2025-05-152024/25:JuU25 · p.1JuUJustice
The Design of the Annual Reporting
The design of the government's annual report on secret coercive measures
What's at stake: How the report is designed affects how much the public and parliament learn about the use of secret coercive measures, for example how often individuals are not notified that they were monitored and how surplus information is handled.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether the government's annual report on the use of secret coercive measures should be expanded with more statistics now, or whether the matter should await an ongoing government inquiry.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee considers that an ongoing government inquiry is already reviewing how the annual reporting on secret and preventive coercive measures by the authorities and the government should be designed, and does not want to preempt that work. It therefore rejects the motion to change the report's design now, and otherwise has no objections to the report as submitted.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (V, MP)
The reservation wants the government's annual report on secret coercive measures to be developed and the statistics improved now, including by reporting how many notifications the prosecution authority sends to people who have been subject to secret coercive measures, and by clarifying how surplus information is used.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 1 by V, MP.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
What each plan points to — and how the party voted
For each party: the vote its own election manifesto and party programme point to in this case, next to how the party actually voted. A plan can only point to Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| Plan | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | No 0/19/0/5 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| S | No | Yes 92/0/0/14 | departs from the plan | confidence: low | not addressed |
| MP | No | No 0/15/0/3 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | No | Yes 20/0/0/4 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 12/0/0/4 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| KD | No | Yes 16/0/0/3 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| M | No | Yes 59/0/0/9 | departs from the plan | confidence: low | not addressed |
| SD | No | Yes 62/0/0/10 | departs from the plan | confidence: low | not addressed |
Committee proposal
Parliament rejects motion 2024/25:3304 by Rasmus Ling et al. (MP) demands 1 and 3.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motion 2024/25:3304 av Rasmus Ling m.fl. (MP) yrkandena 1 och 3.
Riksdag decision: Each year the government reports to Parliament in a letter how the crime prevention authorities use secret surveillance and other secret coercive measures. Parliament has reviewed the letter about the use during 2023. It concerns how the Prosecution Authority, the Economic Crime Authority, the Police Authority, the Customs Agency and the Security Police have used secret surveillance of electronic communications, monitoring of electronic communications, camera surveillance and room surveillance. Parliament agrees with the government that the secret coercive measures serve an important function in investigating crimes and that the report shows that the secret coercive measures have been useful. Parliament filed the letter with the records, that is, closed the matter.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants to develop the government's annual report on secret coercive measures to include statistics on the prosecutor's notifications. (V, MP) — Reservation 1
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The plan requires that rule of law is upheld through citizen oversight and independent review and that all have the right to protection of their personal integrity.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that rule of law is upheld through citizen oversight and independent review and that all have the right to protection of their personal integrity. Developed annual reporting of secret coercive measures, with statistics on intelligence and surplus information, is exactly such oversight. The plan says nothing about the preparatory procedure, but its oversight demands carry the position.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att rättssäkerheten upprätthålls genom medborgerlig insyn och oberoende granskning och att alla har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet. En utvecklad årlig redovisning av hemliga tvångsmedel, med statistik över underrättelser och överskottsinformation, är just sådan insyn. Planen säger inget om beredningsordningen, men dess insynskrav bär ställningstagandet.
- citizen oversight of the legal systemdecisive»Rättssäkerheten behöver upprätthållas genom rättshjälp, medborgerlig« (party programme ↗)“Rule of law needs to be upheld through legal aid, citizen”
- independent review»insyn och oberoende granskning.« (party programme ↗)“oversight and independent review.”
- protection of personal integrity»har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“have the right to protection of their personal integrity.”
- accountability with law enforcement»höga krav på fungerande ansvarsutkrävande vid lagbrott.« (party programme ↗)“high demands on functioning accountability for crimes by law enforcement.”
The plan does not mention the reporting of secret coercive measures.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan does not mention the reporting of secret coercive measures. The closest principle is the party programme's requirement that society shall protect personal integrity and that administration shall be based on openness and transparency. Better statistics on surveillance and excess information serve both purposes without restricting the tools the election manifesto wants to give the police. The plan therefore supports the demand, but the derivation is weak.
Original (Swedish)
Planen nämner inte redovisningen av hemliga tvångsmedel. Närmast liggande princip är partiprogrammets krav att samhället ska skydda den personliga integriteten och att förvaltningen ska bygga på offentlighet och insyn. Bättre statistik om underrättelser och överskottsinformation tjänar båda syftena utan att inskränka de verktyg valmanifestet vill ge polisen. Planen stöder därför kravet, men härledningen är svag.
- protection of personal integritydecisive»Det är samhällets absoluta skyldighet att skydda friheten och den personliga integriteten« (party programme ↗)“It is society's absolute duty to protect freedom and personal integrity”
- openness and transparency»Den demokratiska processen och samhällsförvaltningen måste bygga på offentlighet och« (party programme ↗)“The democratic process and public administration must be based on openness and”
- more police tools»Polisen behöver också fler verktyg, som bättre möjligheter till avlyssning och husrannsakan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The police also need more tools, such as better opportunities for wiretapping and house searches.”
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.
The party programme states that increased surveillance capabilities require that politics protects integrity and that citizens should always be able to scrutinize power.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme states that increased surveillance capabilities require that politics protects integrity and that citizens should always be able to scrutinize power. Crime prevention must not be carried out at the expense of human rights. A more developed and more transparent account of secret enforcement measures, including intelligence and excessive information, follows directly from these principles.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet slår fast att de ökade övervakningsmöjligheterna kräver att politiken värnar integriteten och att medborgarna alltid ska kunna granska makten. Brottsbekämpning får inte ske på bekostnad av mänskliga rättigheter. En utvecklad och mer transparent redovisning av hemliga tvångsmedel, inklusive underrättelser och överskottsinformation, följer direkt av dessa principer.
- integrity in surveillancedecisive»De ökade möjligheterna till övervakning kräver att politiken slår vakt om människors möjlighet att värna sin integritet.« (party programme ↗)“Increased surveillance capabilities require that politics protects people's ability to safeguard their integrity.”
- transparency in exercise of power»Medborgarna ska alltid kunna granska makten.« (party programme ↗)“Citizens should always be able to scrutinize power.”
- rights before enforcement measures»Brotts- och terrorbekämpning är viktigt men ska inte ske på bekostnad av mänskliga rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“Crime and counter-terrorism are important but must not be carried out at the expense of human rights.”
- right to know about registration»Som individ ska det vara lätt att få reda på vilken information myndigheter eller företag har registrerat om ens person.« (party programme ↗)“As an individual, it should be easy to find out what information authorities or companies have registered about you.”
The plan requires that the power the state exercises shall be subject to control and that all legislation be tested against its impact on personal integrity.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that the power the state exercises shall be subject to control and that all legislation be tested against its impact on personal integrity. The election manifesto moreover wants Sweden to become even more transparent. A developed and more detailed disclosure of secret coercive measures, including intelligence and excess information, is precisely such insight into the state's coercive power that the plan demands.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att den makt staten utövar ska vara föremål för kontroll och att all lagstiftning prövas mot sin påverkan på den personliga integriteten. Valmanifestet vill dessutom att Sverige ska bli ännu mer transparent. En utvecklad och mer detaljerad redovisning av hemliga tvångsmedel, inklusive underrättelser och överskottsinformation, är just sådan insyn i statens tvångsmakt som planen efterfrågar.
- integrity 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 integrity.”
- openness and transparencydecisive»Öppenhet och transparens är grundförutsättningar för frihet, demokrati och för att förhindra korruption och övergrepp.« (party programme ↗)“Openness and transparency are prerequisites for freedom, democracy and to prevent corruption and abuse.”
- increased transparency»Sverige ska bli ännu mer transparent. Vi vill inrätta en antikorruptionsmyndighet, skärpa regler mot korruption och införa ett lobbyregister.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall become even more transparent. We want to establish an anti-corruption agency, tighten rules against corruption and introduce a lobbying register.”
- restrictive view on coercive measures»Vi säger därför nej till visitationszoner, kollektiv bestraffning, omvänd bevisbörda, anonyma vittnen, preventiv avlyssning och inskränkningar av religionsfriheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We therefore say no to stop-and-search zones, collective punishment, reverse burden of proof, anonymous witnesses, preventive surveillance and restrictions on freedom of religion.”
flags: citat_svagt
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.
The plan requires that protection for the individual's integrity be strengthened, that laws with strong impact on integrity be regularly evaluated and that surveillance is not used for purposes other than the original ones.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that protection for the individual's integrity be strengthened, that laws with strong impact on integrity be regularly evaluated and that surveillance is not used for purposes other than the original ones. An expanded report on secret enforcement measures, with statistics on intelligence and excess information, is precisely the transparency the plan is based on. The plan thus speaks for the counter-proposal's requirement.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att skyddet för den enskildes integritet stärks, att lagar med stark påverkan på integriteten regelbundet utvärderas och att övervakning inte används för andra syften än de ursprungliga. En utvecklad redovisning av hemliga tvångsmedel, med statistik om underrättelser och överskottsinformation, är just den insyn planen bygger på. Planen talar därför för motförslagets krav.
- strengthened integrity protectiondecisive»Skyddet för den enskildes integritet ska stärkas. Åtgärder som påverkar den personliga integriteten« (party programme ↗)“Protection for the individual's integrity shall be strengthened. Measures that affect personal integrity”
- evaluation of integrity infringements»påverkan på den personliga integriteten ska regelbundet utvärderas.« (party programme ↗)“impact on personal integrity shall be regularly evaluated.”
- purpose-limited surveillance»Övervakning och registrering ska inte användas för andra syften än vad som var de ursprungliga« (party programme ↗)“Surveillance and registration shall not be used for purposes other than what was the original”
- publicity and transparency»Offentlighetsprincipen har en grundläggande betydelse för att förankra och fördjupa folkstyret,« (party programme ↗)“The principle of publicity has a fundamental significance for anchoring and deepening popular rule,”
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.
The plan makes the public disclosure principle central, requires that confidentiality be used restrictively and that crime-fighting authority is clearly delimited with personal integrity protected.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan makes the public disclosure principle central, requires that confidentiality be used restrictively and that crime-fighting authority is clearly delimited with personal integrity protected. An expanded annual reporting and better statistics on secret coercive measures is precisely the transparency that these commitments require. The plan also sees monitoring and quality control as an important political task.
Original (Swedish)
Planen gör offentlighetsprincipen central, kräver att sekretessmöjligheten nyttjas restriktivt och att brottsbekämpande befogenheter är tydligt avgränsade med den personliga integriteten värnad. En utvecklad årlig redovisning och bättre statistik om hemliga tvångsmedel är just den insyn som dessa åtaganden förutsätter. Planen ser dessutom uppföljning och kvalitetskontroll som en viktig politisk uppgift.
- transparency and restrictive confidentialitydecisive»Offentlighetsprincipen, det vill säga tillgången till allmänna handlingar, är central för en öppen och vital demokrati. Sekretessmöjligheten ska nyttjas restriktivt.« (party programme ↗)“The public disclosure principle, that is access to public documents, is central to an open and vital democracy. Confidentiality shall be used restrictively.”
- delimited coercive authority»Det europeiska polissamarbetet ska vara väl utvecklat samtidigt som dess befogenheter ska vara tydligt avgränsade, och skyddet för den personliga integriteten värnas.« (party programme ↗)“European police cooperation shall be well developed while its authority shall be clearly delimited, and protection of personal integrity shall be valued.”
- protection of personal integrity»grundlagsskydd och det offentliga måste tillämpa stor försiktighet och respekt för den personliga integriteten vid hantering av personuppgifter.« (party programme ↗)“constitutional protection and the public must exercise great caution and respect for personal integrity in the handling of personal data.”
- monitoring as a political task»Utvärdering, kostnadsuppföljning och kvalitetskontroll är därför viktiga politiska uppgifter.« (party programme ↗)“Evaluation, cost monitoring and quality control are therefore important political tasks.”
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.
The plan commits itself to strengthening protection for citizens' freedoms and rights and to toughening civil servant liability so that public power exercise is followed by enforceable responsibility.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan commits itself to strengthening protection for citizens' freedoms and rights and to toughening civil servant liability so that public power exercise is followed by enforceable responsibility. The party programme states that personal integrity should be protected and that all public power exercise should be governed by law. An expanded annual report and better statistics on secret coercive measures is a way to make exactly that control possible, which the plan's principles speak for.
Original (Swedish)
Planen åtar sig att stärka skyddet för medborgarnas fri- och rättigheter och att skärpa tjänstemannaansvaret så att offentlig maktutövning följs av ett utkrävbart ansvar. Partiprogrammet slår fast att den personliga integriteten ska värnas och att all offentlig maktutövning ska vara lagstyrd. En utvecklad årlig redovisning och bättre statistik om hemliga tvångsmedel är ett sätt att göra just den kontrollen möjlig, vilket planens principer talar för.
- protection of freedoms and rightsdecisive»Stärka domstolarnas oberoende och skyddet för medborgarnas fri- och rättigheter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen the independence of the courts and the protection of citizens' freedoms and rights”
- protected personal integrity»Den personliga integriteten ska värnas« (party programme ↗)“Personal integrity should be protected”
- responsibility for public power exercise»Skärpa tjänstemannaansvaret så att du som skattebetalare vet att med all offentlig maktutövning följer ett ansvar för de beslut som fattas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Toughen civil servant liability so that you as a taxpayer know that with all public power exercise comes responsibility for the decisions that are made”
- law-governed power exercise»All offentlig maktutövning ska vara lagstyrd« (party programme ↗)“All public power exercise should be governed by law”
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.
The plan requires increased transparency and strengthened accountability in the administration as well as clear results for every public investment.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires increased transparency and strengthened accountability in the administration as well as clear results for every public investment. Developed annual reporting and better statistics on secret coercive measures follow that principle. At the same time, the plan wants to give the justice system more tools and remove procedural obstacles, so support is derived and weak.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver ökad transparens och stärkt ansvarsutkrävande i förvaltningen samt tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning. En utvecklad årlig redovisning och bättre statistik om hemliga tvångsmedel följer den principen. Samtidigt vill planen ge rättsväsendet fler verktyg och undanröja processuella hinder, så stödet är härlett och svagt.
- increased transparencydecisive»Tjänstemannaansvar ska införas och åtgärder ska genomföras för att öka transparensen och möjligheten att utkräva politiskt ansvarsutkrävande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Civil servant accountability should be introduced and measures should be taken to increase transparency and the possibility of exercising political accountability.”
- results reporting»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results for every public investment”
- effective prosecution»Processuella hinder för att möjliggöra en ökad lagföring måste också undanröjas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Procedural obstacles to enable increased prosecution must also be removed.”
- tools for the justice system»Ge rättsväsendet resurser och verktyg för att bekämpa gängen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give the justice system resources and tools to combat gangs”
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.
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2024/25:JuU25)
- Committee report full text (HC01JuU25)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2024/25:3304 — med anledning av skr. 2024/25:64 Redovisning av användningen av hemliga tvångsmedel under 2023 av Rasmus Ling m.fl. (MP)
- Regeringens skrivelse 2024/25:64 — Redovisning av användningen av hemliga tvångsmedel under 2023
Source: The Swedish Parliament