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Sheikki LaaksoEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 20/2017 vpPassed
Reforming upper secondary specialisations and funding
The criteria for granting specialised tracks in general upper secondary schools, such as music and sports programmes, and their funding will be clarified. Funding will be allocated directly to specialised general upper secondary schools instead of the previous municipality-specific supplement.
Sheikki Laakso: No vote recorded9 May 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 67/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming supervision of medical devices
A new act on medical devices will be enacted in Finland to implement EU regulations and improve patient safety. The reform will tighten quality requirements and regulatory supervision for healthcare devices.
Sheikki Laakso: No vote recorded2 Jul 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 62/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming government services' regional presence
The traditional central government regionalisation model will be abandoned and replaced by nationwide planning for government services and units. The Government will draw up a plan for each parliamentary term to steer the placement of government functions and the multichannel availability of services.
Sheikki Laakso: No vote recorded2 Jul 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 47/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming regional development and EU funding
Finland will introduce the rules for the 2021–2027 programming period of EU regional and structural policy and clarify national regional development. Applying for project grants, cost options, and administration will be simplified, and transactions will be brought together into a single digital system.
Sheikki Laakso: No vote recorded30 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 46/2021 vpPassed
Reforming business development grants
A new act will be enacted in Finland on development grants for businesses and their operating environment for 2021–2028. The grants will support, in particular, the growth, renewal and internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Sheikki Laakso: No vote recorded30 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 10/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining mining permit procedures
Permit procedures and official obligations in the mining and exploration sector will be eased and streamlined. Authorities will be given more discretion over the scope of procedures, and unnecessary administrative burdens will be dismantled.
Sheikki Laakso: No vote recorded28 Apr 2017 · 1 voteOnly vote · Perustelut, mietintö / Satu Hassi
88 jaa33 ei - HE 97/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Extending cost support and closure compensation
Businesses can apply to the state for a fourth round of cost support for financial difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, medium-sized and large enterprises will be paid compensation for business premises closed by order of the authorities.
Sheikki Laakso: Absent24 Jun 2021 · 16 votesClosest vote · 5 §, mietintö / Veikko Vallinin ehdotus
32 jaa23 ei - HE 95/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Third supplementary budget for 2021
The third supplementary budget for 2021, meaning changes to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and opposition proposals in dissenting opinions.
Sheikki Laakso: No24 Jun 2021 · 22 votes - HE 80/2021 vpPassed
Reducing travel and night work strain
Employers would be required to take work-related travel during free time into account when assessing hazards and strain at work. If an employee performing night work cannot be transferred to daytime work, the employer would have to look into other ways to reduce the strain of the work.
Sheikki Laakso: No vote recorded24 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 74/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Facilitating the re-use of public data
Re-use of datasets held by public authorities, publicly owned companies and research organisations would be facilitated. High-value datasets and published publicly funded research data would be made available free of charge and in machine-readable format.
Sheikki Laakso: No vote recorded24 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 63/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding culture benefit and tonnage taxation
Employees will also be able to use the tax-exempt culture benefit to pay for live online cultural and sporting events. In addition, tonnage taxation for vessels will be clarified and the transfer of losses in mergers of municipalities and joint municipal authorities will be permitted.
Sheikki Laakso: No vote recorded24 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 1/2021 vpPassed
Ending legal assistance agreement with Poland
Finland will repeal an old bilateral legal assistance agreement with Poland because Poland has terminated it. Application of the agreement will end in October 2021.
Sheikki Laakso: No vote recorded24 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 93/2021 vpPassed
Extending distance learning in comprehensive schools
Comprehensive schools will be able to switch partially or entirely to distance learning if necessary due to a serious coronavirus situation during the upcoming school year as well. However, the youngest pupils and those in need of special support will continue in contact teaching.
Sheikki Laakso: No vote recorded18 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 92/2021 vpPassed
Extending exceptions for vocational skills demonstrations
Skills demonstrations in vocational education and training can be completed under exceptional arrangements until the end of July 2022 if the coronavirus epidemic prevents them from being carried out in authentic work situations. Students may then demonstrate their competence through compensatory practical tasks organised at educational institutions.
Sheikki Laakso: No vote recorded18 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 71/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Improving port waste management and marine protection
The obligation for ports to receive waste from ships and boats will be extended to smaller ports than before to prevent littering of waterways. At the same time, emissions monitoring will be tightened and administrative procedures for vessels made smoother.
Sheikki Laakso: No vote recorded18 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 48/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Biogas and electrofuels in distribution obligation
The distribution obligation for transport fuels will be extended to cover biogas and renewable electrofuels. At the same time, the use of food- and feed-crop-based raw materials in biofuels will be restricted in line with an EU directive.
Sheikki Laakso: Absent18 Jun 2021 · 3 votesClosest vote · Mietintö / Veikko Vallin , lausumaehdotus 3
40 jaa13 ei - HE 84/2021 vpPassed
Extending student loan compensation deadlines
Higher education students will not lose their student loan compensation or student loan tax deduction if graduation or the start of studies is delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. An extension of one academic year will be granted for completing the degree due to reasons caused by the epidemic.
Sheikki Laakso: No vote recorded16 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 64/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Extending transport sector coronavirus exemptions
The validity period of maritime qualifications and pilotage licences will be exceptionally extended so that vessel traffic and security of supply are not interrupted due to the coronavirus epidemic. At the same time, flexibilities concerning public transport notification periods and coronavirus preparedness in the transport sector will remain in force.
Sheikki Laakso: No vote recorded11 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 29/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Transferring financial market supervision to EU authorities
Supervision of financial market reporting services and critical benchmarks will mainly be transferred from the Financial Supervisory Authority to the European Securities and Markets Authority. At the same time, the role of the European Banking Authority in coordinating the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing will be strengthened.
Sheikki Laakso: No vote recorded11 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 256/2016 vpPassed
Repealing special electricity merger rules
A special rule on electricity market mergers that has never been applied in practice will be removed from the Competition Act. Electricity sector mergers will be assessed under the same general competition rules as other sectors.
Sheikki Laakso: No vote recorded30 Mar 2017 · passed without a vote