臨時国会、２６日召集　１２月上旬まで―政府・与党

　自民党の二階俊博幹事長は６日午前の記者会見で、臨時国会を２６日に召集し、会期を１２月上旬までとする方針を明らかにした。菅義偉首相が就任後初となる所信表明演説を行い、衆参両院の代表質問や予算委員会を舞台に本格論戦に入る。野党側は首相が日本学術会議の会員候補の任命を拒否した問題を取り上げ、徹底追及する構えだ。
　政府・与党は、日英両国の新貿易協定案や、新型コロナウイルスのワクチンに副作用が生じた場合に国が補償する法案など１０本程度を提出する予定。二階氏は会見で「現内閣発足後、初の本格的な国会審議となるので、法案を成立させて国民のための政治を進めたい」と強調した。（2020/10/06-11:35）

An extraordinary session of the Diet, Japan's parliament, will be convened Oct. 26 for a run until early December, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai said Tuesday.
   During the session, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will give his first policy speech since taking office last month. The Diet will have full-scale debates mainly during the question-and-answer periods and at the two chambers' budget committees.
   The opposition camp is set to grill Suga over the government's refusal of the appointments of six of the 105 nominees to the Science Council of Japan, a special organization at the Cabinet Office.
   The government and the ruling camp plan to submit about 10 sets of bills including ones to approve Japan's new trade agreement with Britain and compensate for possible negative side effects of novel coronavirus vaccines.
   At a press conference, Nikai stressed, "This will be the first full-scale Diet deliberations since the current cabinet was formed, so we want to enact the bills to practice politics for the country."