
高市早苗首相の所信表明演説に対する各党代表質問が7日、衆院本会議で始まった。首相は物価高対策として食料品の消費税減税と就業者負担軽減支援金の導入が「最善の方法だ」と強調し、農水相の道路予算カット発言については謝罪・釈明した。
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高市首相の所信表明演説に対する各党代表質問が衆院本会議で開始された。
高市早苗首相の所信表明演説に対する各党代表質問が7日、衆院本会議で始まった。首相は、食料品の消費税減税と就業者負担軽減支援金の導入について、物価高対策として「最善の方法だ」と強調。簗和生農林水産相が衆院選で対立候補を支援した首長がいる地元2市町の道路予算を「カットした」と発言したことを受け、「改めて適切な予算配分を徹底させる」と釈明した。
簗農水相は議員辞職を 維新・前原氏が主張
衆院会派「中道」に所属する公明党の岡本三成代表に答えた。岡本氏が一律給付を含めた家計支援策の検討を求めたのに対し、首相は「給付には時間がかかる」と反論。消費減税と支援金の組み合わせが「十分性と迅速性の観点から最善の方法だ」と述べた。具体的な財源には言及しなかった。
首相は農水相発言について問われ、「予算の配分に当たって政治的な支持、不支持を持ち込まないのは当然だ」と語った。2市町の予算減額は「総合的に勘案」した結果との認識も示した。

On the 7th, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Kazuo Yan explained that he had asked the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism about the road budget of two local cities and towns in order to confirm the voices of interest from supporters. Meanwhile, Bunshun Online reported that the matter may have violated the Public Offices Election Act, and Yan stated that the matter was being handled appropriately.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in response to questions from party representatives in response to his policy speech, emphasized that cutting the consumption tax on food products and introducing subsidies to reduce the burden on workers are the "best ways" to combat rising prices. In response to Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Kazuo Yan's statement that he had ``cut'' the road budgets of two local municipalities whose mayors supported his opponent, the government clarified that ``we will ensure appropriate budget allocation.''

Questions from representatives of each party regarding Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's policy speech began on the 7th at a plenary session of the House of Representatives. Mitsunari Okamoto, representative of the Komeito Party, took the first question and grilled the prime minister on issues such as reconsidering the consumption tax cut for food products and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yan's road budget remarks.

Okinawa Prefecture Governor Genta Koja will come to Tokyo for the first time since taking office on the 7th, and will meet with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, and Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Mogi. The group plans to protest the incident in which a Marine assigned to the U.S. military base Futenma was arrested on suspicion of robbery and murder, and to demand that a recurrence be prevented and that the U.S. military improve its discipline.

Representative questions to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's policy speech will begin on the 7th. The opposition parties are poised to rigorously investigate Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Kazuo Yan's qualifications as a cabinet minister, as well as his involvement in political interference, after he suggested that he cut the road budgets of local governments that did not support him in the House of Representatives election.

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