MPs Hanne Beate Stenvaag and Bjørnar Moxnes proposed that the government establish a committee to evaluate the municipal reform, focusing on its effects on municipal finances, centralization, service provision, and local democracy. The majority of the Standing Committee on Local Government and Administration (Labour Party, Progress Party, Conservative Party, and Green Party) recommends rejecting the proposal, citing the government's plans to conduct an evaluation through other channels.
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The Storting calls on the government to establish a committee to evaluate the municipal reform. Such an evaluation should at minimum examine how the municipal mergers have affected municipal finances, centralization, service provision, and local democracy, and whether differences exist today between merged municipalities and other municipalities.
Minority proposal (Socialist Left Party, Centre Party, and Red Party) – Proposal 1: The Storting calls on the government to establish a public committee to evaluate all aspects of the municipal reform.
Minority proposal (Socialist Left Party, Centre Party, and Red Party) – Proposal 2: The Storting calls on the government to ensure that any evaluation of the municipal reform examines the centralization of services and provision within merged municipalities.
Committee recommendation: Document 8:123 S (2025–2026) – Private member's bill from MPs Hanne Beate Stenvaag and Bjørnar Moxnes on evaluating the municipal reform – is rejected.