A/HRC/38/25 development of national human rights action plans for the implementation of recommendations. 61. As mentioned in the report of the Secretary-General on interaction between the United Nations, national parliaments and IPU, parliamentarians will have an extremely important role to play in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. They will need to adopt or amend legislation, allocate a specific budget for implementation, exercise oversight over the executive branch for compliance and promote regional and international cooperation in support of implementation (see A/70/917, para. 7). By ensuring that those efforts are cross-linked to the recommendations of the international and regional human rights mechanisms, parliaments will contribute to better aligning national implementation efforts relating to human rights, development and the Sustainable Development Goals. 62. Parliamentary information on the implementation of recommendations by the executive, or through its own parliamentary initiatives, as well as on challenges encountered and results achieved, may then be channelled back into international human rights system, including through national reports for the universal periodic review cycle. The accurateness of this information will contribute to ensuring the accuracy and usefulness of recommendations emanating from the international and regional human rights mechanisms, in turn facilitating, and increasing the likelihood of, their implementation. 63. Those efforts may be enhanced and streamlined through the establishment of a permanent parliamentary human rights committee. Key responsibilities of such a committee could include: (a) Encouraging the ratification of, or accession to, international and regional human rights instruments; (b) Introducing and reviewing bills and existing legislation to ensure compatibility with international human rights obligations, and proposing amendments when necessary; (c) Leading the parliamentary oversight of the work of the Government in fulfilling its human rights obligations, and political commitments made before international and regional human rights mechanisms; (d) Providing human rights-related information to parliamentarians during debates on legislation, policy or government actions; (e) Reviewing draft national budgets from the perspective of their implications for the enjoyment of human rights; (f) Ensuring that development assistance and cooperation funds support the implementation of recommendations from international and regional human rights mechanisms in countries recipients of such funds; (g) Calling for the preparation of a national human rights action plan and overseeing its implementation; (h) Engaging and consulting with the national human rights institution and civil society representatives on human rights issues, developments, concerns and cases; (i) Leading parliamentary action in response to national human rights developments and issues, including through legislative initiatives, parliamentary inquiries, public hearings, public debates and the issuing of reports on national human rights issues and developments; (j) Holding public hearings, requesting information and documentation, summoning and hearing witnesses, providing reports and recommendations to the plenary of the parliament, and initiating parliamentary debate on its reports or subjects of its choosing; 12