On the 21st, four groups working on child-rearing support and child poverty countermeasures requested the minister in charge of declining birthrate Ogura to immediately begin full-scale consideration of doubling the child budget.
Members of the four organizations met with Minister Ogura at the Cabinet Office on the 21st and handed over a request for doubling the children's budget.
In the request letter, we will immediately begin full-scale consideration of doubling the children's budget, and clarify the concrete schedule for increasing the scale of stable financial resources and the budget in next year's "Basic Policy". ▽ We are asking for more nursery teachers to ensure the quality of childcare.
In response, Minister Ogura said, "I want to secure stable financial resources and work toward doubling the child budget in the future. I want people who are working hard to raise children and raise children to feel the bright future of this country. ' said.
Afterwards, Tomoko Sakakibara, one of the members who made the request, told reporters, "I feel a great sense of crisis that we cannot see a concrete picture of the child budget. It is necessary to send a message to young people that 'If you want to start a family, we will support you,' with proper financial resources, so that you can feel safe."