The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito held a meeting of their Diet Affairs Committee chairs in both houses of the Diet on Nov. 7 and decided that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will deliver a policy speech to the Diet on Nov. 17, while representative interpellations on the speech in the two chambers will take place from Nov. 20-22. This will be proposed to the opposition parties at the meetings of the Rules and Administration Committees of both houses on Nov. 8.