Committee on Civil Affairs (Parliament of Sweden)
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The Committee on Civil Affairs is a committee
of the Parliament of Sweden
. The committee prepares matters concerning the Marriage, Parental, Inheritance, Commercial, Land and Enforcement Codes and acts of law which supersede or refer to provisions of these Codes, insofar as these matters do not fall to any other committee to prepare.
The Committee on Civil Affairs also prepares matters concerning insurance contract law, company and association law, the law of torts, transport law, bankruptcy law, consumer law, international private law, legislation on other matters having the nature of general private law, housing policy, water rights, land development planning, building and construction, physical planning, expropriation, the formation of property units and land survey.
Matters concerning appropriations falling within expenditure area 18 - Community planning, housing supply and construction - are prepared by the Committee on Civil Affairs.
The committee was formed on 1 October 2006 and overtook issues that were previously handled by the Committee on Civil Law (Lagutskottet) and the Committee on Housing (Bostadsutskottet). The current chairman of the committee is Carina Moberg
of the Social Democratic Party
.
Committee
A committee is a type of small deliberative assembly that is usually intended to remain subordinate to another, larger deliberative assembly—which when organized so that action on committee requires a vote by all its entitled members, is called the "Committee of the Whole"...
of the Parliament of Sweden
Parliament of Sweden
The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...
. The committee prepares matters concerning the Marriage, Parental, Inheritance, Commercial, Land and Enforcement Codes and acts of law which supersede or refer to provisions of these Codes, insofar as these matters do not fall to any other committee to prepare.
The Committee on Civil Affairs also prepares matters concerning insurance contract law, company and association law, the law of torts, transport law, bankruptcy law, consumer law, international private law, legislation on other matters having the nature of general private law, housing policy, water rights, land development planning, building and construction, physical planning, expropriation, the formation of property units and land survey.
Matters concerning appropriations falling within expenditure area 18 - Community planning, housing supply and construction - are prepared by the Committee on Civil Affairs.
The committee was formed on 1 October 2006 and overtook issues that were previously handled by the Committee on Civil Law (Lagutskottet) and the Committee on Housing (Bostadsutskottet). The current chairman of the committee is Carina Moberg
Carina Moberg
Carina Moberg, born 1966, is a Swedish social democratic politician who has been a member of the Riksdag since 1994.-External links:* at the Riksdag website...
of the Social Democratic Party
Swedish Social Democratic Party
The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
.
External links
- Civilutskottet, official website