Main committee
A main committee is a representative part of a parliament or other larger body that functions as a permanent working group . The Rules of Procedure of Parliament regulates its responsibilities, which include for example the preparation of the content of general assemblies can include Parliament or constitutional issues.
In addition to the main committees, national parliaments have a large number of specialist committees , which are generally structured according to the responsibilities of the ministries - for example, the Justice Committee, Defense and Social Committee.
Austria
The main committee of the National Council is a parliamentary organ of the National Council that participates in the implementation of the federal government . It has about 30 members.
Germany
Federal level
From November 28 to December 19, 2013 there was a main committee in the Bundestag. The reason for this was the lengthy coalition negotiations that delayed the formation of regular committees. The main committee was set up at the request of the CDU / CSU and SPD parliamentary groups; the parliamentary groups of Die Linke and Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen voted against its formation and called for the establishment of the regular committees regardless of the progress of the coalition negotiations. The committee consisted of 47 full and deputy members, of which the CDU / CSU parliamentary group 23, the SPD parliamentary group 14, the parliamentary group DIE LINKE 5 and the parliamentary group BÜNDNIS 90 / DIE GRÜNEN also sent 5 members. It was dissolved with the formation of the standing committees.
Even after the 2017 Bundestag election , the Bundestag voted to set up a main committee on November 21, 2017, due to the difficult formation of a government. With the constitution of the 23 standing committees on January 31, 2018, the main committee was dissolved.
State parliaments
Committees called the Main Committee are set up in four German state parliaments.
Berlin
In the Berlin House of Representatives , the main committee has 27 members and is responsible for budget and finance. He advises on the budget bill and all budget-relevant submissions to the House of Representatives and requests for advice or consultation are referred to him. Five sub-committees are dedicated to the subjects of investment management and controlling, districts, budget control, product budget and human resources as well as asset management. At the level of the state constitution , the institution or tasks of the main committee are not specifically regulated.
Brandenburg
The state constitution of Brandenburg does not specify a main committee, its establishment takes place on the basis of the rules of procedure of the state parliament , regulated in the fifth electoral period by § 73 (1) of the rules of procedure. His responsibilities include the reports of the state commissioner for dealing with the consequences of the communist dictatorship (§ 53 GO), immunity issues (§ 54 GO), matters of constitutional jurisdiction (§ 55 and 91 GO) as well as, according to § 75 GO “Constitutional issues , federal matters that Shaping the relations between Brandenburg and Berlin as well as media policy; In addition, it deals with other fundamental political matters, tasks assigned to it by law and procedural matters of a fundamental nature. "
Hesse
In Hesse , the main committee is a permanent committee, its tasks are regulated in Article 93 of the Hessian constitution . Literally it says: “While the Landtag is not in session and between the end of an electoral period or the dissolution of the Landtag and the meeting of the new Landtag, this committee has to protect the rights of the people's representation vis-à-vis the state government. He also has the rights of a committee of inquiry. ” The main committee of the Hessian state parliament is also responsible for questions of immunity and for matters of the Federal Council . He deals with constitutional issues, with topics that are to be treated confidentially for security reasons and is responsible for radio and television topics. He controls and coordinates tasks resulting from an administrative reform and is involved in defense matters. After all, this committee maintains relations with the other state parliaments and the Hessian partnership regions.
North Rhine-Westphalia
The establishment of a main committee in the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia is specified by Article 40 of the state constitution : “The state parliament appoints a standing committee (main committee). This committee has to protect the rights of the people's representation vis-à-vis the government as long as the state parliament is not in session. He has the same rights between the end of an electoral term or the dissolution of the state parliament and the meeting of the new state parliament. During this time he has the rights of a committee of inquiry. (…) “ The main committee consisted of 25 members in the 16th electoral term. Further responsibilities are regulated by the state parliament's rules of procedure. These include federal and Bundesrat affairs, international treaties, the law of representatives as well as the issues of the state constitution, constitutional protection and churches. When it comes to budget discussions, the main committee deals with the budget of the state parliament and the prime minister. Since the 14th electoral term, the urgent decision-making in Federal Council and European affairs regulated in Section 51 (4) of the Rules of Procedure for the 16th WP has been assigned to him.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The main committee has been constituted ( memento of the original from February 5, 2014 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. bundestag.de, press release of November 28, 2013
- ↑ Main committee to ensure parliamentary work Deutschlandfunk, November 21, 2017
- ^ Main committee bundestag.de
- ↑ Article 93 of the Hessian Constitution
- ↑ landtag.hessen.de The tasks of the main committee in Hessen
