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SWEDEN
Riksdagen
Parliamentary bodies dealing with gender equality :
Committee on the Labour Market

Type of parliamentary body Multifunctional
Nature Permanent
Related to chambers Riksdagen
Date of creation 1983
Last renewal date N/A
Mandate
Membership As with all committees of the Swedish Parliament, the Committee on the Labour Market has 17 permanent members. Members are elected at the beginning of each term of office for four years. Composition by sex: 8 men (47.1%), 9 women (52.9%)
Working methods
Relations with other parliamentary bodies
Relations with external bodies
Subjects dealt with Prepares matters concerning the following policy areas: labour market, and working life including labour law. The Committee also considers matters concerning integration and discrimination, insofar as these matters do not fall to any other committee to prepare. Furthermore, the Committee prepares matters relating to equality between women and men insofar as these matters do not fall to any other committee to prepare. The Committee prepares appropriations falling within expenditure areas 13 - Integration and gender equality, and 14 - The labour market and working life.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Main address Committee on the Labour Market
Riksdagen
100 12 Stockholm
Sweden
Phone +46 8 786 40 00
Website http://www.riksdagen.se/sv/Utskott-EU-namnd/Arbetsmarknadsutskottet/
PRESIDING OFFICER(S)
Name Mr. Raimo Pärssinen
Notes Chairperson
Address (if different from above)
Phone +46 8 7864745
Fax
E-mail raimo.parssinen@riksdagen.se
Website
Name Ms. Elisabeth Svantesson
Notes Vice-Chairperson
Address (if different from above)
Phone +46 8 7866721
Fax
E-mail elisabeth.svantesson@riksdagen.se
Website
SECRETARY

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