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
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)
Committee on Cultural Affairs (Kulturutskottet)
Committee on Defence (Försvarsutskottet)
linked to: Försvarsutskottet

Committee on EU Affairs (EU-nämnden)
Committee on Education (Utbildningsutskottet)
Committee on Environment and Agriculture (Miljö- och jordbruksutskottet)
Committee on Finance (Finansutskottet)
Committee on Foreign Affairs (Utrikesutskottet)
Committee on Health and Welfare (Socialutskottet)
Committee on Industry and Trade (Näringsutskottet)
Committee on Justice (Justitieutskottet)
Committee on Social Insurance (Socialförsäkringsutskottet)
Committee on Taxation (Skatteutskottet)
Committee on Transport and Communications (Trafikutskottet)
Committee on the Constitution (Konstitutionsutskottet)
Committee on the Labour Market (Arbetsmarknadsutskottet)
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)
Riksdag Act
linked to: Riksdag Act of 1974
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
linked to: Riksdag Act of 1974
legislativeBody Riksdag
meetsAt Riksdag building, Stockholm
membersAppointedBy Riksdag
partOf Riksdag
relatedTo Swedish parliamentary system
separation of powers in Sweden
reportsTo plenary of the Riksdag
linked to: Riksdag
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
Försvarsutskottet hasParentOrganization Riksdagens utskott
linked to: standing committee of the Riksdag
Riksdag Board of the Chamber appliesToJurisdiction Riksdag committees
linked to: standing committee of the Riksdag
Swedish Prosecution Authority subjectToOversightBy Committee on Justice of the Riksdag
linked to: standing committee of the Riksdag