一日の委員会数、絞り込み　与野党、秘書感染で対策急ぐ―新型コロナ

　自民党の森山裕、立憲民主党の安住淳両国対委員長は１３日、国会内で会談し、新型コロナウイルスの感染抑止のため、一日に開催する委員会数を絞り込み、出席議員を減らすことで合意した。東京・永田町の議員会館に勤務する秘書の感染が初めて確認されるなど、対策が急務となっていた。
　政府は「人と人の接触機会８割削減」の目標を掲げている。これに合わせ、衆院議員の定数４６５人のうち、一日の登院数を２割に当たる９０人程度となるよう、開催する委員会数を調整する。
　会談後、森山氏は「国会全体として７、８割（の出席減）が守れるようにやりたい」と記者団に強調。安住氏は「国会も範を示さなければ駄目という話で一致した」と語った。（2020/04/13-23:30）

Senior Japanese ruling party and opposition officials agreed Monday to cut the daily number of meetings of committees of the Diet, the country's parliament, and that of participating lawmakers in order to reduce the risk of infection with the novel coronavirus.
   Hiroshi Moriyama, Diet affairs chief of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, and Jun Azumi, parliamentary affairs head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, reached the accord after a secretary to an LDP lawmaker has been confirmed to be infected with the virus.
   The government has set a target of reducing human-to-human contact in the country by 80 pct in a bid to contain the coronavirus crisis.
   In line with the goal, the ruling and opposition sides will adjust the number of Diet committee meetings per day to reduce the daily number of House of Representatives lawmakers showing up at the Diet to some 90, accounting for about 20 pct of the 465 Lower House seats.
   After the meeting with Azumi, Moriyama told reporters that he wants to make sure that lawmakers' committee attendance will be cut by 70 to 80 pct as a whole in the Diet. Azumi said he and Moriyama agreed that the Diet needs to take the lead in reaching the human-to-human contract reduction target.