Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs

The Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs (Norwegian: Kontroll- og konstitusjonskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It holds a supervisory role in relation to the proceedings of the parliament and public sector.^[1] The committee has 12 members and is chaired by Martin Kolberg of the Labour Party.^[2]

The rules require that all parliamentary parties be represented on this committee^[3] and by convention, the committee is chaired by a member of the largest opposition party.^[4]

From 1814 to 1972, the supervision of parliament was the responsibility of the Protocol Committee. From 1972 to 1981, it was dealt with by the standing committees. The Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs was established in 1981. It was reorganized and strengthened in 1993.^[2]

Members 2013–17

The committee is chaired by Martin Kolberg

Representative	Party	Position
Kolberg, MartinMartin Kolberg	Labour	Chair
Tetzschner, MichaelMichael Tetzschner	Conservative	First deputy chair
Svendsen, KennethKenneth Svendsen	Progress	Second deputy chair
Andersen, KarinKarin Andersen	Socialist Left
Christensen, Jette F.Jette F. Christensen	Labour
Eldegard, GunvorGunvor Eldegard	Labour
Grøvan, Hans FredrikHans Fredrik Grøvan	Christian Democratic
Hansson, RasmusRasmus Hansson	Green
Lundteigen, Per OlafPer Olaf Lundteigen	Centre
Raja, AbidAbid Raja	Liberal
Skutle, ErikErik Skutle	Conservative
Thorheim, HelgeHelge Thorheim	Progress

References

↑ The Committee’s main responsibilities Stortinget.no. Retrieved 7 November 2013 (Norwegian)
1 2 The Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs Stortinget.no. Retrieved 7 November 2013 (Norwegian)
↑ "Valgkomiteen" (in Norwegian). Stortinget. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
↑ "Kolberg skal vokte regjeringen" (in Norwegian). NTB/Dagbladet. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.

Storting

Odelsting Lagting Building

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Other committees	Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence Election Committee European Committee Preparatory Credentials Committee

Organizations	Parliamentary Ombudsman Ombudsman for the Armed Forces Ombudsman for Civilian National Servicemen Office of the Auditor General of Norway Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee

Presidium	Storting Odelsting (discontinued) Lagting (discontinued)

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