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Eero LehtiEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 96/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Shipowners' liability for wreck removal
Shipowners will bear strict liability for the removal and costs of a hazardous wreck resulting from a maritime accident. The authorities will be able, if necessary, to remove the wreck at the owner's expense and recover the costs directly from the insurance company.
Eero Lehti: No vote recorded19 Sep 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 60/2016 vpWithdrawn
Reforming early childhood education fees
The maximum client fees for municipal early childhood education and care will be increased, and fee criteria for part-time care will be harmonised. At the same time, fees for low-income single parents will be reduced to improve work incentives.
Eero Lehti: No vote recorded9 Sep 2016 · no votes - HE 29/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Harmonising taxation and tax collection procedures
Procedures for reporting, paying and appealing self-assessed taxes will be harmonised, and electronic communication will become the general rule. At the same time, time limits for tax adjustments will be shortened and thresholds for less frequent filing by small businesses will be raised.
Eero Lehti: No vote recorded8 Jul 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 7/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming courts and judicial training
Provisions on courts and judges will be consolidated into a single new Courts Act. At the same time, the posts of chief judges will be made fixed-term and a systematic training path will be created for judges.
Eero Lehti: Yes8 Jul 2016 · 16 votes109 jaa63 ei - HE 41/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming identity card application and delivery
An identity card can be applied for electronically without visiting a police station, and the finished card will be delivered directly to a collection point. Cards can also be applied for at Finnish missions abroad, but health insurance details will be removed from new cards.
Eero Lehti: No vote recorded30 Jun 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 78/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming population data and move notifications
Submitting notifications of a move by telephone will be discontinued, and the fine for failure to notify will be abolished. The correction of data in the population information system and the procedure for administrative review of decisions will be clarified.
Eero Lehti: No vote recorded29 Jun 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 42/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining security sector licence procedures
Applicants will be able to apply for security guard, security steward and security installer licences electronically from any police department without a mandatory visit to a police station. The reform will speed up the processing of licences and make it faster to start working in the sector.
Eero Lehti: No vote recorded29 Jun 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 97/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Restricting municipal health and social services investments and outsourcing
Large construction investments in health and social services as well as long-term outsourcing contracts by municipalities and joint municipal authorities are temporarily restricted ahead of the upcoming health and social services reform. A termination clause must be included in new extensive contracts, and a ministerial exemption is required for major construction projects.
Eero Lehti: No vote recorded27 Jun 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 85/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding informal care support and leave
All informal carers who have concluded an agreement will be guaranteed the right to at least two days off per month, and municipalities will be obliged to organise coaching and health checks for them. In addition, municipalities can provide days off and substitute care also to those caring for a close person who do not have an official informal care agreement.
Eero Lehti: No vote recorded27 Jun 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 75/2016 vpPassed
Easing pest control requirements for farmers
Farmers who have completed a plant protection qualification will be permitted to use professional pest control products without a separate pest controller qualification. In addition, using chemicals in breach of EU authorisation terms will be made punishable.
Eero Lehti: No vote recorded27 Jun 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 74/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming electronic identification and signatures
Finland's legislation on electronic identification and electronic signatures will be reformed to align with EU regulation. Citizens will also be able to use Finnish electronic identification means to access online services in other EU countries.
Eero Lehti: No vote recorded27 Jun 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 70/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming audit rules and supervision
Legislation on auditing will be reformed to meet European Union requirements. The independence and supervision of auditors will be enhanced, and new obligations will be imposed on public-interest entities.
Eero Lehti: No vote recorded27 Jun 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 59/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Consolidating public administration e-support services
Shared support services for e-services in public administration, such as electronic identification, authorisations and messaging, will be brought together under a single act. The provision of services will mainly be centralised at the Population Register Centre.
Eero Lehti: No vote recorded27 Jun 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 46/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Clarifying rules for business crowdfunding
A new act will be enacted in Finland for loan-based and investment-based crowdfunding for businesses. Companies intermediating crowdfunding will be required to register with the Financial Supervisory Authority.
Eero Lehti: No vote recorded27 Jun 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 91/2016 vpPassed
Updating dividend taxation for EU companies
Finnish tax acts are updated to correspond to amendments made to the EU Parent-Subsidiary Directive. Certain Polish and Romanian company forms are treated equally with other EU companies in the taxation of dividends.
Eero Lehti: No vote recorded23 Jun 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 88/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Second supplementary budget for 2016
The second supplementary budget for 2016, comprising amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and proposals in the opposition's dissenting opinions.
Eero Lehti: Yes23 Jun 2016 · 14 votes - HE 80/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Merging the Finnish National Agency for Education and CIMO
The Finnish National Agency for Education and the Centre for International Mobility (CIMO) will be merged into a single agency. The new agency will be responsible for the previous duties of both in developing education and international cooperation.
Eero Lehti: No vote recorded23 Jun 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 66/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Procuring language teaching between higher education institutions
Universities and universities of applied sciences will be able to provide language and communication training included in degrees jointly or purchase it from another higher education institution. Higher education institutions will thus no longer need to organise all such teaching entirely themselves.
Eero Lehti: No vote recorded23 Jun 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 15/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening tobacco and e-cigarette regulation
The new Tobacco Act brings electronic cigarettes under strict regulation and adds pictorial health warnings to tobacco packaging. At the same time, online sales of tobacco and electronic cigarettes will be prohibited and banning balcony smoking in housing companies will be made easier.
Eero Lehti: No vote recorded23 Jun 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 64/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Transferring immigration permits from the police
Foreign nationals' residence permits, citizenship matters and asylum investigation will be transferred from the police to the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri). The reform will clarify immigration administration and free up police resources for core duties.
Eero Lehti: No vote recorded22 Jun 2016 · passed without a vote