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Sanne Lennström (S)
What Sanne Lennström has said in the chamber of the Swedish Riksdag, debate by debate. The lines under each debate sum up a speech; they are written and translated by AI in advance and may contain errors, so check against the speech.
Kammarkoll has the Riksdag's speeches from 26 September 2022 onwards; older debates are not included.
Parental leave: Removing notification requirement for benefits
- Argues that the proposal is a step in the right direction to make welfare simpler and reduce stress for parents. However, wants to see a more equal parental insurance since mothers today take an unreasonably large financial hit. Read the speech
Transport services and Trafikanalys proposal preparation
- Argues that the current case law for transport services is deficient and leads to people losing their jobs. Criticizes the government for not acting on Trafikanalys' proposal and instead dragging out investigations. Read the speech
- Argues that the differences in assessments are a matter of legal certainty and that people are affected by isolation. Criticizes the government's sluggish machinery which leads to waste and forces blind people to file appeals. Wants to make Trafikanalys' proposals a reality. Read the speech
Child poverty in Sweden: M, S and SD debate policy and aid
- Criticizes that the government responds with statistics instead of answering questions about child poverty. Asks if the government can support proposals for increased child allowance, single parent supplement, and free public transport for children. Read the speech
- Criticizes the government for not having answered questions about child poverty and for not being present at demonstrations. Proposes a national swimming proficiency guarantee to counteract child poverty and asks the minister how this can be countered. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the Minister has not answered questions regarding Majblomman's report and its five proposals. Argues that Sweden can afford to increase the child allowance if priorities are set correctly instead of tax cuts for the wealthy. Requests more proposals to reduce unemployment. Read the speech
Climate policy, elderly care and social services debate
- Argues that single parents and nursing assistants have difficulty making ends meet due to increased rents and food prices. Asks why the number of children who have been evicted has risen and what measures the government intends to take. Read the speech
Försäkringskassan clawbacks and occupational injury insurance
- Criticizes Försäkringskassan's deficient handling of recovery claims which threatens legal certainty and trust in the social insurance system. Asks whether the ongoing investigation will focus on the deficiencies regarding incorrect recovery claims. Read the speech
- Argues that the closure of state service offices makes it more difficult for people in digital exclusion to do the right thing. Asks if there is a risk of incorrect clawbacks in other areas within Försäkringskassan. Read the speech
- Argues that it is serious that Försäkringskassan and ISF have different estimates of the amount to be recovered. Emphasizes that the authority has a responsibility to maintain trust through a dignified and legally secure contact with the citizens. Read the speech
Economic security for families: SD housing allowance and M tax cuts
- Demands an increased child allowance and a stronger labor market policy to help families with children who are struggling with high prices and rents. Criticizes the government's lack of measures and its decision to lower the housing allowance. Read the speech
Child poverty in Sweden: M, SD, and S debate solutions
- Argues that child poverty in Sweden is a reality where families cannot afford basic needs. Wants to increase the child allowance and the housing allowance to improve the quality of life and ensure children's opportunities. Asks why the government refuses to increase the child allowance despite the need. Read the speech
- Argues that the government refuses to see the situation of single parents and criticizes that the government parties did not meet the organization Makalösa Föräldrar. Asks whether civil society should bear the heavy burden or if the government can acknowledge that they have done too little. Read the speech
Vacation poverty for families: child allowance and housing
- Argues that the government's focus on jobs is not enough to create economic security for families with children. Demands an active family policy and concrete measures to counteract the increase in vacation poverty. Read the speech
- Demands a reasonable family economic policy that addresses the economic challenges of single mothers. Criticizes the government's decision to remove money from vulnerable families and proposes increased child allowance, reformed housing allowance, and school lunch. Read the speech
- Demands a family economic policy with a focus on child allowance and housing allowance. Criticizes that the government's previous budget focused on tax cuts for the wealthy instead of the most economically vulnerable families with children. Read the speech
Legal certainty, healthcare, economy and infrastructure debate
- Asks why the government is reluctant to increase the child allowance even though it covers a smaller portion of child families' living costs today compared to seven years ago. Read the speech
Closure of state service offices: KD, S debate cuts
- Criticizes the government's savings which lead to the closure of 35 service offices. Argues that the closures affect people in digital exclusion and the countryside and asks how the government will ensure that residents in Enköping are not hit hard. Read the speech
- Argues that the government's cuts affect people who are dependent on personal assistance. Asks what the minister wants to answer a specific person who is hit hard by the closure of the service center in Enköping. Read the speech
- Criticizes the Minister's response as unworthy as he focuses on the government's success instead of answering regarding the consequences for citizens. Argues that it is a matter of accountability and democracy when answers to exacerbated life situations are missing. Read the speech
Finsam future and coordination associations' role in work
- Argues that monitoring and analysis are necessary to ensure the existence and effectiveness of the operations. Asks how the government intends to ensure a purposeful system for measuring goal fulfillment since the current system is insufficient. Read the speech
- Argues that there is a lack of a satisfactory system for monitoring the efforts through the coordination associations. Asks if the Minister can provide a reassuring statement regarding a better monitoring system in the near future. Read the speech
- Requests an update on the follow-up of the work. Argues that the answer lacks clarity regarding when and how the follow-up should take place. Read the speech
Food prices: Government response to inflation and tax cuts
- Argues that families with children and single parents are still struggling due to high food prices and rents despite falling inflation. Criticizes the government for investing in tax cuts for high-income earners while simultaneously reducing support for single parents and refusing to increase the child allowance. Read the speech
- Criticizes the government for doing too little to combat high food prices and the lack of competition in the food chain. Argues that the government should accept proposals for a food price commission, a warning triangle against shrinkflation, and an increased child allowance. Read the speech
- Argues that it is the government's responsibility to review funds to help families with children and consumers. Asks what the minister wants to say to a mother struggling with high food prices and housing costs after the government has scaled back the housing allowance. Read the speech
Sea trout in Dalälven: financing and stocking compensation
- Argues that the sea trout and the salmon risk disappearing from the Dalälven due to lack of funding. Wants the government to immediately secure the financial conditions for continued compensation stocking until natural reproduction is secured. Asks who is responsible for the funding. Read the speech
- Appeals to the government to see the problem because a reduced catch of fish leads to serious ecological consequences, threatens local jobs and risks a cultural heritage. Asks if the minister wishes to visit Älvkarleby to investigate the issue before the deadline of March 31 expires. Read the speech
- Argues that the situation is serious as the sea trout risks disappearing from the Dalälven within five to six years if the last fish are released now. Emphasizes that the issue is also about a cultural heritage. Read the speech
State services: KD wants mobile solutions, S warns of cuts
- Criticizes the government's savings which risk phasing out 35 offices and argues that this leads to poorer accessibility for people who have difficulty with digital technology. Asks how the government will ensure that state services reach those who actually need help. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the government is dismantling the state's presence and accessibility throughout the country. Argues that the closure of service offices affects the countryside and people in digital exclusion and urges the government to prioritize services in the countryside. Read the speech
Economic situation of families with children and government measures
- Criticizes that the government does not understand the financial situation of families with children and that the priorities are incorrect. Asks the Minister if a mother will have to skip meals in order to make the finances work in 2025. Read the speech
- Argues that families with children across the country are facing very tough economic conditions due to increased food prices and rents. Criticizes the government's budget for providing less in housing allowance to single parents and asks how the government intends to help families with children. Read the speech
- Argues that there is a lack of answers on how families with children should be helped and questions whether the government agrees on the goal of counteracting poverty among families with children. Challenges the Minister to answer yes or no as to whether families with children in Sweden have a tough economic situation. Read the speech
Occupational Injury Inquiry timeline and quarantine deductions
- Argues that the government has the power to carry out investigations and create propositions. Points out that an investigation has been on the government's desk for three years and asks if the government intends to proceed with the proposal for families with children who have mental illness. Read the speech
Occupational injury inquiry timeline and labor market policy
- Argues that parents of children with diabetes are forced to take unpaid leave when they have to act as resource persons in school. Asks if the government intends to proceed with the investigation to give these parents the right to vab-compensation. Read the speech
Forensic psychiatry: KD wants state ownership and better discharge
- Argues that forensic psychiatry is in a strained position due to increased needs and higher costs. Criticizes the government's insufficient investments and asks whether the state should take greater responsibility for the care. Read the speech
- Argues that the regions' strained finances affect forensic psychiatry negatively and that lack of resources leads to displacement effects. Asks whether the government is willing to provide healthcare with the resources required in future budgets. Read the speech
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Vaccination programs for the elderly and national governance
- Argues that the elderly lack a national vaccination program, which creates inequality as many are forced to pay for protection. Wants a national program to be introduced to provide an equal basic protection and asks how the government ensures that the elderly can afford it. Read the speech
- Agrees with the need to counter disinformation. Argues that Sweden should follow Denmark's example by offering free pneumococcal vaccine to everyone over 65 to create an equal basic protection. Wants an investigation to be appointed to expand the national vaccination program. Read the speech
- Argues that the regions are in an extremely strained financial position. Wants a national vaccination program for the elderly to create equal healthcare and simplify the acquisition of knowledge for the patients. Read the speech
Housing allowance supplement phase-out and impact on families
- Criticizes that the government is scaling back the supplement to the housing allowance despite the fact that food prices and rents are still high. Argues that the government prioritizes tax cuts for high-income earners over support for vulnerable families with children and asks about the consequences of the scale-back. Read the speech
- Argues that vulnerable families with children can include parents with jobs and criticizes that the government's budget lacks compensatory measures for families with children affected by high food prices and rents. Asks whether evictions and social assistance will increase. Read the speech
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Sustainable fishing: KD wants lower herring quotas
- Argues that the situation is acute and that the salmon risks disappearing due to overfishing from large-scale industrial trawling. Wants to pause large-scale pelagic fishing, review the quota system for a fairer distribution and tighten the controls. Read the speech
- Want to hear the government's ambitions to save the fish stocks and the Baltic Sea. Proposes that the trawling limit be moved out without exception, that small-scale fishing be prioritized and that an ecosystem-based and ethical management reduces the number of cormorants. Asks the minister how he views the threat from seals and cormorants. Read the speech
- Argues that Sweden should work towards a line where the fish's age and size are included in the calculations. Wants to see more drive towards a sustainable fishing policy and better quotas to avoid a serious collapse of the Baltic Sea. Read the speech
Uppsalapendeln: State control of SJ vs. commercial operation
- Describes the serious consequences for commuters and Sweden's growth when SJ shuts down train traffic due to lack of profitability. Asks if the government wants to take responsibility for people's mobility by clarifying SJ's mandate. Read the speech
- Argues that it is in the government's interest to secure commuting options. Asks whether commuters and companies do not deserve more predictability through a clearer directive to SJ. Read the speech
Equal pay and women's lifetime earnings debate in Riksdag
- Argues that the government cannot abdicate from its responsibility for equal pay. Demands concrete political measures to reduce the pay gap, including through a more equal parental leave. Read the speech
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- Hope that the Minister takes to heart the proposals to make a real difference. Argues that the problem cannot be solved with only reports and information, but requires concrete political measures. Read the speech
Economic family policy: M, S, and L propose different reforms
- Argues that the transfer of days can lead to welfare crime based on instances such as the Economic Crime Authority, LO and TCO. Asks if the member can guarantee that these instances are wrong. Read the speech
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- Wants to increase the housing allowance, the child allowance and the maintenance support as well as introduce free school breakfast and free public transport for children. Argues that pregnant women need a stronger social security protection and motions to abolish the speed premium in the parental insurance. Read the speech
- Argues that food prices have skyrocketed and that families with children have difficulty affording basic needs. Wants the politicians to take responsibility for food prices through, for example, a food price commission and asks if the member agrees with Jimmie Åkesson. Read the speech
- Argues that politics is about priorities and that families with children must be able to afford good food. Wants to increase the child allowance and provide free public transport for children instead of prioritizing luxury or the banks' profits. Read the speech
Birth injuries: KD calls for better midwife conditions; S
- Argues that the healthcare crisis and stressed staff affect birth injuries negatively. Asks if the government should abolish the speed premium because it creates incentives for high birth density, which increases the risk of birth injuries and affects women's income. Read the speech
- Asks if the Minister sees any obstacles to abolishing the speed premium. Argues that economic incentives for rapid childbirth affect women's health and finances and requests the government's position on the issue. Read the speech
- Hope that there will not be watertight partitions between the different ministers' areas of responsibility and that they can find solutions together to the issues so that more women can avoid suffering. Read the speech
Mosquito control at lower Dalälven: funding and state role
- Argues that the mosquito problem is so serious that people cannot stay outdoors. Demands state responsibility, reasonable funding, and long-term planning to secure pesticides and helicopter capacity [6, 7-9]. Asks if the Minister can promise the municipalities the 23 million kronor they need. Read the speech
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- Criticizes that the government has not given clear answers on how the mosquito plague should be solved. Argues that the government must take responsibility so that people can live and work in the area without risking having to call an ambulance. Read the speech
Social insurance for pregnant women: modernization and 2024 bill
- Argues that the current social insurance protection for pregnant women is outdated and leads to lower compensation than in the case of illness. Wants the investigation's proposals for an extended benefit period, a raised income ceiling, and the right to relocation to be implemented in order to strengthen women's finances and equality. Read the speech
- Argues that it is unreasonable that pregnant women need to use parental leave or vacation before childbirth. Wants the investigation's proposal for a non-means-tested pregnancy benefit to be implemented. Asks if the government will prioritize the issue and submit a proposal in the near future. Read the speech
- Argues that the regions are in a crisis and that the government needs to act to secure investments for pregnant women. Criticizes the current social insurance protection for risking discrimination and calls for the implementation of the investigation's proposals. Read the speech
Economic challenges, welfare, and social issues in Sweden
- Asks whether it is reasonable to carry out legislative changes that can increase fraud and welfare crime. Argues that the government's proposal to transfer days within the parental leave to unspecified persons creates vulnerabilities and opportunities for crime. Read the speech
Gender equality and job tax credit effects in the economy
- Argues that women's wages and pensions are worsened due to unequal take-up of the parental leave. Criticizes the government's reform on the transfer of parental days as it could lead to poorer economic equality. Asks if the Minister is sure that the reform does not lead to a more unequal take-up. Read the speech
- Argues that women's wages are de facto declining and that wage differences can be explained by parental leave. Asks if the Minister is sure that the transfer of days in the parental insurance does not lead to a more unequal uptake. Read the speech
Gang crime measures: justice system, sentences and schools
- Argues that gang crime is shaking society and that children are being threatened into membership. Wants the police and customs to receive resources, but emphasizes that investments in schools are an important key to breaking the new recruitment. Asks if the government is investing enough in schools. Read the speech
- Argues that long-term thinking and cooperation are required to stop gang crime. Criticizes the government's priorities and asks if they are investing sufficiently in schools to counteract children being drawn into crime. Read the speech
Unequal parental leave and women's pensions: M and S debate
- Argues that the unequal uptake of the parental leave causes a gender pay gap and more female pensioners in poverty. Criticizes that the government's proposal for more double days is insufficient and asks the minister what can be done to solve the problem. Read the speech
- Argues that the unequal uptake of parental leave is a problem that affects women's incomes and pensions. Suggests that solutions beyond tax cuts, such as "pappadagar" (daddy days) and legislation, are needed to create equal parenting. Asks if the government recognizes the connection between the uptake of parental leave and the pension gap. Read the speech
Parental leave design: transfer rights and reserved months
- Argues that Sweden still has some way to go to achieve equal withdrawal. Asks if the government intends to introduce a voucher system where parental leave can be given to an acquaintance. Read the speech
- Argues that reserved months are necessary for equal wages and pensions and criticizes that the removal of these contradicts EU directives. Asks for concrete measures to prevent the parental insurance from becoming a voucher system. Read the speech
- Wants to simplify the puzzle of life and is willing to discuss the design of the parental leave with the government. Argues that the take-up must be made as equal as possible for both the sake of the children and for women's wages. Read the speech
Economic family policy: parental insurance and child poverty
- Asks whether it is intended for the parental leave to become a voucher system where days can be given to an acquaintance. Argues that the parental leave is for the parents to be able to spend time with their child. Read the speech
- Argues that the parental leave is intended for parents. Criticizes the proposal to give away days to acquaintances as it is inconsistent with the goal of equal uptake and time for parents to create relationships with their children. Read the speech
- Proposes approval of reservation 21. Criticizes the government's priorities and lack of support for families with children during the crisis and proposes that the child allowance, student grant, and maintenance support be increased. Argues that the current system creates unequal wages and opposes the abolition of the reserved months in the parental insurance. Read the speech
- Argues that an increased child allowance would help significantly more people than tax reliefs for high-income earners. Suggests that one should review targeted grants to, for example, single parents, but points out that general increases can be more effective due to lower administrative costs. Read the speech
- Wants to increase the child benefit and proposes that the government proceed with proposals that reduce debt in vulnerable groups. Criticizes the government for not doing enough to meet the acute needs of families with children. Read the speech
- Argues that the government must act now to help families with children who are struggling to pay for food. Asks how the Kristdemokraterna and Sverigedemokraterna plan to handle the consequences if they tear up the EU's directive on reserved days. Read the speech
- Advocates for a three-part parental leave system to counteract women receiving lower wages and pensions due to parental leave. Argues that a more equal take-up of parental leave is the tool to reduce the wage gap between men and women. Read the speech
Energy policy, citizenship, healthcare and working environment
- Notes that high inflation and price increases hit families with children hard. Asks if the government intends to increase the child allowance to help this vulnerable group. Read the speech
Equal pay and parental leave: L notes progress, S wants funds
- Argues that the struggle for equal pay is progressing slowly or stagnating. Asks how the government intends to achieve a more equal uptake of the parental leave to create more equal pay. Read the speech
- Argues that a lack of equality in the uptake of the parental leave leads to poorer careers, lower wages, and lower pensions for women. Asks how the parental leave can be changed to create a more equal uptake. Read the speech
- Notes that an equal distribution of the parental leave has great advantages. Asks how the planned flexibility is to be designed and whether the government will investigate further measures beyond double days. Read the speech
Parental leave policy: M wants more double days, S seeks 3-part leave
- Supports a three-part parental leave to achieve equal uptake. Argues that unequal uptake creates career obstacles and poorer pensions for women. Asks for concrete proposals to address the problems that have arisen due to the unequal distribution. Read the speech
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- Argues that the government and the Riksdag should cooperate to lower the thresholds for a more equal distribution of the parental leave. Wants to continue developing equality within the area to benefit mothers, fathers and children. Read the speech
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