補正予算、来月９日審議入り　臨時国会、会期２４日間の見通し

　自民党の坂本哲志、立憲民主党の笠浩史両国対委員長は１５日、国会内で会談し、政府の総合経済対策の裏付けとなる２０２４年度補正予算案について、２８日召集の臨時国会で１２月９日から審議に入ることで合意した。国会の会期は１２月２１日までの２４日間となる見通し。
　坂本氏は臨時国会を今月２８日に召集する政府方針を伝えた。両氏は、衆参両院で２９日に石破茂首相の所信表明演説を実施し、これに対する各党代表質問を１２月２～４日に行うことで合意。野党側が求めていた全閣僚出席の予算委員会は衆院で５日、参院で６日に開くことで折り合った。（2024/11/15-16:08）

Parliamentary affairs chiefs from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan agreed Friday to start deliberations on a fiscal 2024 supplementary budget on Dec. 9.
   The extra budget, designed to finance a proposed economic package, will be discussed at an extraordinary session of parliament that the government plans to convene on Nov. 28.
   LDP parliamentary affairs chief Tetsushi Sakamoto and his CDP counterpart, Hirofumi Ryu, agreed that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will deliver a policy speech at both parliamentary chambers on Nov. 29, which will be followed by a question-and-answer session about the speech Dec. 2-4.
   They also agreed that Budget Committee meetings, to be attended by all cabinet members, will take place on Dec. 5 in the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of parliament, and on Dec. 6 in the House of Councillors, the upper chamber.
   Sakamoto proposed that the parliamentary session last for 24 days through Dec. 21. Ryu told reporters after their meeting that the CDP is ready to accept the proposal but added that the session will be extended if necessary.