Supplementary budget proposal approved by the House of Representatives To be established tomorrow New coronavirus April 29 13:12
In response to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the supplementary budget bill including economic measures such as uniform payment of 100,000 yen in cash was voted at the plenary session of the House of Representatives, passed unanimously, and sent to the House of Councilors. . The supplementary budget is expected to be approved on the 30th.
The supplementary budget for this year is to implement emergency economic measures worth 117 trillion yen on a business scale, such as uniform cash benefit of 100,000 yen, in response to the spread of new coronavirus infection, and additional expenditure is required. It is 25,691.4 billion yen in the general account.
The revised budget was voted unanimously on the morning of the 29th, after a question was asked by Prime Minister Abe and others at the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives.
In response to this, the plenary session of the House of Representatives was held, and in the discussion, Mr. Hiroyoshi Sasakawa of the Liberal Democratic Party said, "We will work toward the early convergence of the situation, protect life, employment and business, and then implement a policy package aiming for an early V-shaped recovery. It is this supplementary budget that we will move to. "
Junya Ogawa, a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party and other parties, said, “I agree, but there are many issues. We will need prompt and sufficient additional measures such as rent subsidies for business owners and assistance for students in need. I would like to ask you to formulate the next supplementary budget. "
As a result of the vote, the supplementary budget was unanimously passed and sent to the House of Councilors.
The supplementary budget is expected to be approved on the 29th and 30th, after the Q & A session at the House of Councilors Budget Committee is held on the 30th, and will be approved at the House of Councilors plenary session.
Holiday deliberation after 9 years
In the Diet, usually, on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, it is a precedent not to hold committees and plenary sessions, and it is unusual for the Diet to be deliberated on holidays.
According to the secretariat of the House of Representatives and Houses, except for cases in which the deliberation extends until midnight and the date, deliberation will take place on holidays from the end of April 2011 to May 1, 2011, a supplementary budget for recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake. This is the first time in nine years since the budget committee and plenary session that discussed the proposal.
In addition, deliberations such as the supplementary budget proposal for the restoration of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in 1995, and a special committee on the special bill against terrorism for the SDF to support military actions such as the United States in 2001 References such as hostages were also given in return for the holidays.