Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Within the framework of the sixth plenary session, members of the Senate also considered the Law "On Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Connection with the Further Improvement of Lawmaking and Parliamentary Control Processes".

The law, aimed at organizing effective parliamentary control over the activities of state administration bodies, introduces changes and additions to a number of legislative acts regarding the activities of the parliament and local Kengashes.

Thus, in accordance with the Law "On Parliamentary Control", the chamber of the Oliy Majlis has the right to hear only information from members of the government. According to the amendment, the norm is fixed that the Legislative Chamber and the Senate can at their meetings hear information from members of the government, heads of state bodies, economic management bodies on their activities.

One of the innovations introduced into the Law is aimed at introducing the practice of activating and widespread use of the institution of parliamentary verification, which is considered a type of parliamentary control.

The reason is that there were a number of shortcomings in the current procedure for conducting a parliamentary audit. In particular, in the chambers of the Oliy Majlis it was not possible to make a separate decision on a parliamentary audit.

In this regard, this Law determines the possibility of conducting a parliamentary audit by a separate resolution of the Legislative Chamber or the Senate, or by a joint resolution of the chambers of the Oliy Majlis.

On the basis of the amendments, it is also determined that the answer to the parliamentary inquiry, the senator’s inquiry on issues of concern to the population, is signed by the official to whom the inquiry was sent, or by a person temporarily performing his duties. This serves to further improve the effectiveness of requests.

Another change is aimed at increasing the efficiency of consideration of draft laws and improving their quality. According to this amendment, the report on the draft law in the first reading, as a rule, is presented by the subject of the right of legislative initiative, or his representative, and in subsequent readings - by the representative of the responsible committee.

The law was approved by the senators.