Government participation in parliamentary discussions of draft laws

Statistics from the secretariat of the parliament concerning participation of government’s representatives in the sessions of the committees and in plenary sessions. Interviews with the staff of the parliament for verification of participation, if statistics are not available. For each of the following two criteria on government representation in the parliament, 1 point is awarded (total of 2 points).

Criteria fulfilled: 2/2

Yes
No
No data available / not assessed
In plenary sessions of the parliament, as a general rule, the government is always represented at the political level (by ministers or their deputies) when issues under their responsibility are being discussed (1 point)
In committee sessions of the parliament, the government is always represented at the political and/or administrative level (civil servants of ministries), if invited by the parliament (1 point)