Information exchange between public authorities and municipalities

The plan's crucial position is that welfare fraud is not best fought through additional control, but by removing the profit motive from welfare, and it criticises that an ever-larger part of tax revenue goes to administration and control. At the same time the plan establishes that all have the right to protection of their personal integrity. A comprehensive loosening of confidentiality between public authorities therefore goes against the plan.

• profit ban before controldecisive»Välfärdsbrott bekämpas inte bäst genom ytterligare tandlös kontroll.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Welfare fraud is not best fought through additional toothless control.”
• protection of personal integrity»har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“have the right to protection of their personal integrity.”
• reduce control bureaucracy»en allt större del av våra skattemedel går till administration och kontroll« (2022 manifesto ↗)“an ever-larger part of our tax revenue goes to administration and control”
• total ban on profit in welfare»Vänsterpartiet vill införa ett totalförbud mot alla vinstdrivande verksamhetsformer inom välfärden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to introduce a total ban on all profit-driven forms of operation within welfare.”

The election manifesto explicitly establishes that secrecy barriers between authorities shall be removed so that police and other professions can do their job, which is exactly what the counter-proposal asks for in the form of a review of secrecy legislation. The plan also requires that welfare crime and money laundering be stopped and strong measures against workplace crime. The counter-proposal's requirement thus directly aligns with the plan's commitments.

• removed secrecy barriersdecisive»Sekretesshinder mellan myndigheter ska rivas så att polisen och andra yrkesgrupper kan göra sitt jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Secrecy barriers between authorities shall be removed so that police and other professions can do their job.”
• stopped welfare crime»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax fraud, welfare crime and money laundering shall be stopped.”
• strong measures against workplace crime»Krafttag mot arbetslivskriminaliteten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strong measures against workplace crime.”
• combated economic crime»Bekämpande av bedrägerier och all annan ekonomisk brottslighet.« (party programme ↗)“Combat of fraud and all other economic crime.”

The party programme explicitly requires that cooperation and information sharing between public agencies to stop welfare fraud and organized economic crime shall be strengthened, and the election manifesto wants to ease secrecy between agencies. That is precisely what the counter-proposal's review of secrecy legislation aims at. The plan at the same time protects privacy, but that does not speak against a review.

• strengthened information sharingdecisive»informationsdelningen mellan myndigheter för att stoppa penningtvätt, välfärdsbrott och« (party programme ↗)“information sharing between public agencies to stop money laundering, welfare fraud and”
• ease secrecy»lätta på sekretessen mellan områdespoliser, skola, socialtjänst och stärka samarbetet med civilsamhälle« (2022 manifesto ↗)“ease secrecy between area police, schools, social services and strengthen cooperation with civil society”
• prioritize welfare fraud»återföras till samhället. Välfärdsbrott – där gemensamma resurser utnyttjas och« (party programme ↗)“be returned to society. Welfare fraud – where joint resources are exploited and”
• privacy should be weighed in»Staten har ansvar både för att skydda människor från brott och för att respektera« (party programme ↗)“The state has a responsibility both to protect people from crime and to respect”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The party programme requires that all legislation be tested against its impact on personal privacy and that there be proportionality between the restriction and the purpose. A comprehensive review that generally broadens information sharing between agencies goes in the opposite direction. That tax funds should be used correctly is indeed a commitment, but it does not outweigh privacy protection. The plan therefore rejects the counter-proposal's demand.

• privacy review of legislationweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be tested against its impact on people's personal privacy.”
• proportionality requirementdecisive»Det måste finnas en proportionalitet mellan lagstiftningens inskränkning av medborgarnas integritet och lagarnas syfte.« (party programme ↗)“There must be proportionality between the legislation's restriction of citizens' privacy and the purpose of the laws.”
• strong privacy protection»Ett starkt integritetsskydd är därför en omistlig del av ett öppet och demokratiskt samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“Strong privacy protection is therefore an indispensable part of an open and democratic society.”
• steward tax funds»Mer pengar ska läggas på välfärdens kärna, mindre på bidrag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More money should be spent on the core of welfare, less on benefits.”

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The plan establishes that police and social services, as a general rule, should always be able to exchange information, and that effective crime prevention work requires that authorities can effectively share information with each other. A comprehensive review of confidentiality legislation is the tool required for this. The plan simultaneously requires that new legislative proposals be analyzed from an integrity perspective.

• information sharing between authoritiesdecisive»Polis och socialtjänst ska som huvudregel alltid kunna utbyta information sinsemellan och ska oftare dela lokaler.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Police and social services should, as a general rule, always be able to exchange information among themselves and should more often share facilities.”
• effective information sharing»förutsätter att myndigheter effektivt kan dela information med varandra.« (party programme ↗)“requires that authorities can effectively share information with each other.”
• reporting obligation in schools»För att polis och socialtjänst alltid ska få kännedom om barn som är på fel väg i livet ska huvudregeln bli att skolan alltid gör polisanmälan och orosanmälan vid misstänkt brottslighet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“For police and social services to always be informed about children who are on the wrong path in life, the general rule should become that schools always file police reports and reports of concern in case of suspected criminal activity.”
• integrity review»Alla nya lagförslag ska analyseras ur integritetssynpunkt.« (party programme ↗)“All new legislative proposals shall be analyzed from an integrity perspective.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The election manifesto contains an explicit commitment to a complete review of secrecy rules so that authorities can share information between them to prevent and solve crimes. The party programme also states that the secrecy option shall be used restrictively and that all crimes shall be prosecuted. The counter-proposal's demand for a comprehensive review of secrecy legislation for cooperation against welfare crimes is the same thing in substance.

• review of secrecy rulesdecisive»Total översyn av sekretessreglerna, så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Complete review of secrecy rules, so that authorities can share information between them to prevent and solve crimes.”
• restrictive secrecy»Sekretessmöjligheten ska nyttjas restriktivt.« (party programme ↗)“The secrecy option shall be used restrictively.”
• all crime shall be prosecuted»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be effectively and without exception prosecuted”
• careful handling of personal data»offentliga måste tillämpa stor försiktighet och respekt för den personliga integriteten vid« (party programme ↗)“public must apply great caution and respect for personal integrity when”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan commits to removing all secrecy barriers between social services and police and to halving benefit fraud, citing the billions that disappear each year into the pockets of cheaters and criminals. A comprehensive review of secrecy legislation to enable information sharing against welfare fraud is the same measure in broader form. The plan also expands the authorities' control capacity through a national census and a benefit fraud unit.

• removed secrecy barriersdecisive»• Undanröja alla sekretesshinder mellan socialtjänst och polis« (2022 manifesto ↗)“• Remove all secrecy barriers between social services and police”
• stop welfare fraud(2022 manifesto)
• control over population register»• Genomföra en nationell folkräkning för att stoppa bidragsbrotten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“• Conduct a national census to stop benefit fraud”
• enhanced control capacity»• Inrätta en bidragsbrottsenhet på Försäkringskassan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“• Establish a benefit fraud unit at the Social Insurance Agency”

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The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan's core commitment is that the justice system's cooperation between agencies and tools for detecting and prosecuting criminals shall be improved, and that procedural obstacles to increased prosecution shall be removed. A comprehensive review of confidentiality legislation to enable information sharing against welfare fraud is precisely such a measure. The plan also wants to stop welfare crime and stiffen penalties for fraud in welfare systems.

• improved agency cooperationdecisive»Rättsväsendets samverkan mellan myndigheter och verktyg för att upptäcka och lagföra kriminella ska förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The justice system's cooperation between agencies and tools for detecting and prosecuting criminals shall be improved.”
• remove procedural obstacles»Processuella hinder för att möjliggöra en ökad lagföring måste också undanröjas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Procedural obstacles to enable increased prosecution must also be removed.”
• stop welfare crime»Stoppa välfärdsbrottsligheten inom socialförsäkringen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop welfare crime within social security”
• tougher stance on benefit fraud»Skärpa straffen för fusk inom välfärdssystemen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stiffen penalties for fraud in welfare systems”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.