoing.