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Committees of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian: Комітети Верховної Ради України) are the Verkhovna Rada (the parliament of Ukraine) legislative panels of experts that work for implementation of legislation in specialized fields, preparation and preliminary review of issues attributed to authority of as well as performing control functions.[1]
The parliament of Ukraine adopts certain number of committees at each new convocation as well as their names and competence.[1] It also establishes the maximum number of individuals that may be part of each individual committee. Until 1997 committees of the Supreme Council of Ukraine were known as permanent commissions.
Over the years the number of committees varied between 23 and 29. The biggest committees are the Committee on Taxation and Customs Policy, Budget Committee and the Committee of Agrarian Policy and Land Relations.[1]
- ^ a b c "Secrets of parliamentary committees: money, betrayal and proctasticization". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2019-06-13.