(AGENPARL) – MOSCA mar 28 giugno 2022

Various aspects of cooperation between the Government and the Federation Council in the law-marking process were discussed.

Mikhail Mishustin meets with the Council of the Chamber of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly

Opening remarks by Mikhail Mishustin

Good afternoon, Ms Matviyenko.

Good afternoon, colleagues.

Today’s meeting helps us maintain
the positive traditions of the Government and the Federation Council. We hold our
meetings to review our approaches to law-making, which includes drafting new
initiatives for the development of Russia’s regions.

This systematic work is being
carried out under goals set by the President. When delivering his speech at the
Council of Legislators, the head of state talked about the need for joint
action to develop anti-crisis measures, strengthen parliamentary control over
the implementation of decisions, and most importantly, about providing support for
people.

These are the priorities we
follow in our cooperation. We believe that effective interaction has been
established between the senators and the Government through this Federation
Council platform and its committees, as well as in the Government commissions,
many of which include senators.

We also see the activity on promoting
new initiatives that have been co-developed by members of the Federation
Council.

The most significant activities,
which I would like to mention, include the extension of dacha amnesty for nine
years (until 2031). The same document has simplified the procedure for granting
ownership of land plots with residential buildings. I know how long and
effectively the senators worked to resolve all these problems.

In addition, the senators took
part in adopting a package of measures to support families with children. A new
regulation has been introduced, which simplifies receiving state assistance for
those who have lost their breadwinner. In addition, the age of children who can
travel free on suburban trains has been raised from 5 to 7.

At the senators’ initiative, the
right to additional leave was given to people who care for the disabled,
primarily category one. We are talking about an additional unpaid leave each
year for up to two weeks.

Another important law, co-drafted
by members of the upper chamber of the parliament, protects the social payments
of citizens from being written off to pay off debt, which is also a long-term
problem that we have been discussing for some time, including benefits received
by pregnant women, low-income people, as well as people who have entered into the
social contract.

During the spring session, the
senators put forward a number of other important initiatives. One of them
concerns increasing people’s safety during the operation of gas distribution
facilities by specialised organisations. The government has submitted its input.
We expect that the proposed changes will permit these companies to more fully
take ownership of gas systems in order to reduce the risk of misuse. This has
also been a longstanding question.

Children’s recreation is given
special focus, and I know Ms Matviyenko, that you and your colleagues pay
special attention to it. And amendments to the current law, proposed by the
senators, ban the re-profiling of children’s health organisations, and changing
the legal status of land in this category and the land type permitted for use
for such recreation.

Together with the State Duma
deputies, the Federation Council members drafted a range of bills regulating
the financial markets. They are aimed at protecting the interests of investors
placing securities and applicants who take out consumer loans. In this case, it
is especially important that people have access to accurate information on the
costs associated with obtaining or servicing a consumer loan so they can make a
choice by comparing loan offers from various lenders.

Federation Council members offer
high-quality initiatives and well-developed approaches that can be seen in the
list of instructions issued, in particular by me, following our previous
meeting. Ms Matviyenko, almost all of them have been fulfilled – there were 26
of them, and we are closely monitoring them – or are at the final stage of
implementation.

I believe that after our meeting today we will outline specific
solutions. The government has already begun drafting next year’s budget, which
is an important job. We look forward to effective cooperation with you in this
area too.

Fonte/Source: http://government.ru/en/news/45844/