Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs

The Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs (Norwegian: Finanskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to economic policy, monetary and credit policy, the financial and credit system, financial administration, block grants to municipalities and counties, taxes and duties to the State Treasury, state guarantees for exports, National Insurance revenues, incomes policy (except for the Agricultural Agreement) and legislation relating to accounting and auditing. It corresponds to the Ministry of Finance.[1] The committee has 18 members and is chaired by Hans Olav Syversen of the Christian Democratic Party.[2]

Since the economic policy affects the resources available in all other policy areas, the Finance Committee is considered to be a powerful one, and in most cases, all parliamentary parties have at least one member on it. An exception was made in the 2013-2017 Parliament when Rasmus Hansson, the sole representative of the Green Party, asked to be seated on the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment instead.[3]

Members 2013–2017
The committee is chaired by Hans Olav Syversen
RepresentativePartyPosition
Hans Olav SyversenChristian DemocratsChair
Jonas Gahr StøreLabourFirst deputy chair
Svein FlåttenConservativeSecond deputy chair
Solveig Sundbø AbrahamsenConservative
Lisbeth Berg-HansenLabour
Terje BreivikLiberal
Tore HagebakkenLabour
Gjermund HagesæterProgress
Sigurd HilleConservative
Tom HoltheProgress
Irene JohansenLabour
Hans Andreas LimiProgress
Heidi Nordby LundeConservative
Marianne MarthinsenLabour
Siri A. MelingConservative
Torstein Tvedt SolbergLabour
Snorre Serigstad ValenSocialist Left
Trygve Slagsvold VedumCentre
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References
  1. Parliament of Norway. "The Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs". Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  2. The Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs Stortinget.no. Retrieved 30 October 2013
  3. Melgård, Marie (3 October 2013). "Miljøpartiet De Grønne ber om Ap og Høyres nåde". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 December 2013.
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