standing committee of the Riksdag

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A standing committee of the Riksdag is a permanent parliamentary body in Sweden’s national legislature responsible for preparing legislation and overseeing government policy within a specific area.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body subdivision
parliamentary committee
permanent committee
appliesToJurisdiction Sweden NERFINISHED
canInitiate proposals for changes to government bills
canRequest information from government ministries
compositionPrinciple proportional representation of parties in the Riksdag
country Sweden
decisionMakingProcess majority vote
example Committee on Civil Affairs (Civilutskottet) NERFINISHED
Committee on Cultural Affairs (Kulturutskottet) NERFINISHED
Committee on Defence (Försvarsutskottet) NERFINISHED
Committee on EU Affairs (EU-nämnden) NERFINISHED
Committee on Education (Utbildningsutskottet) NERFINISHED
Committee on Environment and Agriculture (Miljö- och jordbruksutskottet) NERFINISHED
Committee on Finance (Finansutskottet) NERFINISHED
Committee on Foreign Affairs (Utrikesutskottet) NERFINISHED
Committee on Health and Welfare (Socialutskottet) NERFINISHED
Committee on Industry and Trade (Näringsutskottet) NERFINISHED
Committee on Justice (Justitieutskottet) NERFINISHED
Committee on Social Insurance (Socialförsäkringsutskottet) NERFINISHED
Committee on Taxation (Skatteutskottet) NERFINISHED
Committee on Transport and Communications (Trafikutskottet) NERFINISHED
Committee on the Constitution (Konstitutionsutskottet) NERFINISHED
Committee on the Labour Market (Arbetsmarknadsutskottet) NERFINISHED
function conduct of hearings with ministers and experts
consideration of private members’ bills
oversight of government policy
preparation of committee reports for the chamber
preparation of legislation
scrutiny of government bills
governingLaw Instrument of Government (Swedish constitution) NERFINISHED
Riksdag Act NERFINISHED
hasChairperson member of the Riksdag
hasJurisdiction national legislation of Sweden
hasMembers members of the Riksdag
hasType cross-cutting committee
sectoral committee
hasViceChairperson member of the Riksdag
isAdHoc false
isPermanent true
languageUsed Swedish
legalBasis Riksdag Act of Sweden NERFINISHED
legislativeBody Riksdag NERFINISHED
meetsAt Riksdag building, Stockholm NERFINISHED
membersAppointedBy Riksdag NERFINISHED
partOf Riksdag NERFINISHED
relatedTo Swedish parliamentary system
separation of powers in Sweden
reportsTo plenary of the Riksdag NERFINISHED
roleInProcess intermediate stage between government and plenary decision
scope specific policy area
typicalOutput committee report (betänkande)

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Committee on Cultural Affairs hasType standing committee of the Riksdag