Consultation as a form of scientific and expert support for legislative activity of the parliament (example of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation).

Abstract

The article analyzes Consultation as a form of scientific and expert support of the legislative activity of the parliament, consisting in providing the legislative body, various kinds of proposals, comments, clarifications, recommendations, expert opinions, background and other information on issues related to legislative activity, as in writing and orally, including recommendations related to the preparation of bills or their completion in the process of legislative activity, various assessments of the provisions of the current legislation, provision of legislative, analytical, legal, statistical and other information of interest to the legislator at his request or on an initiative basis, preparation of methodological recommendations for use in legislative work, various training events for deputies, their assistants and employees of the parliamentary apparatus, etc.