At question time in the Senate questions on weapons in Kiev, minors in prison and accommodation for students

One question on the next shipment of weapons to Ukraine addressed to the Minister of Defense, three others on justice (including one on overcrowding in juvenile prisons) and three addressed to the University Minister. This is the program for today's question time at 3pm in the Senate.

Carlo Calenda from Azione will address Minister Crosetto with a blunt question: he asks "when the government intends to adopt and send to Ukraine the new military aid package, announced over three months ago, when the minister intends to illustrate it to Copasir and whether the government intends to issue, by the end of December, the decree for the continuation of military aid to Ukraine, despite the declared opposition of another government representative" alluding to the distinctions of the deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini.

Three questions are reserved for the Keeper of the Seals, Nordio: from the Autonomy group, on the functionality of the Bolzano court after the collapse of July, including the possible suspension or extension of the stay of magistrates serving in that court: from the M5s, on recent security policies, asking whether "the progressive use of repression" does not "end up compromising the very effectiveness of security policies, making a radical change of direction necessary"; by the Democratic Party on juvenile penal institutions which - we read in the question - have an overcrowding rate of "142.4%" and an increase in prisoners estimated at "52% compared to the end of 2022", with "557 restricted at the end of September 2026, of which 376 in the absence of a final conviction".

Finally, Italia Viva will turn to Minister Anna Maria Bernini for a question on the salaries of doctoral students and university researchers, asking what measures the government will also adopt "to avoid the cuts to research foreseen by the budget law for 2027". Another question, from Forza Italia, will concern the Italian candidacy for the "Einstein Telescope" scientific project and from Fratelli d'Italia on the offer of accommodation for university students and on the measures envisaged to "support the access of off-campus students to affordable housing solutions, even beyond the horizon of the Pnrr".