It's interesting, because in some of the meetings I've had where we've talked about departmental performance reports and getting members to read them, often the response has been that in fact it's the staff who need the reports to be readable. They have to break down the reports and brief their members on them.
It has nothing to do, of course, with the intelligence of parliamentarians. It has to do with the fact that they're extremely busy. They're dealing with a multitude of subjects on a daily basis, and they don't have time to get in deep and technical on any one issue.
Clearly the role of staff members in that process is absolutely essential, no question about it.