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At today's parliamentary session, Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn read out six parliamentary inquiries to various institutions, reports a proUA correspondent.
As an analytical study found, Volyn deputies are among the regions where parliamentary activity is traditionally highest in terms of quantitative indicators of work with citizens' appeals.
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Economic Policy, Management of the National Economy, Property and Investments is working on a comparative table for the second reading of the bills "On the Special Economic Zone 'Interport Kovel'" and "On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Taxation in Connection with the…
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma on July 5 returned to parliament the Law "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine 'On Local Self-Government in Ukraine'," applying the right of veto. This is reported on the website of the Verkhovna Rada.
276 deputies voted for the corresponding decision.
This was reported to journalists by the coordinator of the parliamentary majority, co-chairman of the constitutional commission Stepan Havrysh, noting that there is no corresponding decision of the constitutional commission yet.

The Verkhovna Rada extended the moratorium on land trade until January 1, 2010. According to the law, citizens and legal entities will be able to acquire ownership of agricultural land with a total area of only up to 100 ha until January 1, 2015.

President Leonid Kuchma signed a law according to which the State Department of Financial Monitoring will be removed from the composition of the Ministry of Finance and will become an independent and autonomous central body of executive power with a higher status. This is reported by "Interfax-Ukraine".
The Our Ukraine faction categorically rejected the possibility of voting for political reform draft law No. 4180, which, in the opinion of its representatives, is identical to draft law No. 4105 on introducing amendments to the Constitution, which was not voted on in April, but intends to support draft law No.
The Law of Ukraine "On Personal Income Tax" establishes a list of tax social benefits, with the definition of the relevant categories entitled to use such benefits. Thus, among the users of the benefit is a taxpayer who supports a child with a disability of group I or II.