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.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (53)

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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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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