Swedish Gov't13 May 2019 22:05
from last week; note what didn't agree to
The Riksdag has decided that they want the Government to take urgently the necessary measures to simplify and shorten the permit processes for the mining and mineral industry and then return to the Riksdag with an account of what measures have been taken.
It was the committee's proposal that was voted through with 166 for and 139 against, the proposal was supported by M, SD, C and KD while the other parties refused to refuse with the reason that work is already in progress. The proposal was based on two motions from a moderate and a sweden democrat.
The Committee on Enterprise and Energy considered a total of about 30 motions relating to mineral policy, but for all other motions, the Committee on Enterprise and Energy proposed that they should be rejected and the Riksdag went on the same line. The exercises included, among other things, certain environmental and compensation issues, landowners' rights, extraction of fossil energy resources and extraction of uranium. As a reason for the rejection, the committee referred, among other things, to current regulations and ongoing work in several areas.