Izumi, representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party, indicated his intention to request the government to announce early the abolishment of income restrictions on child allowances in the debate that will begin at the Budget Committee on the 30th.
In the Diet, the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives will begin substantial deliberations on the new fiscal year's budget from the 30th, and the debate between the ruling and opposition parties will get into full swing.
Prior to this, Constitutional Democratic Party leader Izumi told reporters in Tokyo, "How can we improve countermeasures against the declining birthrate? We should come to a conclusion as soon as possible about whether we really want to abolish income restrictions on child allowances." He expressed his desire for the government to announce early the removal of income restrictions on child allowances.
On the other hand, regarding the child allowance, in NHK's "Sunday Debate", Secretary-General Motegi of the Liberal Democratic Party expressed his desire to bring together the party in the direction of abolishing income restrictions, whereas Secretary-General Okada of the Constitutional Democratic Party said Pointing out that it was the Liberal Democratic Party that advocated the introduction of income restrictions in the past, Secretary-General Motegi said, "I regret it. I would like to do the necessary review."
Regarding this, representative Izumi said, "In a word of reflection, how do you explain to those who have not received child allowances for the past 10 years? should," he criticized.
In addition, regarding the government's measures to strengthen its defense capabilities, he said, "I will question the content of the defense tax hike and the increase in defense spending to 43 trillion yen in five years. I would like to fine-tune the definition of counterattack capability."