
臨時国会の代表質問で、消費税減税関連法案をめぐり与野党が論戦を展開。野党は財源の明示や給付制度の説明を求めたが、高市早苗首相は従来の政府方針を繰り返すにとどめ、具体的な支給要件や財源の内訳については説明を避けた。法案は20日にも衆院本会議で審議入りする見通しだが、与野党の接点は見えていない。
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臨時国会において、消費税減税関連法案が最大の焦点となっている。与党は減税と就業者負担軽減支援金をセットとした法案を提出したが、野党は財源の明示と給付制度の説明を求めている。
臨時国会で最大の焦点となる消費税減税関連法案を巡り、8日の衆参両院の代表質問で論戦が繰り広げられた。野党は財源の明示や給付制度の説明を求めたが、高市早苗首相は従来の政府方針を繰り返すにとどめた。参院は与党少数で、法案成立には野党の協力が必要になるが、与野党の接点は見えていない。
消費減税、赤字国債頼らず 高市首相、財源先送り―代表質問
「具体的な支給要件や支援額は政令で定める。国会審議の中で説明していく」。首相は8日の衆院本会議で、政府が消費税減税とともに導入を目指す「就業者負担軽減支援金」の制度設計についてこう答弁した。国民民主党の玉木雄一郎代表が対象となる年収や給付額を「この場で具体的に示してほしい。法案審議の前提条件だ」と迫ったが、首相は踏み込まなかった。
支援金は減税策とセットとなる法案の柱だ。与党からは給付範囲や金額で野党の要求を受け入れれば、賛同を得る余地があるとの見方が出ている。だが、首相が答弁で野党に話し合いを呼び掛ける場面はなかった。
首相が所信表明演説で「心配には及ばない」と強調した減税の財源について、立憲民主党の田名部匡代幹事長は8日の参院本会議で「国民は心配ないことを納得できる説明が聞きたい」と追及。首相は「予算編成プロセスで確実にお示しする」と説明を避けた。「特例公債(赤字国債)に頼らず確保する」としつつも、財源の内訳は不明なままだ。
国民民主、公明、立民各党は、物価高対策として消費税減税ではなく、給付を速やかに実施するべきだとの立場だ。玉木、田名部両氏は早期の給付実施を求めたが、首相は「考えていない」と拒否した。
首相は所信表明演説で消費税減税法案に関し「野党と共有できる部分が多くある」と指摘していた。だが、玉木氏は代表質問後、記者団に「支援の対象も支援額も、財源も全体像が全然見えない」と不満を表明。立民幹部は「こんなにもはっきりしない法案を審議できるのか」と批判を強めた。
減税法案は20日にも衆院本会議で審議入りする見通し。自民の松山政司参院議員会長は8日の記者会見で「丁寧に議論していけば賛同いただける余地がある」と期待を示した。
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消費税減税法案は20日にも衆院本会議で審議入りする
Likely · Within days
与野党の間で法案の修正協議が行われる可能性がある
Possible · Within weeks

The six opposition parties in the House of Councilors agreed to consider submitting a resolution to censure Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yan. Prime Minister Takaichi announced that Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yan Yan would continue in his role, and explained that he had strictly cautioned him about his comments.He also said that the source of the consumption tax cut would be secured by reviewing both expenditures and revenue rather than relying on special bonds. Other domestic and international news was also reported, including the selection of Professor Emeritus Soai of Tokyo University of Science for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

At a plenary session of the House of Councilors, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi emphasized the importance of an appropriate explanation from Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Kazuo Yan, who had said that he had drastically cut the road budgets of local governments that he did not support, and ordered his continued appointment with strict caution. Opposition parties called for his resignation, and questions were also held regarding the impact of the consumption tax cut on food products on local finances.

At a cabinet meeting on the 9th, the government approved a bill to reduce the consumption tax on food products from the current 8% to 1% for two years starting April 2027. It will also include an income-linked ``employee burden reduction support subsidy,'' which will require approximately 10 trillion yen in financial resources over two years. The bill will be submitted to an extraordinary session of the Diet, with the aim of having it enacted by the end of the session on December 12th.

The Nippon Hidankyo held a national meeting of prefectural representatives in Tokyo to discuss the future of the organization as the population continues to age. Many prefectural organizations were against the idea of disbanding, and there were a number of calls for the organizations to continue to exist in cooperation with second-generation atomic bomb survivors and supporters.

Prime Minister Takaichi revealed during a question by a member of the House of Representatives that he had given a harsh warning to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yan, who had made remarks about cutting local government budgets. Opposition parties demanded his dismissal and a ministry-wide investigation, but the prime minister denied his dismissal and instructed him to fulfill his duties. Yan also apologized.

Questions from representatives of each party were held on the 8th regarding Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's policy speech. The Prime Minister stated that financial resources such as food consumption tax cuts and handouts will be secured through a review of both expenditures and revenues, rather than relying on deficit-financing national bonds, and has postponed specific measures until the end of the year.