The author claims that there is no possibility for sub‑committee members to submit to the chairperson a written request requiring him/her to convene a meeting or to convene a meeting of the subcommittee by the Presidium of the Sejm. As a means obligating the members of the subcommittee to hold a meeting to consider a bill, she points out, inter alia, a time limit for submission of the report on the work of the subcommittee which could be specified in the resolution appointing it. She also indicates that the committee is allowed to take over a bill considered by a sub‑committee, by taking an appropriate resolution.
The article provides an analysis of the Standing Orders of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland concerning the functioning of subcommittees against the parliamentary practice of the seven terms of the Sejm (1991–2015). Herein, subcommittees are classifi ed based on the subject matter of their activity and tasks. The most important legal problems concerning subcommittees’ activities, resulting from parliamentary practice, are also presented, such as establishing subcommittees, electing chairpersons, the course of subcommittee sittings and dissolving subcommittees.
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