Regarding the future doubling of the children's budget, Prime Minister Kishida's answer to the Diet, which can be said to be based on the framework of "family-related social expenditures" that allows international comparison, Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno stated at the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives that the standard for doubling. I explained again that I didn't show it.
Regarding the future doubling of the children's budget, Prime Minister Kishida told the House of Representatives Budget Committee on the 15th, "'Family-related social expenditure' has achieved 2% of GDP = gross domestic product at the stage of 2020. I'm saying that we should double that," but Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno explained at a press conference on the 16th that he did not indicate his intention to double "family-related social spending."
Regarding this, at the House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting on the 17th, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan argued that if there was no disagreement within the Cabinet, they should revise their answer. I said it with the intention that it would not look inferior," he repeated.
He added, "What I said was an explanation of the purpose of the Prime Minister's answer, not a revision. In any case, first of all, we will specify the content of child and child-rearing policies that are needed in today's society. We will present a rough framework for doubling the budget in the future by the basic policy of .
Komei Ishii, Secretary-General “The government should organize its way of thinking as soon as possible”
Komeito Secretary-General Ishii said at a press conference, ``The word doubling is ahead of us, but we haven't decided what to base it on. I would like to work to prevent this from happening,” he said.