Requires every stock on Parliament’s table today – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): Today tuesday Parliament vote on the proposal that members of parliament must declare all the shares they own – contrary to the current lower detection limit of 90,068 (basic national insurance amount – 1G – last adjusted on 1 May 2015).

Five of six members of the Parliamentary Committee, the president himself, Olemic Thommessen (H), has completed its previously labored to preserve the current system of an “allowance” of 1G.

the day before treatment of the shareholder register, Dagbladet revealed that parliamentary president Thommessen itself has refrained from entering its own shares at a value of 362,500 crowns.

– My impression is that the representatives taking the regulations seriously. Although I have not been aware enough when it comes to this matter, which I regret, both I and my medrepresentanter take the responsibility legislation gives us, writes Thommessen told Dagbladet.

It was SV who first presented the proposal to remove the current “above the free threshold” altogether.

Right at the end Monday afternoon also chairman of the Standing Committee, Geir Pollestad, on behalf of the Centre submitted a 0 suggestions to Tuesday’s treatment of elected representatives nyvurdering of separate disclosure.

the Centre Party’s proposal is according Pollestad little less rigid than the proposal for SV. For the Centre it is not necessary that the combined holdings appears in all the case papers – just a registry are easily accessible and that absolutely all shares must be provided.

– Slipper forgetting

Q additionally suggests that all ministry areas, the top administrative heads of each ministry shall also specify their shares in line with ministers from outside Parliament. – Why 0 limit, Pollestad? – There is no changing the tax rules this concerns only disclosure in the interests of the trust that elected officials must have. And with 0-boundary release they forget something, releasing moreover trust trouble if the stock value goes above the current free allowance. – and why department advises? – They are sitting with very much power, and it is important that it can not be any doubts about the trust also to the Ministry’s leading executives.

Labor and Left

– is there anything to suggest that SV and Sps proposal may win a majority? – Christian Democrat Line Henriette Hjemdal’ve gone in for full disclosure from the start in this round. And there are signs of support in Parliament from both representatives of the Labour Party and the Liberal Party. And so it will be exciting about the last case with Olemic Thommessen shareholdings create some movement in the Conservative Party and the Progress Party, says Geir Pollestad (Sp) to Dagbladet.

Parliamentary President Olemic Thommessen (H) has received support from four of the five other members of the presidency that the current limit of just over 90 000 should continue to apply: Marit Nybakk (Ap), Kenneth Svendsen (FRP), Svein Roald Hansen (Labour) and Ingjerd Schou (H).

Line Henriette Hjemdal (Christian Democrats) is the only one who supports the proposal to change the current rules.

10 million hidden

Dagbladet revealed on 24 September last year that several members of parliament, in contravention of the regulations, had failed to register large shareholdings. How did voters insight into the financial ties between them and the companies that could be affected by the legislation they passed or tasks they performed.

By doing lookups in the shareholder register and verify a findings could Dagbladet document that 10 million was kept secret so.

The largest shareholding belonged to a member of the Finance Committee Svein Flåtten (H) in Sparebank 1, with a value of NOK 6.5 million.

Oskar Jarle Grimstad (FRP) had failed to keep up a shareholding to 1.8 million in Agasti Holding ASA.

Four days later revealed Dagbladet that several members of Parliament’s industry committee had earned money in shares of companies that are directly affected by the committee’s work.