Speaker DP Aryal on Wednesday urged the chairs of the thematic committees under Nepal’s House of Representatives to move pending bills forward more quickly, during a meeting at his office in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu. He also asked the committee chairs to register any amendment proposals in accordance with the prevailing regulations and legal provisions.
Push to move pending bills forward
The discussion brought Aryal together with the chairs of the House’s thematic committees to address the progress of bills awaiting consideration. His central message was that the committees should advance those bills at a faster pace. The request places the focus on the work of the committees responsible for examining matters within their respective subject areas before bills proceed through the parliamentary process.
Aryal’s appeal called for action on bills that remain pending, rather than allowing their consideration to continue at its current pace. The meeting was held at the Speaker’s office in Singha Durbar, the government complex in Kathmandu. The reported discussion focused on the committees’ handling of pending legislation and the steps needed to move it ahead.
The instruction was directed to the committee chairs, who lead the thematic bodies involved in the review of bills. Aryal’s call asks them to take up the pending work with greater urgency. The information provided about the meeting does not specify a timetable for completing individual bills, or identify a particular piece of legislation as the subject of the discussion.
Amendment proposals to follow existing rules
Alongside the request to accelerate pending bills, Aryal told the chairs to register amendment proposals in accordance with the regulations and legal provisions in force. The direction links the pace of committee work with the formal requirements that apply when proposed changes to bills are submitted.
The instruction is significant to the process described at the meeting: committees are being asked both to make progress on pending legislation and to handle proposed amendments through the applicable procedures. Aryal did not, in the information reported, announce a change to those procedures. Instead, he asked the chairs to follow the existing rules and legal provisions when registering amendments.
The two requests set out the priorities conveyed to the committee leaders: advance bills that are waiting for action and ensure that amendment proposals are formally registered according to the governing requirements. The meeting’s focus, as reported, was on these procedural and work-rate matters.
Direction to committee leadership
By addressing the chairs collectively, Aryal conveyed the appeal to the leadership of the House’s thematic committees. Their role in moving pending bills forward was the focus of his message, while the requirement to comply with regulations applied to the registration of proposed amendments. No specific committee decision or outcome from the discussion was reported in the information available.
The meeting therefore set out expectations for the next steps in committee work without announcing a new legislative measure. Aryal urged the chairs to speed up consideration of bills already pending and to ensure amendments are registered in line with existing legal provisions. The discussion took place at Singha Durbar in Kathmandu on Wednesday.
