Bundestag sitting week: hearings on intelligence reform and 2027 budget
At the start of the week, Bundestag committees hear experts on reforming intelligence services law, the 2027 Budget Accompanying Act and child and youth welfare.
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The Bundestag begins the week of 12 to 16 October with a series of public hearings. On Monday at 11:30 am the Committee on Internal Affairs deals with the reform of intelligence services law. At 3 pm the Budget Committee hears experts on the 2027 Budget Accompanying Act. The family committee discusses a structural reform of child and youth welfare at 1:30 pm, and the labour and social affairs committee a law modernising Book III of the Social Code at 2 pm. The Coronavirus Enquete Commission turns to the education system and the young generation.
At midday the Petitions Committee takes up petitions against abolishing the tax exemption for crypto assets after a one-year holding period and against a planned animal testing law. On Wednesday, hearings follow on amending the consumer cannabis law, the 12th amendment to competition law, a law on data and digital innovation in healthcare, and changes to residential and commercial tenancy law. The culture and media committee discusses a media investment law and the film industry.