こども家庭庁法が成立　子育て・貧困・虐待、政策の司令塔―３００人規模、来年４月発足

　子ども政策の司令塔となる「こども家庭庁」設置法が１５日の参院本会議で、自民、公明両党と国民民主党などの賛成多数で可決、成立した。関係府省の担当部局を統合するとともに、政府内にまたがる他の調整機能も集約。縦割り行政の弊害を打破し、子育て支援や貧困、虐待といった問題の解決を目指す。首相直属機関と位置付け、３００人規模の体制で来年４月に発足する。
　子ども政策の基本理念を定めた与党提出の議員立法「こども基本法」も賛成多数で成立した。
　岸田文雄首相は１５日の記者会見で、「『こどもまんなか社会』を実現しなければ、日本の未来を描くことはできない」と強調。直ちに設立準備室を立ち上げ、政策の充実に取り組む考えを示した。（2022/06/15-21:19）

The Diet, Japan's parliament, on Wednesday enacted a bill to set up a government agency for children and families, a signature policy of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
   At a plenary meeting, the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, approved the bill by a majority vote with support mainly from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito. The bill cleared the House of Representatives, the lower chamber, last month.
   The agency will put together children-related sections and functions spanning several government agencies and eliminate bureaucratic walls to provide seamless support for children and effectively implement measures to tackle issues such as the country's low birthrate, children's poverty, child abuse and bullying.
   The agency will be launched in April next year with approximately 300 members and be placed directly under the prime minister.
   Currently, nurseries are overseen by the welfare ministry, certified "kodomoen" kindergarten-nursery hybrids by the Cabinet Office and kindergartens and compulsory education by the education ministry.