On Tuesday, the Preparatory Deputy Group adopted the draft Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the list, quantitative composition and subjects of competence of committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the seventh convocation.
The draft, which will be submitted for consideration by people’s deputies, envisages establishment of 27 committees:
- the Committee on Agrarian Policy and Land Relations;
- the Organized Crime Control and Anti-Corruption Committee;
- the Committee on Construction, Urban Development, Housing and Communal Services and Regional Policy;
- the Committee on Budget;
- the Committee on State Building and Principles of Local Self-Government;
- the Committee on Environmental Policy, Use of Natural Resources and Chornobyl Aftermath Mitigation;
- the Committee on Economic Policy;
- the Committee on European Integration;
- the Committee on Legislative Support of Law Enforcement;
- the Committee on Foreign Affairs;
- the Committee on Culture and Spirituality;
- the Committee on Science and Education;
- the Committee on National Security and Defense;
- the Committee on Public Health;
- the Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety;
- the Committee on Matters of Pensioners, Veterans and Persons with Disabilities;
- the Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and International Relations;
- the Committee on Judicial Policy;
- the Committee on Rule of Law and Justice;
- the Committee on Industrial and Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship;
- the Committee on Rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Ethics and Support to Work of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine;
- the Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information;
- the Committee on Family Matters, Youth Policy, Sports and Tourism;
- the Committee on Social Policy and Labor;
- the Committee on Transport and Communications;
- the Committee on Finance and Banking,;
- the Committee on Taxation and Customs Policy
and the Ad Hoc Supervisory Panel on Privatization.
Volodymyr Lytvyn, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the Head of the Preparatory Deputy Group stressed that the increase in the number of committees will not lead to the increase of staff of the Parliament Secretariat.
He suggested also discussing the problem of granting consent to appointment of the Prime-Minister of Ukraine upon the recommendation by the President of Ukraine. The Leader of the Parliament believes that people’s deputies should consider this issue after election of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and Deputy Chairmen.
According to V. Lytvyn, the process of parliamentary committee establishment can run over time, and the Preparatory Deputy Group can perform their functions due to the necessity to form the government promptly. “We should show responsibility and take a respective decision,” he said. “We cannot enter the new year without a Prime-Minister.”