No, that's not correct, Mr. Perkins. The following would come out of the original text: “and how the minister applies data and advice provided by the department and other government departments to ministerial decisions”. The original motion puts the focus entirely on the minister, whereas I think it would be far more useful for us to determine what the department does, how it structures its studies and how it's used.
There are probably infinitely more circumstances where the department will make decisions on regulations or other matters, perhaps even in advice to the minister, but there are many other instances where the department will employ science. I think it's worth our while to find out what that process is, because it will cover a lot more ground than the wording in the original motion suggests.