AlQa'dah 14, 1433, Sep 30, 2012, SPA -- Presided over by its speaker Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh, Majlis Al-Shura held here today its 55th ordinary session. In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Dr. Fahad bin Metad Al-Hamad, Assistant Speaker of Majlis Al-Shura, said that the council discussed a number of issues on its agenda. The council approved the necessity of preparing national strategy dealing with problem of family violence. Majlis Al-Shura also approved a recommendation that the Ministry of Social Affairs is to prepare a regulation organizing the work of producing families. It also approved that the Ministry of Social Affairs is to coordinate with Ministry of Education to open private schools regarding mental disability in addition to coordinate with the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) to compel all Saudi banks using their automatic machines for beneficiaries of Social Security and disabled people. Al-Shura council also listened to a viewpoint of Economic and Energy Affairs Committee regarding the two annual reports of the General Investment Authority for the two fiscal years 1430/1431H -1431/1432H. --More
