The Shura Council held Monday its regular weekly session at Tamim bin Hamad Hall at the Shura Council's headquarters, chaired by HE Speaker of the Shura Council Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanim.
At the beginning of the session, HE Shura Council Secretary-General Nayef bin Mohammed Al Mahmoud read the agenda, and the minutes of the previous session were approved.
During the session, the Council approved a draft law amending some provisions of Law No. (20) of 2018 regarding the regulation of tourism, and a draft law amending some provisions of Law No. (21) of 2018 regarding the regulation of business events. Both were referred to the esteemed government after the report of the Council’s Education, Culture, Sports, and Information Affairs Committee was reviewed.
The Council also reviewed a draft law concerning support for innovation and scientific research, referred by the esteemed government, and decided to refer it to the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee for study.
The session also reviewed two reports: one on the Council’s participation in the Third International Forum "Women of the Third Millennium," held in Moscow last November, and the other on participation in the Parliamentary Forum of the 10th edition of the Rome MED – Mediterranean Dialogues in Rome, Italy, last November.