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Pekka ToveriEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 56/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Temporary ban on Teno salmon fishing
All salmon fishing and the use of salmon fishing gear will be banned in the Teno river system for the remainder of 2022. The ban aims to halt the decline of salmon stocks and secure their recovery.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded2 Jun 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 236/2018 vpPassed
Improving unemployment security for entrepreneurs' family members
A family member working in an enterprise who holds no ownership or controlling power in the business will be treated as an employee under unemployment security. The change will improve these family members' access to earnings-related unemployment allowance and unemployment security.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded19 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 52/2022 vpPassed
Additional energy tax refund for agriculture
A one-off additional refund will be paid to agricultural operators and greenhouse growers for fuel oils used in 2021. The aid will be paid automatically without a separate application to those who have applied for the standard energy tax refund.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded25 May 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 215/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Second supplementary budget for 2018
The second supplementary budget for 2018, or amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and proposals in dissenting opinions by the opposition.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded28 Nov 2018 · 15 votes - HE 165/2018 vpPassed
Raising taxes on alcoholic beverages
The excise duty on alcoholic beverages will be increased by an average of 2.5 per cent from the beginning of 2019. The increase will raise retail prices of alcoholic beverages by just over one per cent on average.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded16 Nov 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 19/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Safeguarding student welfare services
Curator, psychologist and healthcare services in schools and educational institutions will be transferred from municipalities to the responsibility of wellbeing services counties. School staff will be able to refer pupils in need of support to any student welfare service with a low threshold.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded11 May 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 29/2019 vpPassed with amendments
Central government budget for 2020
The central government budget for 2020. Parliament voted in plenary on hundreds of individual appropriation items and opposition amendments before approving the budget.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded20 Dec 2019 · 549 votes - HE 29/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Banning plant-based DMT and streamlining permits
Plant preparations containing DMT that are used for intoxicating purposes will be classified as narcotics. At the same time, control and permit procedures for narcotics will be eased and clarified.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded5 May 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 24/2019 vpPassed
Changes to income taxation for 2020
Taxation of earned income will be eased for 2020 through index adjustments and by raising the earned income tax credit and the basic deduction. At the same time, the household expenses tax credit will be reduced and the mortgage interest tax deduction will begin to be phased out.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded17 Dec 2019 · 9 votes126 jaa34 ei - HE 109/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Shortening retention periods for payment defaults
An entry of a payment default will be removed from credit records within one month of the debt being paid in full. In addition, a new entry will no longer extend the retention period of earlier payment defaults.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded27 Apr 2022 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Mari Rantanen
93 jaa55 ei - HE 20/2022 vpPassed
Establishing a UNICEF office in Finland
An innovation office of the UN children's fund UNICEF will be established in Finland. The agreement confirms the official status and privileges of the office and its staff in Finland.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded19 Apr 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 6/2022 vpPassed
Strengthening investment protection with Singapore
Finland will bring into force the Investment Protection Agreement between the European Union and Singapore. The agreement protects investments between the countries and establishes a new two-tier court system for dispute settlement.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded19 Apr 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 198/2017 vpPassed
Allowing intelligence activities in the Constitution
The Constitution would be amended so that the secrecy of confidential communications can be restricted to protect national security and monitor military activities. The amendment creates the legal basis for enacting new civilian and military intelligence legislation.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded3 Oct 2018 · 1 voteOnly vote · Lakiehdotuksen jättäminen lepäämään / Lakiehdotuksen julistaminen kiireelliseksi (Tapani Töllin ehdotus)
13 jaa178 ei - HE 32/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Speeding up asylum processes and appeals
The processing of appeals concerning asylum decisions in the courts will be expedited by shortening appeal periods and designating the cases as urgent. At the same time, publicly funded legal aid for asylum seekers will be restricted and the granting of leave to appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court tightened.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded27 Jun 2016 · 5 votes106 jaa63 ei - HE 143/2015 vpPassed
Abolishing national restrictions on cabotage
Additional national restrictions on cabotage transport by foreign transport companies will be abolished in Finland. The European Union's common rules will apply directly to temporary domestic transport operations within Finland.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded27 Jun 2016 · 1 vote127 jaa45 ei - HE 4/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Harmonising VAT on educational services
The exemption of educational services from value added tax (VAT) will be tied clearly to Finnish legislation. As a result, foreign fee-charging degree programmes sold in Finland will become subject to VAT in the same way as equivalent domestic education.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded1 Apr 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 141/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Standardising tobacco packaging and extending smoking bans
Packaging for tobacco products and electronic cigarettes will be standardised in appearance without brand logos or appealing colours. In addition, smoking will be banned in playgrounds and on public beaches.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded31 Mar 2022 · 2 votesClosest vote · Käsittelyn pohja, mietintö / Terhi Koulumies
124 jaa31 ei - HE 35/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Centralising qualifications register and student places
The register of completed competence-based qualifications will be centralised under the Finnish National Agency for Education, and opportunities for experimentation will be expanded. In addition, the ministry will be able to reduce the official student quotas of vocational institutions on its own initiative in 2016–2017.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded14 Jun 2016 · 1 voteOnly vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Jukka Gustafsson
101 jaa60 ei - HE 51/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Transferring employment services to trial municipalities
The provision of employment services for jobseekers would be temporarily transferred from the state public employment services (TE services) to participating municipalities across five regions. The trial would develop service models and support employment especially among young people and those who have been unemployed for longer periods.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded4 Jul 2017 · 4 votes137 jaa24 ei - HE 98/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming communications services and media regulation
Consumer protection for telephone and internet subscriptions will be improved, and separate pricing for calls to corporate numbers will be abolished. At the same time, new obligations will be placed on video services and streaming platforms to protect minors and provide European content.
Pekka Toveri: No vote recorded21 Dec 2020 · 9 votesClosest vote · 1. lakiehdotus, 25 §, mietintö / Jani Mäkelä
40 jaa14 ei