RA NA Standing Committees are held

On January 29 the standing committees of the National Assembly convened sittings.

The NA Standing Committee on Health Care, Maternity and Childhood moderated by Ara Babloyan in the first reading debated the package of bills “On Amending the RA Law on Psychiatric Aid” and “On Amending the RA Law on Advocacy,” which presented the co-author, NA deputy Davit Harutyunyan.

The Committee endorsed the package for including it in the agendas of the session and the upcoming four-day sittings.

The deputies in the first reading also debated the bill “On Encouraging the Children’s Breastfeeding and Circulation of Children’s Food” and the package of bills adjacent to it, which presented the co-author Ara Babloyan.

The Committee endorsed it for including it in the session agenda.

The NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs presided over by Elinar Vardanyan debated the issue of submitting to the National Assembly the draft laws “On Amending the RA Family Code” and “On Amending the RA Law on the Acts of Civil Status” being included in the draft law of the agenda of the third session of the fifth convocation of the National Assembly.

The key reporter, RA Justice Minister Hrayr Tovmasyan noted that parliamentary hearings had been organized on them, as a result of which, admissible formulations had been made.

The deputy welcomed the amendments made by the government and endorsed the debated bills for including them in the agenda draft laws of the NA third session and upcoming four-day sittings.

By the proposal of the co-author of the bill, deputy Artsvik Minasyan the Committee made a decision to cancel the term of including the RA draft law “On Amending the RA Law on Advertisement” in the draft agenda of the NA February 4-7 four-day sitting up to one year.