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Timo Harakka

Each row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.

  1. HE 232/2016 vpPassed with amendments

    Extending social security to same-sex couples

    The social security and parental daily allowance systems will be made gender-neutral. Same-sex married and cohabiting couples will be treated on the same grounds for benefits as opposite-sex couples.

    Timo Harakka: Yes
    23 Dec 2016 · 2 votes
    128 jaa
    28 ei
  2. HE 224/2016 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming hospital and emergency networks

    Demanding specialised medical care and 24-hour comprehensive emergency care will be centralised in 12 hospitals. Health and social services emergency departments will be combined in the same premises to improve service quality and safety.

    Timo Harakka: No
    23 Dec 2016 · 8 votes
    109 jaa
    65 ei
  3. HE 177/2016 vpPassed with amendments

    Cutting vocational education and culture funding

    Central government funding for initial vocational education and training as well as for museums, theatres and orchestras will be cut from 2017 onwards. In addition, reductions in holiday bonuses and employer contributions under the Competitiveness Pact will be taken into account in central government transfers for the education and culture sector.

    Timo Harakka: No
    22 Dec 2016 · 6 votes
    101 jaa
    63 ei
  4. HE 213/2021 vpPassed

    Adjusting corporate tax shares and penalties

    Municipalities will be compensated for the tax revenue impacts of corporate tax changes by adjusting the apportionment of corporate tax between the state and municipalities. At the same time, tax surcharges will be eased for investors who opened multiple equity savings accounts by mistake.

    Timo Harakka: Yes
    15 Dec 2021 · 4 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus , mietintö / Matias Marttinen 3

    87 jaa
    56 ei
  5. HE 188/2021 vpPassed

    Stricter supervision of corporate transfer pricing

    Rules on the taxation of transactions between group companies are being reformed in line with international OECD guidelines. The Finnish Tax Administration will be able to assess intra-group arrangements on the basis of their actual substance and, in exceptional cases, disregard transactions lacking an economic rationale.

    Timo Harakka: No vote recorded
    14 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote
  6. HE 122/2021 vpPassed

    Faster entry for specialists and startups

    A new long-term D visa will be introduced in Finland for specialists, startup entrepreneurs and their family members. The visa will enable them to travel to Finland and start work immediately after being granted a residence permit, without waiting for the residence permit card to arrive.

    Timo Harakka: Yes
    14 Dec 2021 · 2 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Mauri Peltokangas 2

    117 jaa
    30 ei
  7. HE 68/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Enhancing competition oversight and competitive neutrality

    Public bodies will be required to keep separate accounts for their commercial activities on the market in order to safeguard fair competition. At the same time, the powers of the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV) in inspections and the exchange of information between authorities will be improved.

    Timo Harakka: No vote recorded
    17 May 2019 · passed without a vote
  8. HE 214/2021 vpPassed

    Temporary increase in student income limits

    Students will be able to earn more wage income alongside student financial aid during 2022. The annual income limits for student financial aid will be temporarily increased by 25 per cent.

    Timo Harakka: Yes
    13 Dec 2021 · 3 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Ville Kaunisto

    86 jaa
    63 ei
  9. HE 144/2021 vpPassed with amendments

    Peat tax exemption and floor price

    Taxation of fuel peat will be temporarily eased by expanding its tax-free use in power plants and heating plants in 2022–2029. At the same time, a floor price mechanism will be established to prevent an increase in the use of peat if emissions allowances become cheaper.

    Timo Harakka: Yes
    13 Dec 2021 · 9 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Sari Essayah 2

    105 jaa
    44 ei
  10. HE 275/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Tax reform for equity savings accounts

    A new equity savings account will be introduced in Finland, within which gains from share trading and dividends are taxed only when funds are withdrawn from the account. At the same time, the tax treatment of endowment insurance and capitalisation agreements will be reformed so that withdrawals are taxed on the proportional share of the yield.

    Timo Harakka: No
    9 May 2019 · 15 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Timo Harakka 4

    96 jaa
    77 ei
  11. HE 175/2021 vpPassed

    Raising the threshold for low-alcohol beer

    The upper limit of the reduced tax category for low-alcohol beer will rise from 2.8 per cent to 3.5 per cent. Small producers will also be allowed to self-certify the small producer status required for EU exports.

    Timo Harakka: No vote recorded
    8 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote
  12. HE 89/2021 vpPassed

    Expanding criminal liability for terrorism offences

    Participation in the activities of a terrorist group and incitement to terrorism offences will become more broadly punishable. At the same time, authorities will be granted the right to use secret coercive measures and intelligence-gathering methods to prevent and investigate these offences.

    Timo Harakka: Yes
    8 Dec 2021 · 4 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus 3 , mietintö / Jani Mäkelä

    84 jaa
    61 ei
  13. HE 201/2021 vpPassed

    Increasing unemployment insurance contributions for 2022

    Unemployment insurance contributions for employees and employers will increase slightly from the start of 2022. The increase will secure the financing of unemployment benefits.

    Timo Harakka: No vote recorded
    1 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote
  14. HE 153/2016 vpPassed

    Cutting the adult education allowance

    The amount of the adult education allowance will be reduced and its maximum duration shortened. At the same time, funding for the employee allowance will be transferred entirely from the state to the Unemployment Insurance Fund.

    Timo Harakka: Yes
    18 Nov 2016 · 1 vote
    131 jaa
    12 ei
  15. HE 314/2018 vpLapsed

    Road tax for heavy goods vehicles

    A new time-based road tax will be introduced in Finland for heavy goods vehicles weighing over 12 tonnes. At the same time, vehicle tax on domestic lorries will be reduced so that their overall tax burden does not increase on average.

    Timo Harakka: No vote recorded
    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  16. HE 312/2018 vpLapsed

    Permitting surgery without round-the-clock emergency services

    Hospital districts will be able to organise and purchase elective surgery also in units that do not have round-the-clock joint emergency services. Strict quality requirements related to patient safety and emergency preparedness will nevertheless be set for these operations.

    Timo Harakka: No vote recorded
    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  17. HE 300/2018 vpLapsed

    Reforming electronic client data processing

    The processing of client data in health and social services will be reformed, and Kanta services will be expanded to cover social services as well. In healthcare, broad patient consent will be abandoned, and citizens will be given the opportunity to save their own wellbeing data in the national system.

    Timo Harakka: No vote recorded
    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  18. HE 289/2018 vpLapsed

    Transferring transport duties to regions

    The transport duties and staff of the ELY Centre (Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) will be divided between the regions to be established, the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency and the traffic control company. Regions will become responsible for regional road maintenance and public transport, but ownership of the highway network will remain with the state.

    Timo Harakka: No vote recorded
    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  19. HE 240/2018 vpLapsed

    Transferring rescue services to regions

    Responsibility for organising rescue services will transfer from municipalities to regions from the beginning of 2021. At the same time, vocational qualification training in the rescue sector and the organisation of regional national defence courses will be centralised nationally at the Emergency Services Academy Finland.

    Timo Harakka: No vote recorded
    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  20. HE 93/2018 vpLapsed

    Transferring employment and business services to regions

    Public employment and business services as well as business subsidies will be transferred from the central government to the regions to be established and restructured into growth services. At the same time, private service providers will be enabled to play a broader role in organising jobseekers' service processes.

    Timo Harakka: No vote recorded
    18 Apr 2019 · no votes