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7 February 2013 The National Assembly delegation in visit to the Scottish Parliament
Monday, 11 February 2013
National Assembly Delegation Visits Scottish Parliament
As part of the project of “Further strengthening of the National Assembly’s control and legislative capacities”, organised by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), a delegation of the National Assembly, comprising MPs Zoran Babic, Vesna Kovac, Gordana Comic, Meho Omerovic, Elvira Kovacs, Nenad Konstantinovic, Vladimir Marinkovic, as well as Mladen Mladenovic, Deputy Secretary General, visited the Scottish Parliament, from 5 to 8 February 2013.
The visit was organised in order to discuss the organisation and work of the parliament, with a special focus on how the control function is put into effect, the implementation of the MPs’ Code of Conduct and the work of the Finance Committee.
In the course of the visit, the members of the National Assembly delegation met with the Scottish Parliament’s Deputy Presiding Officers Elaine Smith and John Scott, members of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body David Stewart and Liam McArthur, as well as the Convener of the Finance Committee, Kenneth Gibson. The delegation members also attended the sessions of the Scottish Parliament’s committees and the plenary session where the Prime Minister answered the MPs’ questions.
At the end of the visit, the meetings were concluded to be extremely beneficial for both sides, both because some of the Scottish Parliament’s positive experiences may in future be applied in the National Assembly’s work, and because the meetings between the MPs would help continue furthering the relations between the two parliaments.
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after the voting – press conference of MP Miroslav Petrasinovic (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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11.00 - the PFG with the Republic of Tunisia meets with the Tunisian Ambassador to Serbia (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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12.30 - sitting of the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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13.00 - sitting of the Culture and Information Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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13.00 - continuation of the 23rd sitting of the Committee on Spatial Planning, Transport, Infrastructure and Telecommunications (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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15.00 - the Head of the ALEKSANDAR VUCIC – Serbia Must Not Stop Parliamentary Group meets with the delegation of the United Srpska Parliamentary Group from the Republic of Srpska (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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exhibition “Awakening of Lazar’s Town: Revision of Archaeological Research into the Town of Krusevac 2025” (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)