13 December 2012, 15:24
Under article 89 of the Constitution of Ukraine and article 5 of the Law “On Committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine” the following committees were established within the Verkhovna Rada of the seventh convocation:
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.
Under article 10 of the Law “On Privatization of State Property” the Ad Hoc Supervisory Panel on Privatization was established.
Following part two of article 5 of the Law “On the Committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine”, it was determined that each of the Committees of the Verkhovna Rada should include at the moment of its establishment minimum 9 and maximum 30 people’s deputies, and on condition that at least one people’s deputy from each deputy faction is represented.
Under the resolution, when the number of committee members is 10 or less, one deputy head of the committee is elected; when the committee consists of 11 to 20 members, first deputy head and deputy head of the committee are elected; when the number of committee members exceeds 20, first deputy head and two deputy heads of the committee are elected.