Four MPs—Lars Haltbrekken, Marthe Hammer, Anne Lise Gjerstad Fredlund, and Marian Hussein—have proposed establishing systems to deliver cash payments to Norwegian households. The proposers argue that such schemes are necessary to strengthen crisis preparedness in the event of energy or food shortages, and that they offer better distributional and environmental benefits than other forms of support.
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The Storting calls on the government to establish a public solution for cash payments to Norwegian households as soon as possible.
The Storting calls on the government to ensure that all residents of Norway have access to a public bank account.
The Storting calls on the government to review its instruments for supporting individuals and businesses in response to global or national crises in ways that do not increase inequality, and to return to the Storting with proposals for strengthening this toolkit.