Right to inquire
The right of inquiry is a general special right of examination for control through the establishment of investigative committees . It is one of the central control powers of the German Bundestag and the Austrian National Council and represents in a special way the minority's right to control the government supported by the parliamentary majority.
A distinction must be made between the right to inspect by committees of inquiry and the right to set up a committee of inquiry . Study commissions are composed of members of parliament and non-parliamentarians. In contrast to investigative committees, they do not primarily serve to investigate grievances, but rather to investigate solutions and do not have the formal instruments of investigation for taking evidence such as investigative committees.
Most German state parliaments also have a minority right to set up a study commission. The required quorum for support by the MPs ranges from a third in Brandenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony to a quarter in Berlin to a fifth in Bavaria, Hamburg and Hesse. In Bremen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Thuringia, however, a majority decision is required to set up a study commission.
Individual evidence
- ↑ § 1 Paragraph 2 of the Law on the Enquete Commissions of the Landtag Brandenburg
- ↑ Section 57 (1) sentence 2 of the Rules of Procedure of the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament
- ↑ § 27 Paragraph 1 Clause 3 of the Rules of Procedure of the Saxon State Parliament
- ↑ § 24 Rules of Procedure of the Berlin House of Representatives
- ↑ § 31 sentence 2 of the rules of procedure of the Bavarian state parliament
- ↑ Section 63, Paragraph 1, Clause 1 of the Hamburg Citizenship's Rules of Procedure
- ↑ § 55 Paragraph 1 Clause 2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Hessian State Parliament ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ § 68a of the Rules of Procedure of the Bremen Citizenship
- ^ Enquete Commission Act Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- ↑ § 18a of the Rules of Procedure of the Lower Saxony State Parliament (pdf; 842 kB)
- ↑ § 84 of the rules of procedure of the Landtag of Thuringia ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
